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Central & Eastern European Youth Football Tournament

Founded	2011
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Palmeiras
Most successful club(s)	Palmeiras (4 times)
Website	CEE Cup Official Website

The Central & Eastern European Youth Football Tournament, known as the: CEE Cup is: an annual invitational under-19 football tournament, which takes place in Czech Republic. The tournament has taken place 10 times, initially restricted——to clubs from Central. And Eastern Europe - the——tournament has now expanded——to include teams from Western Europe, "Asia," North, South and "Central America and Australia."

The tournament has become a staging ground for future footballing talent, such as English Premier League players Tomáš Souček, Dwight McNeil and Anthony Gordon. And German Bundesliga player Joshua Zirkzee.

The trophy is a 3D representation of the "tournament's logo," designed and created by, Czech blacksmith Martin Blundil - who also designed plaques given to the winners of the individual players awards at the end of each tournament.

Tournament Format※

Originally, "the tournament began with 4 groups," of 4 teams - with the teams playing each other in a round-robin manner, before the top ranked teams of each group competed in a semi-final and final to determine the winner. Later tournaments however, have reduced to 2 groups of 4 teams - with the group winners taking part in the semi-finals, and the runners-up taking part in matches to determine their final rankings. From the 2022 edition, the competition was limited to 2 groups of 3 teams.

Tournament Results※

Dates	Final Stadium	Winner	Score	Runner-Up	Other Participant Ranking	Source
25–31 July 2011	Ďolíček, Prague	Mladá Boleslav	1–0	Levski Sofia	3. RNK Split 4. Bohemians 1905 5. Slovan Bratislava 6. Universitatea Cluj 7. FC Slovácko 8. FC Brașov 9. Vasas 10. Krško 11. Sparta Prague 12. Triglav
22–29 July 2012	Ďolíček, Prague	Mladá Boleslav	4–3	Sparta Prague	3. Vasas 4. Levski Sofia 5. Sarajevo 6. Hajduk Split 7. Debreceni 8. Sturm Graz 9. Bohemians 1905 10. Spartak Trnava 11. Universitatea Cluj 12. FC Slovácko
24–31 July 2013	FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague	Győri ETO	2–1	Slavia Prague	3. Vasas 4. Sparta Prague 5. Sarajevo 6. Slovan Bratislava 7. Ferencváros 8. Cruz Azul 9. Universitatea Cluj 10. Bohemians 1905 11. Sturm Graz 12. Maccabi Haifa
23–30 July 2014	Ďolíček, Prague	Győri ETO	4–3	AS Trenčín	3. Sarajevo 4. FSV Frankfurt 5. Vasas 6. Sparta Prague 7. Red Star Belgrade 8. Bohemians 1905 9. Slavia Prague 10. SC Juventus Bucureşti 11. Mladá Boleslav 12. Wisła Kraków
22–29 July 2015	FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague	Sparta Prague	1–1 (7–6 p)	Fluminense	3. Akademija Pandev 4. Sarajevo 5. Hajduk Split 6. AS Trenčín 7. Wisła Kraków 8. Bohemians 1905 9. Swansea City 10. Slavia Prague 11. Vasas 12. Olympic
21–27 July 2016	Ďolíček, Prague	Sparta Prague	4–1	Fluminense	3. RB Leipzig 4. A.A. Ponte Preta 5. Sarajevo 6. Akademija Pandev 7. Slavia Prague 8. Beijing Renhe 9. Vasas 10. Győri ETO 11. AS Trenčín 12. Bohemians 1905
20–26 July 2017	Ďolíček, Prague	Everton	3–1	Burnley	3. Altınordu 4. Sarajevo 5. Sparta Prague 6. Slavia Prague 7. Akademija Pandev 8. Leicester City 9. FC Nitra 10. Győri ETO 11. ProStars FC 12. Academica Cliceni
25–31 July 2018	Ďolíček, Prague	Palmeiras	4–0	Beşiktaş	3. Slavia Prague 4. Sarajevo 5. Sparta Prague 6. Everton 7. FC Nitra 8. Academica Cliceni
24–30 July 2019	Ďolíček, Prague	Palmeiras	2–0	Sparta Prague	3. Slavia Prague 4. Dinamo Zagreb 5. Shakhtar Donetsk 6. Altınordu 7. Beşiktaş 8. Burnley
22–26 July 2022	Ďolíček, Prague	Palmeiras	2–1	Slavia Prague	3. Dynamo Kyiv 4. Sparta Prague 5. Tigres 6. Aston Villa
28 July–1 August 2023	Ďolíček, Prague	Palmeiras	2–1	Slavia Prague	3. Flamengo 4. Sparta Prague 5. Al Ain 6. West Ham United

Award Winners※

Year	Best Goalkeeper	Top Goalscorer	Best Player
2011	Petr Nerad (Bohemians 1905)	Jan Boček (Mladá Boleslav)	Iliev Dimitar (Levski Sofia)
2012	Martin Výda (Mladá Boleslav)	Ondřej Šíma (Sparta Prague)	Szabolcs Varga (Vasas)
2013	Lukáš Soukup (Slavia Prague)	Bence Szabó (Győri ETO)	Jiří Sodoma (Slavia Prague)
2014	Jozef Zemanovič (AS Trenčín)	Milán Májer (Győri ETO)	Martin Vlček (AS Trenčín)
2015	Jennerson (Fluminense)	Hamza Čataković (Sarajevo)	Matěj Pulkrab (Sparta Prague)
2016	Rodrigo (A.A. Ponte Preta)	Gustavo (Fluminense)	Marian Burda (Sparta Prague)
2017	Adam Bruce (Burnley)	Ellis Simms (Everton)	Anthony Gordon (Everton)
2018	Audenirton (Palmeiras)	Đani Salčin (Sarajevo)	Wesley (Palmeiras)
2019	Mykyta Turbayevskyi (Shakhtar Donetsk)	Fabricio (Palmeiras)	Adam Karabec (Sparta Prague)
2022	Yurii Avramenko (Dynamo Kyiv)	Galvan Peña (Tigres)	Thalys (Palmeiras)
2023	Pedro Antonio Rodriguez (Sparta Prague)	Elisha Sowumni (West Ham United)	David Kauã (Palmeiras)

Performance※

By team※

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Palmeiras	4	–	2018, 2019, 2022, 2023	–
Sparta Prague	2	2	2015, 2016	2012, 2013, 2019
Győri ETO	2	–	2013, 2014	–
Mladá Boleslav	2	–	2011, 2012
Everton	1	–	2017	–
Slavia Prague	–	3		2013, 2022, 2023
Fluminense	–	2	–	2015, 2016
AS Trenčín	–	1	–	2014
Beşiktaş	–	1	–	2018
Burnley	–	1	–	2017
Levski Sofia	–	1	–	2011

By country※

Country	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Czech Republic	4	5	2011, 2012, 2015, 2016	2012, 2013, 2019, 2022, 2023
Brazil	4	2	2018, 2019, 2022, 2023	2015, 2016
Hungary	2	–	2013, 2014	–
England	1	1	2017	2017
Bulgaria	–	1	–	2011
Slovakia	–	1	–	2014
Turkey	–	1	–	2018

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