Champions Youth Cup Malaysia 2007

The Champions Youth Cup sudah berada Malaysia. Dapat gak Jeraul tengok bakal-bakal penyinar bolasepak dunia. Team yang akan bermain di Kuching nanti ialah, Malaysia, selaku tuan rumah, Bayern Munich, PSV Eindhoven dan Chelsea FC.
Team favourite Jeraul Manchester United juga akan beraksi..harap dapat jadi juara.

About
The Champions Youth Cup will be an annual event and a “World Championship” for the youth teams of the world’s greatest clubs.

The Champions Youth Cup will be contested at Under 19 age group and aims to:


- Offer football a fresh and unique spectacle.
- Offer the next generation of stars an opportunity to compete against each other.
- Demonstrate their commitment to youth and to the development of the stars of tomorrow.
- Support the communities that have supported them and assist the development of football in Asia.
The Champions Youth Cup will feature 16 teams composed of 12 European teams, 2 teams from South America, the hosts, Malaysia and a host invitee team from Asia.

The tournament will take place in a league/knock-out cup format with a total of 34 matches over 10 match days. The 2007 event will take place between the 8th and 19th August.


Tournament Format

- The initial group stages will consist of four groups of four teams each playing three matches within the group.
- Each match will be played over a period of 70 minutes and there will be no extra time throughout the tournament.
- In the group stages points shall be scored as: Win = 3 points, Draw = 1 point, Defeat = 0 points. - The two teams finishing first and second in each group will proceed to an eight team knock-out stage, culminating in a final, (plus two ranking matches for those four teams knocked-out at the quarter-final stage).
- The tournament will be supported with a cultural and social programme with teams participating in community events to support football development in Malaysia
The Champions Youth Cup is part of “Visit Malaysia 2007”

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