Viktor Bannikov Memorial Tournament

Football tournament

Viktor Bannikov Memorial Tournament
Founded	1998 (reorganized in 2002)
Region	Ukraine (UEFA)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Ukraine U-16
Most successful team(s)	Ukraine U-16 (5 titles)

Viktor Bannikov Memorial Tournament (Ukrainian: Міжнародний турнір пам’яті Віктора Баннікова) is annual summer association football friendly competition for junior teams that take place in various cities of Ukraine, since 1998. This tournament was created in honour and memory of the legendary goalkeeper of the USSR national football team and the first president of the Football Federation of Ukraine Viktor Bannikov (1938-2001), hence the name Memorial. The tournament was initially established in 1998 as a competition for junior teams of Ukrainian football clubs. Victor Bannikov opened his first edition. It was contested by 12 teams. DFK "ATEK" won defeating opponents from FC Dynamo Kyiv. In 1999, the tournament has received international status and was contested by 16 junior teams.^[1] In 2002, the Ukrainian football federation has decided to give more importance professional status, inviting the participation of junior national teams.

The tournament recently gained FIFA recognition and support.

General rules

Since 2002, the tournament participants are a two group of four selected under-17 national teams. From 2005 the tournament participants have been the under-16 national teams. The winners of group play in the final, the second place teams play match for the 3rd place, the third team in group play match for 5th place, the fourth team in the group play match for 7th place.

The games of the tournament were played at stadiums in Kyiv and towns in Kyiv Oblast: Boryspil, Makariv, Obukhiv, Borodianka.

In 2008 the games of the U-16 international tournament were played at stadiums in Donetsk and Mariupol.

Champions

Season	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Position	4th Position
2002^[2]	Poland U-17	Russia U-17	Ukraine U-17	Belarus U-17
2003^[3]	Ukraine U-17	Slovakia U-17	Turkey U-17	Russia U-17
2004^[4]	Turkey U-17	Ukraine U-17	Slovakia U-17	Czech Republic U-17
2005^[5]	Ukraine U-16	Turkey U-16	Russia U-16	Belgium U-16
2006^[6]	Ukraine U-16	Poland U-16	Italy U-16	Turkey U-16
2007^[7]	Turkey U-16	Ukraine U-16	Slovakia U-16	United States U-16
2008^[8]	Italy U-16	Poland U-16	Japan U-16	Russia U-16
2009^[9]	Serbia U-16	Turkey U-16	Ukraine U-16	Poland U-16
2010^[10]	Czech Republic U-16	Serbia U-16	Ukraine U-16	Turkey U-16
2011^[11]	Ukraine U-16	Russia U-16	Serbia U-16	Turkey U-16
2012^[12]	Ukraine U-16	Russia U-16	Turkey U-16	Serbia U-16
2013^[13]	Turkey U-16	Russia U-16	Ukraine U-16	Serbia U-16
2014^[14]	Not held
2015^[15]	Not held
2016^[16]	Georgia U-16	Israel U-16	Serbia U-16	Latvia U-16
2017^[17]	Georgia U-17	Israel U-17	Ukraine U-17	Slovakia U-17
2018^[18]	Ukraine U-17	Turkey U-17	Slovakia U-17	Belarus U-17

References

^ (in Ukrainian) Інформація про турнір імені Баннікова Archived October 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, www.donoda.gov.ua
^ (in Ukrainian) В Обухове завершился международный турнир памяти Банникова В.М. Archived December 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ (in Ukrainian) Сборная Украины - победитель турнира памяти Виктора Банникова
^ (in Ukrainian) Сборная Украины (U-17): кубок уходит в Турцию
^ (in Ukrainian) Кубок Виктора Банникова вернулся на Украину
^ (in Ukrainian) Международный турнир памяти В.Банникова: украинцы добыли главный трофей
^ (in Ukrainian) Турнирная таблица
^ (in Ukrainian) Приятная, но запоздалая победа
^ (in Ukrainian) Сербский триумф на мемориале Банникова
^ (in Ukrainian) Третья позиция для Украины
^ (in Ukrainian) Украинцы - победители X Мемориала Виктора Банникова
^ (in Ukrainian) Украинский триумф на мемориале Банникова
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^ (in Ukrainian) [2]
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External links

Statistics of all tournaments 2002-2017, calendar and reglament of the 2018 tournament
(in Ukrainian) Official Website
(in Ukrainian) Old Official Website
Victor Bannikov Memorial U-17 Tournament at RSSSF

Football in Ukraine

Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF / FFU / FF UkrSSR)

League system

Men	Premier League First League Second League Third League (defunct) Amateur Championship Regional championships Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (defunct)
Women	Ukrainian Women's League Top league First league Winter challenge
Youth	UPL (U-21 & U-19) PFL (U-19) WFPL (U-18, U-17, U-16, U-15, U-14) Ukrainian Youth Football League (U-17, U-16, U-15, U-14) Ukrainian Students' League (Universities) Leather Ball Club (U-13, U-12, U-11) FFU Cup of hopes

Domestic cups

Men	Ukrainian Cup Ukrainian Super Cup Ukrainian Amateur Cup FFU Regions' Cup Ukrainian Second League Cup (defunct) Ukrainian League Cup (defunct) Cup of Ukrainian PFL (defunct) Football Cup of the Ukrainian SSR (defunct)
Women	Women's Cup Winter Cup

National teams

Men	National team Olympic U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 Students Beach soccer team Futsal team
Women	National team U-19 U-17 Beach soccer team Futsal team
Hosted	Euro 2012 Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Viktor Bannikov Memorial 1986 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR

Governing bodies

UAF committees	Committee of Referees Control and Disciplinary Committee National Teams Committee
Collective members	Ukrainian Premier League Professional Football League Ukrainian Youth Football League Ukrainian Association of Amateur Football All-Ukrainian Association of Women's Football All-Ukrainian Association of Student's Football Association of Football among Handicapped Association of Football among Veterans Ukrainian Association of Mini-Football Trade Union of Footballers All-Ukrainian Association of Football Coaches MON Sports CSK ZSU Spartak Dynamo Kolos Ukraine Regional football associations
Regional associations	AR Crimea Cherkasy Chernihiv Chernivtsi Dnipropetrovsk Donetsk Ivano-Frankivsk Kharkiv Kherson Khmelnytskyi Kyiv Kirovohrad Luhansk Lviv Mykolaiv Odesa Poltava Rivne Sumy Ternopil Vinnytsia Volyn Zakarpattia Zaporizhzhia Zhytomyr