The 2007 Champions Youth Cup was the first and only staging of the Champions Youth Cup, a proposed annual

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tournament. It was supported by the

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group and was intended to be a Club World Championship for the Under-19 teams of some of the world's largest clubs. It took place in

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from 5 August to 19 August 2007. It featured sixteen teams: eleven

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teams, two teams from

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, a host invitee team from Europe, a host invitee team from

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and the U-19 national team of the tournament hosts,

. Each match lasted only 70 minutes, and, in the event of a draw in the knockout stage, there was no extra time. A second edition of the tournament, was planned for August 2008. However it was canceled in June, two months before the start, because of a dispute between the

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and the Gifted Group, the tournament organizers.

Groups

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Quarter finals

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Semi finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Top scorers

References

External links

Champions Youth Cup 2007 official website
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