GOTHIA CUP
Venue: Gothenberg, Sweden
Age Category: 10 to 19 yrs

Background
Gothia Cup was started in 1975 as a joint project between the football clubs BK Häcken and Gais collaborating with the newspaper Arbetet. 1981, Gais left the co-operation due to bad profitability. Since then BK Häcken is the single owner of the tournament. It is world’s biggest youth world cup. More than 100 nation participate in this event every year. Log in gothiacup.se for more details.

Who may participate
All clubs, which are members of their FIFA affiliated national associations, are welcome toparticipate in the Gothia Cup. The tournament begins with group play. Teams are divided into groups of four or five, where all teams are playing each other once. The first and second team in the group qualify for “Play-off A”, the other teams in the group for “Play-off B”. The tournament is played under all applicable FIFA or Swedish FA rules.
Simla Youngs Youth teams participating in this tournament since 2010 in various age groups
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AIM: Win the Gothia Cup & qualify for the World Club’s Youth Championship.