The fifth traditional all-Ukrainian tournament "Crimea is Ukraine" has started

26.08.2019 12:00

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The competition is attended by six teams from different regions of Ukraine, formed of footballers born in 2004.

Today in the Kherson region the traditional, fifth tournament "Crimea is Ukraine" among U-16 teams started. This time teams from Odessa, Mariupol, Mykolayiv, Kyiv and Kherson will take part in the competitions, which will take place from August 26 to 30.

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Recall what started this tournament and who won it in previous years.

So, after the annexation of Crimea suspended the development of professional football on the peninsula, UAF at the initiative of its president Andriy Pavelko in 2015 launched a tournament "Crimea is Ukraine", which brought together youth football teams from different regions.

The first competitions took place in Kherson region in August 2015. They were attended by four teams. The winner was the team of CYSS-11 "Chernomorets" from Odessa, the second place was taken by VUFK "Torpedo" from Nikolaev, bronze was won by local football players from KDYUSSH "Education".

Eight teams took part in the next tournament (as, by the way, in the next two). The first place was won by Lviv's Karpaty, the second by Dnipro from the city of the same name, and the third by Zaporizhzhya Metalurh.

In 2017, the young men from Odessa CYSS-11 "Chornomorets" repeated the success of their senior comrades two years ago, winning the grand prize. The second place went to the team SDYUSHOR "Torpedo" (Nikolaev), which lost to Odessa in the final only in a series of post-match penalties. BRW-BIK from Volodymyr-Volynskyi finished third.

Last year in the fourth competitions Dnipro from the city of the same name in the final appeared stronger than the Nikolaev VUFK "Torpedo" - 4: 1 and won a trophy. The bronze went to Kharkiv from UFC Olympic.

This year the composition of the participants is as follows:

Group A

1. YFS-11 Chornomorets (Odesa)
2. Azovstal (Mariupol)
3. VUFK "Torpedo" (Nikolaev)

Group B

1. YS Champion (Kyiv)
2. CYSS "Education" (Kherson)
3. YS Atletyk (Odesa)

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Match fixtures the fifth of the traditional all-Ukrainian tournament "Crimea is Ukraine"

26.08.2019/1/XNUMX Group Tournament. XNUMXst round

Group A

CYSS-11 "Chornomorets" - PFC "Azovstal". Chulakivka. Victoria Stadium. 09.00

Group B

CYSS "Champion" - CYSS "Education". Chulakivka. Victoria Stadium. 11.00

27.08.2019/2/XNUMX Group Tournament. XNUMXst round

Group A

CYSS-11 "Chernomorets" - VUFK "Torpedo". Chulakivka. Victoria Stadium. 09.00

Group B

KDYUSSH "Champion" - DUFK "Athletic". Chulakivka. Victoria Stadium. 11.00 

28.08.2019/3/XNUMX Group Tournament. XNUMXst round

Group A

Azovstal - Torpedo. Chulakivka. Victoria Stadium. 09.00

Group B

KDYUSSH "Education" - DUFK "Athletic". Chulakivka. Victoria Stadium. 11.00 

29.08.2019/5/XNUMX Match for XNUMXth placeе

Chulakivka. Victoria Stadium. 10.00 

29.08.2019/1/2 XNUMX/XNUMX of the finals

1st semifinal. Chulakivka. Victoria Stadium. 15.30. 

2st semifinal. Chulakivka. Victoria Stadium. 17.30. 

30.08.2019/3/XNUMX Match for XNUMXrd place and finals 

Match for 3rd place. Kherson. Crystal Stadium. 10.00

Final. Kherson. Crystal Stadium. 12.00

After the final match will be held the award ceremony of the winners and winners of the tournament, as well as the official closing ceremony of the competition.