The Costa Blanca Cup will reveal the first champion teams of the 2025 edition this Friday
The international youth football tournament enters the final stretch, and the first finals will be decided in the five women's categories and two in the men's categories. Thursday night concluded with the leaders' dinner
The Costa Blanca Cup 2025 is entering its final stretch toward a conclusion. And this Friday will mark the start of the first finals of the summer's premier international youth football tournament. At stake will be the five titles for the winning teams in the women's categories and two of the ten in the men's categories. In any case, beyond the trophies, the essence and importance of this championship for youth development lies in the promotion of sporting values, the experiences acquired, the intercultural exchanges between young people from different countries, and the nature of sports tourism. All of these are key pillars for Tour-Sport Sports Promotions. After three marathon rounds of matches, in which more than 300 group matches were played, and an equally intense and packed start to the final phase, with both quarterfinal and semifinal matches this Thursday at the venues in Benidorm, L'Alfàs del Pi, Altea, La Nucía, Finestrat, and La Vila Joiosa, the first finals of the Costa Blanca Cup 2025 will take place this Friday. You can access the schedule, results, and standings for each final phase by clicking HERE.
The Costa Blanca Cup is in its 31st year this year, further underlined by the potential of teams that have come to the Marina Alta and Marina Baja from different countries around the world: a total of 19. More than 4,000 players compete between national and international clubs and teams.
In short, this is a record-breaking edition for the international nature of the tournament, organized by Tor-Sport Promociones Deportivas. A total of 208 teams, representing nineteen countries, with 4,000 players, their technical staff, and their supporters. While there is a notable local range, with 51 teams, the actual numbers of clubs arriving from outside the Valencian region are 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 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 barely 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's worth highlighting that among the Spanish teams, there is one very special one: The Costa Blanca Cup organizers once again welcomed with great enthusiasm, also contributing 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 hard on October 29, 2024. This team was formed for the Valencia Cup Girls last Easter. Arrels CF finished their group stage first, directly advancing to the G19 semifinals, playing a great match, but falling one step away from the final after losing 0-1 to San Gabriel two minutes from time. The team will face SoCal from the United States, who defeated Benidorm.
Leaders' Dinner
Thursday also saw the celebration of one of the key events of each edition: the Leaders' Dinner. The organizers, Tour-Sport Promociones Deportivas, take care of every detail and every action within the framework of the tournament, and each edition reserves a moment of cultural and experiential exchange between the leaders of each team or club participating in the championship. An evening of music and leisure time, with dinner at the Meliá Benidorm Hotel, the nerve center of the Costa Blanca Cup, will strengthen intercultural and experiential ties.