
Tournament Briefing
Ayia Napa Youth Soccer Festival was established in 2001 and has grown to be the biggest youth soccer event of its kind in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East.
It can also be considered as one of the biggest in Europe always comparing to the size and population of Cyprus as a country.
Every year an average of around 5000 athletes coming from more than 400 different participating age group teams take part in the competition. Participating teams come every year from many different countries helping the tournament event grow further and establish itself internationally.
Apart from Cyprus and Greece the tournament hosts teams from foreign countries such as United Kingdom, Poland, Czech Republic, Malta, Romania, Finland, Denmark, Armenia, Servia, Portugal, Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Botswana.
The tournament event in numbers:
- 6 days long tournament period
- 22 different age group categories
- More than 1000 tournament games
- More than 400 participating teams
- 15 countries represented
- More than 5000 young players take place
- More than 5000 goals
- 16 different natural grass pitches
- Around 90 referees
- 200 volunteers / organizing team staff
- 25000 visitors
Next events
- Saturday, April 24 - Thursday, April 29, 2027
- Saturday, April 08 - Thursday, April 13, 2028
- Saturday, March 31 - Thursday, April 05, 2029
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