Costa Blanca Cup 2026: Dates for the soccer and futsal tournaments overlooking the Mediterranean
With registration open, the international championships for men's and women's youth categories will take place from July 1-5 for futsal, and from July 5-11 for soccer
Youth soccer and futsal have a benchmark international tournament every summer overlooking the Mediterranean: the Costa Blanca Cup. The July threshold of each year forms the competitive framework for this sporting, tourism, and experiential event. The 2025 experience is behind us, and the organizer, Tour-Sport Promociones Deportivas, has already begun the "construction" for 2026, starting with the dates and the opening of the registration process.
Chronologically, the 21st Costa Blanca Futsal Cup will be held first, taking place between July 1 and 5, followed by the 32nd Costa Blanca Cup, which will continue to promote grassroots soccer from July 5 to 11.
For both, registration is open by contacting the organizers through the official website of each grassroots championship for both men's and women's categories. For the soccer event, the link is https://www.costablancacup.com/, and the registration page is easily accessible by clicking here. For futsal, you can access it via https://www.costablancafutsalcup.com/ and the link to the registration form.
In the 2025 edition, the futsal tournament saw the participation of 97 teams from eleven countries. Thirty-eight foreign teams, 37 Spanish teams (specifically from outside the Valencian Community), and 22 Valencian teams participated in the various venues in the Marina Alta and Baja regions. The international return of Brazil, a powerhouse of the indoor world, was notable. From Europe, teams from France, Spain, England, and Belgium were among the most prominent. For the first time in futsal, the United States participated. And the participation of teams from Taiwan, Lebanon, and Venezuela was also significant.
In the case of the international youth soccer tournament, there were 208 teams, representing 19 countries. While there was a notable local diversity, with 51 teams, the actual numbers of clubs arriving from outside the Valencian region were even: there were 80 teams from the rest of Spain and 77 from abroad. Internationally, the consolidation of participation by teams from two regions of the world was significant. 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 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 also grew.
Of the total number of teams participating in the two events that made up the Costa Blanca Cup, there were 305 teams from 30 different countries, of which 117 were Spanish, 115 were foreign (from four continents), and 73 were local teams. This total clearly underlined the fact that this was a record-breaking edition: both in terms of total participation and the participation of foreign teams.
Accommodating all the people who came to participate in this tournament—not only participants and coaching staff, but also accompanying individuals—a key focus on sports tourism was further underscored by the occupancy of 24 hotels to accommodate 4,000 participants. A total of 719 matches were played across both events.