The Campionato Nazionale Primavera – Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti, was an Italian

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youth competition. It is organised by the

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and the participating teams that take part in

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and

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: the first edition was held in the 1962–63 season, in place of the "Campionato Cadetti". Due to ceremonial reasons, the league is officially called Campionato Primavera Tim – Trofeo

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have the highest number of titles, having won the Campionato Primavera nine times. From the 2017–18 season, the league was replaced with

Campionato Primavera 1 Campionato Primavera 1, known also as Campionato Primavera 1 TIMvision – Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti due to sponsorship and posthumous honour, is an Italian football youth competition. It was created in 2017–18 season by splitting Campionato Na ...

and Campionato Primavera 2.

Competition format

From the 2012–13 season players who are at least 15 years old and who are under 19 in the calendar year of the season ends (i.e. born 1994 for 2012–13 season). At the discretion of the league, teams are allowed a maximum of four "non-quota" ( it, fuori quota) players, of which one has no age limit and the rest must be under 20; until the 2011–12 season the age limit was 20 and for the "non-quota" player was 21. The initial phase of the Primavera Championship consists of 3 rounds, each consisting of 14 teams, organised by geographical criteria: teams play in a true robin-round format, for a total of 26 games in the regular season. The top two in each group have direct access to the final phase: the remaining two positions are assigned via the play-offs, with the participation of eight teams (the third and fourth ranked, plus the fifth best). The matching pattern is as following: *First round: **Best 3rd vs. second-best 5th (match n. 1); **Best 4th vs. second-best 4th (match n. 2); **Best 5th vs. second-best 3rd (match n. 3); **Worst 3rd vs. worst 4th (match n. 4); *Second round: **Winner of match 1 vs. winner of match 2; **Winner of match 3 vs. winner of match 4; The latest slots (two) are awarded after a

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series, in which eight teams are involved: the final stage (also «Final Eight»), held on a neutral venue, is based on knockout format. The final phase of the Primavera Championship is hosted every year by a different

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: the winning team is awarded a trophy, like the Serie A trophy (received, as a reward, by the Italian Champions). The winners are eligible for

Supercoppa Primavera The Supercoppa Primavera is an Italian youth teams football match played by the winners of the Campionato Primavera championship and the winners of the Coppa Italia Primavera at the beginning of the season. The competition has been held since 200 ...

, against

Coppa Italia Primavera The Coppa Italia Primavera ( Italian for Spring Italian Cup) is an Italian football competition played by youth teams from Campionato Primavera. All players are under 20 of age. The first edition was held in the 1972–73 season. Due to sponsorsh ...

winners: if the same club wins both competitions, the runners-up of Coppa Italia are admitted in Supercoppa.

Past winners

References

External links

* {{Football in Italy Youth football competitions in Italy

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Competition format

Past winners

See also

References

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