Victor Bannikov Memorial: 16th International Drug Tournament to be held on August 25-30

09.01.2019 14:23

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

At the end of August, the youth national team of Ukraine U-16 (at that time already U-17 - football players not older than 2003) will take part in the memorial of Victor Bannikov.

The traditional, 16th international tournament under the auspices of the FFU in memory of the first president of the National Football Federation Viktor Bannikov will take place from 25 to 30 August 2019. Among its participants are the youth national teams of Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Belarus, Turkey, Slovakia and Israel. 

We will add that for the team of Alexander Petrakov the tournament will be one of the preparation stages to the Euro-2020 Qualifying Round (U-17) in November 2019 will be held in Portugal (On the 13th - a match with Georgia, on the 16th - with Albania, on the 19th - with the hosts).

Winners of the Victor Bannikov Memorial

The first winner of the tournament in memory of Bannikov in 2002 was the national team of Poland. But most often - six times (2003, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2018) - Ukrainians won the competition. Three more times the strongest team of the memorial was the team of Turkey (2004, 2007, 2013), twice - the team of Georgia (2016, 2017). The Italians (2008), the Serbs (2009) and the Czechs (2010) triumphed once. Last year, we will remind, Ukraine's national team defeated the Turkish team only in the penalty shootout.

In 2014 and 2015, a memorial was not held because of the volatile situation in Ukraine.

Viktor Bannikov

(1938-2001)

Honored Master of Sports. He became famous as a goalkeeper, five times was included in the list of 33 best football players of the USSR. Multiple champion and winner of the USSR Cup as a member of Dynamo. Member of the symbolic "Lev Yashin Club" - 138 matches without conceded goals. He was a member of the USSR national team. Bronze medalist of the 1966 World Cup, silver medalist of Euro-1972. Honored Coach of Ukraine and the USSR, Honored Worker of Physical Culture and Sports of Ukraine. In 1991-1996 he headed the Football Federation of Ukraine. He was awarded the UEFA Order of Merit, FIFA and UEFA Gold Medals.