Danone Nations Cup

The Danone Nations Cup is a football tournament for children between the ages of 10 and 12 (U12s category); it is organized every year since 2000 on the initiative of Groupe Danone.[1]

Danone Nations Cup
Founded2000
Number of teams32 qualifiers
Current championsBoys:  Mexico Girls:  Spain (2019)
Most successful team(s) Mexico  France
WebsiteOfficial website

Every year, 2.5 million children from over 34,000 schools and 11,000 clubs from around the globe take part in local, regional and then national Danone Nations Cup competitions, before the winners fly off to compete in the grand World Final. In each of the 32 participating countries, Danone's subsidiaries organize their national tournaments in partnership with the local Sports Federations and/or State Education and Sports Ministers.

For 10 years, the tournament has had Zinédine Zidane as its ambassador, benefiting from his commitment to high quality football and fair play.

History

Following the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, Danone decided to create an international football tournament for kids.

Danone Nations Cup World Final was in France (Paris or Lyon) until 2009. The World Finals of the 10th and 11th editions took place at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa: the same year as the FIFA Football World Cup. The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid in 2011 and the National Stadium in Warsaw in 2012 also hosted the competition. For the 14th edition, the thirty - two winning national teams headed to the legendary Wembley Stadium in London. In 2014, the World Cup of the young people took place in Brazil.

Over the years, the tournament has established itself as a highly respected event with FIFA endorsement. It now enjoys a solid reputation within the world of professional football and partner organizations.

In 2013, the final was goalless (0-0) but France overcame Brazil after a penalty shoot-out. France won its 3rd Danone Nations Cup. South Africa, France and Mexico are the only teams to have won the tournament 3 times each.

Tournaments

Boys
YearVenueChampionRunner Up
2000 Parc des Princes, Paris France Turkey
2001 Parc des Princes, Paris Réunion Netherlands
2002 Parc des Princes, Paris Argentina Netherlands
2003 Parc des Princes, Paris South Africa Portugal
2004 Parc des Princes, Paris Spain  Switzerland
2005 Stade de Gerland, Lyon Russia Turkey
2006 Stade de Gerland, Lyon Réunion  Switzerland
2007 Stade de Gerland, Lyon South Africa France
2008 Parc des Princes, Paris France Russia
2009 Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg South Africa  Switzerland
2010 Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg Mexico Uruguay
2011 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Brazil Thailand
2012 National Stadium, Warsaw South Korea Japan
2013 Wembley Stadium, London France Brazil
2014 Arena Corinthians, São Paulo Japan Paraguay
2015 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh Morocco  Mexico
2016 Stade de France, Saint-Denis Germany  Japan
2017 Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ Mexico  Argentina
2018 RCDE Stadium, Barcelona Brazil  Hungary
2019 RCDE Stadium, Barcelona Mexico  Spain

Girls
YearVenueChampionRunner Up
2017 Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ Brazil Canada
2018 RCDE Stadium, Barcelona France Italy
2019 RCDE Stadium, Barcelona Spain France

References
  1. Details tournament - rsssf.com
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