Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Tournament
Valeri Lobanovsky Memorial Tournament (Ukrainian: Турнір Пам'яті Валерія Лобановського) is an international football tournament established in honour and memory of Valeri Lobanovsky since his death on 13 May 2002, hence the name Memorial. The idea was initiated by the FC Dynamo Kyiv management and the tournament is played at the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine.
General rules
editSince 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 in Kyiv Oblast.[1]
In 2011 two games of the U-21 international tournament were played at Obolon Arena.[2]
In 2012 two games of the tournament were played at Bannikov Stadium.[3]
Champions and top goalscorers
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Performance among national teams
edit- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
| Team | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria |
1st | 4th | 2 | ||||||||||||||
 Azerbaijan |
2nd | 1 | |||||||||||||||
 Belarus |
2nd | 4th | 2 | ||||||||||||||
 Bulgaria |
2nd | 3rd | 2 | ||||||||||||||
 Cyprus |
4th | 1 | |||||||||||||||
 Czech Republic |
3rd | 1 | |||||||||||||||
 Finland |
1st | 1 | |||||||||||||||
 Germany |
3rd | 1 | |||||||||||||||
 Greece |
3rd | 3rd | 2 | ||||||||||||||
 Iran |
4th | 2nd | 2 | ||||||||||||||
 Israel |
2nd | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 7 | |||||||||
 Moldova |
4th | 4th | 4th | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Montenegro |
2nd | 3rd | 2 | ||||||||||||||
 Northern Ireland |
4th | 1 | |||||||||||||||
 Poland |
1st | 1st | 2 | ||||||||||||||
 Russia |
1st | 1 | |||||||||||||||
 Serbia |
4th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 4 | ||||||||||||
 Slovakia |
1st | 1 | |||||||||||||||
 Slovenia |
4th | 1st | 4th | 1st | 4 | ||||||||||||
 Turkey |
2nd | 4th | 2 | ||||||||||||||
 Ukraine |
3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 15 | |
 Uzbekistan |
1st | 1st | 2 |
Stadiums
edit- Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium – 12 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
- Bannikov Stadium – 10 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021)
- Obolon Arena – 4 (2011, 2013, 2016, 2021)
- Systema Stadium (Borodyanka) – 2 (2009, 2010)
- Kolos Stadium (Boryspil) – 2 (2017, 2018)
- Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex – 1 (2019)
Notes and references
editNotes
edit- ^ The player of the Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv, who was also declared champion.
- ^ Initially scheduled to take place in Donetsk, but due to War in Donbass it was suspended and transferred to Kyiv before cancelled completely after withdrawal of the Iran U21.
References
edit- ^ ""Молодіжка" збирається на Меморіал Лобановського ("Under-21" gather for the Lobanovsky Memorial Tournament )". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
- ^ "Yakovenko's set-up for Lobanovskiy Memorial". Football Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 2011-08-02. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
- ^ Меморіал Лобановського: українці програють в лотерею [Lobanovskiy Memorial:Ukrainians lose in the lottery]. Football Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 2012-08-14. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- ^ Меморіал Лобановського: українці програють в лотерею [(Updated result) Lobanovskiy Memorial:Ukrainians lose in the lottery]. Football Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- ^ Oleksandr Ryzhenko (5 June 2013). "Меморіал Лобановського. Україна (U-21) - Австрія (U-21) 0:1. Недисципліновано" [(Updated result) Lobanovskiy Memorial:Ukraine - Austria 0-1]. ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ "Мемориал Лобановского возвращается на Олимпийский". www.ua-football.com (in Russian). 21 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.