This is the 69th edition of Torneo di Viareggio, the annual youth football tournament held in Viareggio, Tuscany.
Format The 40 teams are seeded in 10 groups, 5 groups in pool A and 5 groups in pool B. Each team from a group meets the others in a single tie. The winning club from each group and six best runners-up progress to the knockout stage. All matches in the final rounds are single tie. During the round of 16 no extra time will be played in case of a draw, with the match proceeding immediately to penalty kicks. From the quarterfinals on, matches include 30 minutes extra time and penalties to be played if the draw between teams still holds.
Participating teams 40 teams participate in the tournament. The list of the teams are below.
Italian teams
Ancona Ascoli Atalanta Bari Bologna Cagliari Empoli Fiorentina Genoa Inter Milan Juventus Maceratese Milan Napoli Parma Perugia Pisa Reggiana Serie D Representatives Sassuolo SPAL Spezia Torino
European teams
Club Brugge Dukla Prague PAS Giannina PSV Rijeka Zenit Saint Petersburg
American teams
Athletic Union Belgrano CAI Cortuluá Deportivo Camioneros LIAC New York Osasco Toronto
African teams
Abuja Garden City Panthers Ujana
Group stage
Pool A
Group 1 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Juventus321073+47 Maceratese311167−14 Dukla Prague310256−13 Toronto302168−22
Group 2 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Atalanta3300132+119 Osasco320173+46 Abuja31025503 Ancona3003217−150
Group 3 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Empoli3210101+157 Ascoli312031+25 Zenit Saint Petersburg311183+54 Athletic Union3003016−160
Group 4 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Inter Milan3210162+147 SPAL3210101+97 PAS Giannina310245−13 LIAC New York3003123−220
Group 5 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Bologna321050+57 Sassuolo321040+47 PSV310216−53 Pisa300304−40
Pool B
Group 6 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Napoli312043+15 Bari31114404 Deportivo Camioneros311143+14 Serie D Representatives302124−22
Group 7 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Belgrano330052+39 Milan320185+36 Spezia310224−23 Ujana300315−40
Group 8 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Fiorentina330073+49 Perugia320154+16 CAI301246−21 Garden City Panthers301225−31
Group 9 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Club Brugge321083+57 Cagliari320185+36 Genoa311175+24 Parma3003111−100
Group 10 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Torino330060+69 Rijeka32102204 Cortuluá321045−14 Reggiana300316−50
Knockout stage
References
External links Official Site (Italian)