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.

During the 2024 event, around 5341 athletes coming from 459 participating teams took part in the competition. Previous participating teams came from Cyprus, Greece, United Kingdom, Poland, Czech Republic, Malta, Romania, Finland, Denmark, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Botswana.

The previous tournament event in numbers:

6 days long tournament period
20 different age group categories
1154 tournament games
459 teams were hosted
13 countries represented
5341 young players took place
5847 goals
16 different natural grass pitches
93 referees
125 volunteers / organizing team staff
25000 visitors

Reasons why to participate in the event

Safe destination to Cyprus
Great environment and atmosphere of Ayia Napa as one of the most beautiful tourist resorts
Ideal & perfect weather conditions
Excellent natural grass perfectly maintained football pitches
High standard of hotel and full board accommodation
High level tournament games
High standard of tournament organization
Different level tournament categories
Friendly games options
Close distance from airport to accommodation
Close proximity from hotels to games
Fun & leisure options
Sightseeing & nearby city visits and shopping options
Scouting chances

The aims of the tournament are:

To provide a high quality tournament for elite and good standard teams as well as all other kinds of academies and soccer schools, played on good quality grass pitches and managed to a high professional level.
To promote international friendships between different countries amongst children.
To promote the Cyprus tourist resort of Ayia Napa as one of the best places in the world for holidays.
We want to provide visitors the opportunity to look around our place, learn about the Cyprus culture, the traditions and the customs of local people.

Next events

Saturday, April 12 - Thursday, April 17, 2025
Saturday, April 4 - Thursday, April 9, 2026
Saturday, April 24 - Thursday, April 29, 2027