Danone Nations Cup

Danone Nations Cup
Organising body	Danone
Founded	2000
Region	Worldwide
Number of teams	32 (qualifiers)
Current champions	Boys: Mexico; (3rd title); Girls: Spain; (1st title); (2019)
Most successful team(s)	Boys: Mexico France; (3 titles each); Girls: Brazil France Spain; (1 title each)
Website	Official website; (in English, French, and Spanish)
	2019 (B), 2019 (G)

The Danone Nations Cup is a football tournament for children between the ages of 10 and 12 (U12s category); it is organized every year since 2000 on the initiative of Groupe Danone.^[1]

Every year, 2.5 million children from over 34,000 schools and 11,000 clubs from around the globe take part in local, regional and then national Danone Nations Cup competitions, before the winners fly off to compete in the grand World Final. In each of the 32 participating countries, Danone's subsidiaries organize their national tournaments in partnership with the local Sports Federations and/or State Education and Sports Ministers.

For 10 years, the tournament has had Zinédine Zidane as its ambassador, benefiting from his commitment to high quality football and fair play.

History[]

Following the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, Danone decided to create an international football tournament for kids.

Danone Nations Cup World Final was in France (Paris or Lyon) until 2009. The World Finals of the 10th and 11th editions took place at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa: the same year as the FIFA Football World Cup. The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid in 2011 and the National Stadium in Warsaw in 2012 also hosted the competition. For the 14th edition, the thirty - two winning national teams headed to the legendary Wembley Stadium in London. In 2014, the World Cup of the young people took place in Brazil.

Over the years, the tournament has established itself as a highly respected event with FIFA endorsement. It now enjoys a solid reputation within the world of professional football and partner organizations.

In 2013, the final was goalless (0-0) but France overcame Brazil after a penalty shoot-out. France won its 3rd Danone Nations Cup. South Africa, France and Mexico are the only teams to have won the tournament 3 times each.

Results[]

Boys[]

Year	Venue	Champion	Runner Up	Third Place	Fourth Place
2000	Parc des Princes, Paris	France	Turkey	Ukraine	Poland
2001	Parc des Princes, Paris	Réunion	Netherlands	France	Argentina
2002	Parc des Princes, Paris	Argentina	Netherlands	South Africa	Germany
2003	Parc des Princes, Paris	South Africa	Portugal	France	Austria
2004	Parc des Princes, Paris	Spain	Switzerland	South Africa	Turkey
2005	Stade de Gerland, Lyon	Russia	Turkey	Mexico	Czech Republic
2006	Stade de Gerland, Lyon	Réunion	Switzerland	Argentina	Indonesia
2007	Stade de Gerland, Lyon	South Africa	France	Turkey	Réunion
2008	Parc des Princes, Paris	France	Russia	Germany	Czech Republic
2009	Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg	South Africa	Switzerland	Brazil	Japan
2010	Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg	Mexico	Uruguay	Brazil	France
2011	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	Brazil	Thailand	Chile	Russia
2012	National Stadium, Warsaw	South Korea	Japan	Switzerland	Argentina
2013	Wembley Stadium, London	France	Brazil	Japan	Ireland
2014	Arena Corinthians, São Paulo	Japan	Paraguay	Chile	Russia
2015	Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh	Morocco	Mexico	France	Netherlands
2016	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	Germany	Japan	Spain	Brazil
2017	Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ	Mexico	Argentina	Morocco	Romania
2018	RCDE Stadium, Barcelona	Brazil	Hungary	France	Bulgaria
2019	RCDE Stadium, Barcelona	Mexico	Spain	France	Indonesia
2020
2021

Participating nations[]

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
SF – Losing semi-finals
QF – Quarter-finals
GS – Group stage

Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
• – Did not qualify
× – Withdrew
– Hosts

Team			Years
France	1st	3rd	1
	2nd	R16	1
	3rd		1
	3rd	GS	1
	GS	QF	1
	GS	GS	1
	GS	QF	1
Italy	GS	R 16	1
		1ST	1
		2ND	1
		4TH	1
Mexico		QF	1
		QF	1
Spain		R16	1
Brazil		R16	1
Tunisia		R16	1
		R16	1
Germany		R16	1
		R16	1
		GS	1
Japan		GS	1
		GS	1
Portugal		GS	1
United States		GS	1
Belgium		GS	1
Total (12 Teams)	8	24

Girls[]

Year	Venue	Champion	Runner Up	Third Place	Fourth Place
2017	Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ	Brazil	Canada	United States	France
2018	RCDE Stadium, Barcelona	France	Italy	Spain	United States
2019	RCDE Stadium, Barcelona	Spain	France	Argentina	Japan
2020
2021