The 15th edition of the 2014 Mercedes-Benz Aegean Cup will be held between 20-25 January in Manisa. Eight U16 national teams will participate into the cup.
Along with host Turkey; Azerbaijan, Greece, Ukraine, France, Norway, Scotland and USA will join the tournament.
The matches will be played in Manisa 19 Mayıs, Akhisar Ilçe, Turgutlu 7 Eylül, Kula Ilçe, Soma Atatürk, Salihli Ramiz Turhan and Saruhanli İlçe stadiums.
Mercedes-Benz Aegean Cup is among prestigious international tournaments in this age category. The tournament continues its tradition to be a showcase for various youth national teams for 15 years and 20 different countries participated so far. Started under the name "Bora Öztürk Tournament" in 1999 with the participation of Turkey, Romania and Russia, is being organized as "Aegean Cup since 2002. Originally played as a U15 level tournament, Aegean Cup's age level was first pushed to U17 in 2002 before being pulled back to U16 in 2004.
Turkey and France were crowned champions 6 times in the cup which was first held in 1999, whereas Ukraine, Russia lifted the trophy once. The tournament was not held in 2005.
2014 Mercedes-Benz Aegean Cup Groups & Schedules:
GROUP A |
GROUP B |
TURKEY |
FRANCE |
AZERBAIJAN |
USA |
UKRAINE |
SCOTLAND |
GREECE |
NORWAY |
Date-Kick-Off |
Team |
|
Team |
Stadium |
20.01.2014-12:00 Group A |
TURKEY |
- |
UKRAINE |
Akhisar İlçe |
20.01.2014-12:00 Group B |
FRANCE |
- |
USA |
Turgutlu 7 Eylül |
20.01.2014-14:30 Group A |
GREECE |
- |
AZERBAIJAN |
Saruhanlı İlçe |
20.01.2014-14:30 Group B |
NORWAY |
- |
SCOTLAND |
Salihli Ramiz Turan |
21.01.2014-12:00 Group A |
GREECE |
- |
UKRAINE |
Turgutlu 7 Eylül |
21.01.2014-12:00 Group B |
NORWAY |
- |
USA |
Akhisar İlçe |
21.01.2014-14:30 Group A |
TURKEY |
- |
AZERBAIJAN |
Salihli Ramiz Turan |
21.01.2014-14:30 Group B |
FRANCE |
- |
SCOTLAND |
Kula İlçe |
23.01.2014-12:00 Group A |
AZERBAIJAN |
- |
UKRAINE |
Akhisar İlçe |
23.01.2014-12:00 Group B |
SCOTLAND |
- |
USA |
Turgutlu 7 Eylül |
23.01.2014-14:30 Group A |
TURKEY |
- |
GREECE |
Soma Atatürk |
23.01.2014-14:30 Group B |
FRANCE |
- |
NORWAY |
Salihli Ramiz Turan |
25.01.2014-12:00 |
3rd Place Match |
Manisa 19 Mayıs |
25.01.2014-15:00 |
FINAL |
Manisa 19 Mayıs |
NOTE: All times are according to Turkish local time.