SoCal Select of the United States, Women's Overall Champion of the 2025 Costa Blanca Cup
CF Foietes (A) in the G12 category; Mislata CF in G14; the North American team in G16; and the Americans again in G19, lifted the title in age groups. Press Academy won the title in B8, and AD Villa de Madrid won the title in B19. Nine more finals will be played this Saturday morning
SoCal Select of the United States was crowned the women's club champion of the 2025 Costa Blanca Cup. With two teams participating in the tournament, both reaching the G16 and G19 finals, defeating Team MGB (3-0) and Racing San Gabriel (1-5), respectively, they lifted the trophy for the club with the highest overall points.
The fifth day of competition at the international youth football tournament, organized by Tour-Sport Promociones Deportivas, already saw the first team titles awarded. In the women's categories, CF Foietes (A) won the title in the G12 category; Mislata CF in the G14; SoCal Select in the G16; and SoCal Select in the G19. In addition, the teams secured two of the ten championship trophies in the men's categories: Press Academy won the title in the B8 category, while AD Villa de Madrid won the title in the B19 category.
Final results:
G12: CF Foietes (A) 2-0 Euro Soccer Select Los Angeles
G14: Mislata CF 3-0 Racing Playa de San Juan CD
G16: SoCal Select 3-0 Team MGB
G19: Racing San Gabriel 1-5 SoCal Select
B8: Villajoyosa CF 5-7 Press Academy
B19: AD Villa de Madrid 4-2 Malakitos
Friday also featured semifinal matches for up to eight men's categories. You can access the schedule, results, and standings for each final phase by clicking HERE.
The Costa Blanca Cup, which has been held in the towns of Benidorm, L'Alfàs del Pi, Altea, La Nucía, Finestrat, and La Vila Joiosa, is in its 31st year, further underscored by the potential of 19 teams from around the world that have come to the Marina Alta and Marina Baja. More than 4,000 players compete, including both national and international clubs and teams.
In short, this is a record-breaking edition for the international tournament organized by Tor-Sport Promociones Deportivas. A total of 208 teams, representing 19 countries, with 4,000 players, as well as their technical and support staff. While there is a notable local presence, with 51 teams, the number of clubs from outside the Valencian region is even: 80 teams from the rest of Spain and 77 from abroad.
Internationally, the consolidation of participation by teams from two regions of the world is important. On the one hand, the Middle East with Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. On the other, the Caribbean, with the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, each with ten teams. China returned after several years of absence, as did Brazil and Taiwan, which doubled up in both soccer and futsal. Iceland, a country of just 300,000 inhabitants and with very few federation members, has competed in 21 of the 31 editions of the Costa Blanca Cup. The United States' presence has also grown. In addition to this intercultural component between boys and girls from different countries, it is worth highlighting that among the Spanish teams there is a very special one: The Costa Blanca Cup organizers once again welcomed with great enthusiasm, also helping with their presence and participation, Arrels CF, a G19 women's team, made up of players representing teams and/or localities affected by Dana, the unfortunate tragedy that hit part of the province of Valencia very hard on October 29, 2024. A team that originated for the Valencia Cup Girls last Easter. Arrels CF finished their group stage as group winners, directly advancing to the G19 semifinals, playing a great game, but falling one step away from the final when they lost 0-1 to San Gabriel two minutes from time. San Gabriel will face SoCal from the United States, who defeated Benidorm.