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U-12 Junior Soccer World Challenge

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U-12 Junior Soccer World Challenge
Organising bodyAmazing Sports Lab Japan, Tokyo Football Association (2013–2017)
Osaka Football Association (2018–present)
Founded2013; 11 years ago (2013)
RegionAsia
Number of teams16
Current championsSpain FC Barcelona (5th title)
Most successful team(s)Spain FC Barcelona (5 titles)
Websiteu12-juniorsoccer-wc.com

The U-12 Junior Soccer World Challenge (U-12ジュニアサッカーワールドチャレンジ) is an international club football tournament for under the age of 12 organized by Osaka Football Association.

History

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Official Logo

The first year of the tournament was in 2013. Twelve teams took place for four days, from 27 to 31 August. The final match was FC Barcelona against Liverpool FC, and FC Barcelona was the first year’s champion.[1]

The second year of the tournament had more participants, in total, 16 teams took part. Not only Football club FC Barcelona and A.C. Milan, the 2 big European clubs took place, but also Asiop Apacinti from Indonesia came to the tournament. From Japan, some youth category teams from J-League’s club, and a small regional club came to play this tournament. The tournament was held from 28 to 31 August, and the winner was FC Barcelona.[2]

The 3rd tournament in 2015 invited FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol from Spain, Deportivo Camioneros from Argentine, and Vietnam U-12 from Asia. The tournament was held from 27th to 30 August. One of the semi-finals match was played between FC Barcelona and Tokyo U-12, and FC Barcelona, who was the champions for 2 consecutive years, was defeated by Tokyo U-12. The final was played between Tokyo U-12 and RCD Espanyol, after 90 min., the match has ended draw. And they ended up with the penalty shoot-out, finally, RCD Espanyol won the trophy.[3]

Regulations

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Nishigaoka Stadium is used in the final
  • The tournament will be played in accordance with the regulations of Japan Football Association. (Regulations will be the new one)
  • Match balls will be size 4.
  • The tournament will be 11v11.
  • The clubs play the group matches, and 8 best teams go to the play off. (Direct elimination)
  • Every match will be made up of two halves of 25 minutes. With 5 minutes break. (During the playing periods include substitutions and drink water).
  • The play off of the group matches will be 2 halves of 20 minutes.
  • The semifinal, third place play off and final match´s break will be 10 min.
  • In case of tied match, during the group matches will be finished as tied match, and play-off will play penalty kicks. (3 penalties)

Qualifying round

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Qualifying J-League youth academies has been carried out from 2016 because the clubs wish to participate in the tournament has increased. Six teams from 15 teams that participated in the East Japan qualifying and three teams from the seven teams that participated in the West Japan qualifying has competed in this 2016 tournament.

Results

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FC Barcelona won the tournament in 2016
Edition Year Winners Score Runners-up Third place Fourth place
1 2013 Spain
FC Barcelona
5–0 England
Liverpool FC
Japan
Kashiwa Reysol U-12
Japan
Tokyo Verdy Junior
2 2014 Spain
FC Barcelona
2–0 Japan
Tokyo U-12
Japan
Kashiwa Reysol U-12
Japan
Omiya Ardija Junior
3 2015 Spain
RCD Espanyol
0–0
(2–1 p)
Japan
Tokyo U-12
Spain
FC Barcelona
Vietnam
Viettel U-12
4 2016 Spain
FC Barcelona
1–0 Japan
Omiya Ardija Junior
Japan
Tokyo Verdy Junior
Japan
Kawasaki Frontale Junior
5 2017 Spain
FC Barcelona
2–1 Japan
Tokyo U-12
Japan
Nagoya Grampus U-12
Japan
Omiya Ardija Junior
6 2018 Spain
FC Barcelona
3–1 England
Arsenal F.C.
Mexico
Club Tijuana
Japan
JFA Training Center OSAKA U-12
7 2019 Nigeria
Nigeria Select
1–0 China
Guangzhou R&F
Thailand
Thailand U-12
Japan
JFA Training Center OSAKA U-12

Awards

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Adriá Capdevila Puigmal, 2016

Most valuable player

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  • 2013: Eric García (Spain FC Barcelona)
  • 2014: Pablo Moreno (Spain FC Barcelona)
  • 2015: Yuki Nagata (Japan Tokyo U-12)
  • 2016: Adriá Capdevila Puigmal (Spain FC Barcelona)
  • 2017: Marc Bombardo Poyato (Spain FC Barcelona)
  • 2018: Myles Lewis-Skelly (England Arsenal F.C.)

Best scorer

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  • 2013: Ansu Fati (Spain FC Barcelona), Paul Glatzel (England Liverpool FC)
  • 2014: Tomoya Osawa (Japan Omiya Ardija Junior)
  • 2015: Pelaz Ruiz Marc (Spain FC Barcelona)
  • 2016: Takumi Minamino (Japan Gamba Osaka Junior)
  • 2017: Kouhei Terasawa (Japan Tokyo U-12), Yu Imanishi (Japan Gamba Osaka Junior), Hisatsugu Ishii (Japan Fukuyama Rosas Seleson)
  • 2018: (Japan Nagoya Grampus U-12)

Participating teams from outside Japan

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Episodes

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The boys of FC Barcelona showed sportsmanship

FC Barcelona’s Under 12 team won the 2016 tournament. After beating Omiya 1-0 in the final, The Catalan juniors showed some sportsmanship, taking time to console their distraught opponents. This situation was reported in many countries.[5][6]

Sponsorship

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[citation needed]

  • Daiwa House (Special Sponsor)
  • Daiwa House Next (Sponsor)
  • Daiwa Living (Sponsor)
  • Daiwa Lease (Sponsor)
  • Cosmos Initia (Sponsor)
  • Global Community (Sponsor)
  • Daiwa Roynet Hotels (Sponsor)
  • Sports Club NAS (Sponsor)
  • Cosmos More (Sponsor)
  • Nippon Travel Agency (Sub Sponsor)
  • Nike, Inc. (Sub Sponsor)
  • CP5 (Sub Sponsor)
  • Japan Sports Promotion (Partner)
  • Tokyo Verdy (Partner)
  • SKY PerfecTV! (Media Partner)

References

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  1. ^ "U-12 Junior Soccer World Challenge 2013". U-12 Junior Soccer World Challenge. 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
  2. ^ "U-12 Junior Soccer World Challenge 2014". U-12 Junior Soccer World Challenge. 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
  3. ^ "U-12 Junior Soccer World Challenge 2015". U-12 Junior Soccer World Challenge. 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
  4. ^ "South East Asia Qualifiers SCHEDULE". u12-juniorsoccer-wc.com. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  5. ^ "El Infantil B del Barça conquista el World Challenge Cup de Tokio". SPORT. 2016-08-29. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
  6. ^ "Barcellona, l'abbraccio dei ragazzini agli avversari sconfitti". Gazzetta.it. 2016-08-29. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
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