Valeri Lobanovsky Memorial Tournament ( uk, Турнір Пам'яті Валерія Лобановського) is an international football tournament established in honour and memory of

Valeri Lobanovsky Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi ( uk, Вале́рій Васи́льович Лобано́вський ; russian: Вале́рий Васи́льевич Лобано́вский; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Ukrainian football playe ...

since his death on 13 May 2002, hence the name

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. The idea was initiated by the

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management and the tournament is played at the

Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium The Stadion Dynamo imeni Valeria Lobanovskoho is a multi-functional stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine that is modified for football use only. It is the home stadium of FC Dynamo Kyiv yet not the main stadium, for which Dynamo uses the bigger NSC Olym ...

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General rules

Since 2005, the tournament participants are a group of four selected national teams. From 2006 the tournament participants have been the Under-21 National Teams. The teams start-off in semifinals and the winners go on to play in the final; the other two teams play for the 3rd place. In 2009 two games of the tournament were played at Boreks Stadium,

Borodianka Borodianka ( uk, Бородянка, ) is an urban-type settlement in Bucha Raion of Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Borodianka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: . According to the 2 ...

Kyiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast ( uk, Ки́ївська о́бласть, translit=Kyïvska oblast), also called Kyivshchyna ( uk, Ки́ївщина), is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, w ...

. In 2011 two games of the U-21 international tournament were played at

Obolon Arena Obolon Arena is a football stadium in the city of Kyiv, Ukraine. It is the home ground of football club Obolon Kyiv. In 2012 two games of the tournament were played at

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Champions and top goalscorers

Performance among national teams

;Legend *1st – Champions *2nd – Runners-up *3rd – Third place *4th – Fourth place

Stadiums

– 12 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) *

– 10 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021) *

Obolon Arena Obolon Arena is a football stadium in the city of Kyiv, Ukraine. It is the home ground of football club Obolon Kyiv.Borodyanka) – 2 (2009, 2010) * Kolos Stadium (

Boryspil Boryspil ( uk, Бориспіль, translit. ''Boryspil'') is a city and the administrative center of Boryspil Raion in Kyiv Oblast (region) in northern (central) Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Boryspil urban hromada, one of the hrom ...

) – 2 (2017, 2018) *

Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex The Olympic National Sports Complex (also known as Olympic Stadium; uk, Національний спортивний комплекс "Олімпійський", translit=Natsionalnyi sportyvnyi kompleks "Olimpiiskyi") is a multi-use sports ...

– 1 (2019)

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

Lobanovsky International Tournament
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