Montaigu Tournament

The Montaigu Tournament (In French: Tournoi de Montaigu) is an international association football competition that is contested by under-16 national teams. The tournament is also known as Mondial Minimes.

Montaigu Tournament
Mondial Minimes
Founded1973
RegionFrance
Number of teams8
Current champions Argentina (2 Titles)
Most successful club(s) France (9 Titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
2020

The games are held in stadiums located in the Vendée department of France. The final is played at the Stade Maxime Bossis in Montaigu.

History

The tournament was founded in 1973 by Dutchman, André Van Den Brink who was the president of FC Montaigu, a French amateur football team.

Previous winners
Year Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place
1976  France Eintracht Frankfurt Ajax Amsterdam
1977  France  Israel  West Germany
1978  England  Israel  West Germany
1979  Israel  West Germany  Scotland
1980  Scotland  France  Netherlands
1981  West Germany  Republic of Ireland  Belgium
1982  Republic of Ireland  Italy  Israel
1983  France  Scotland  Italy
1984  Brazil  France  Belgium
1985  Soviet Union   Switzerland  Poland
1986  Cameroon  England  Belgium
1987  Belgium  Hungary  Soviet Union
1988  Mexico  Czechoslovakia Atlantic Selection
1989  Soviet Union  Belgium  Spain
1990  Soviet Union  Germany  Belgium
1991  Soviet Union  France  Spain
1992  United States  Czechoslovakia  France
1993  Cameroon  Portugal  Spain
1994  Cameroon  Portugal  Italy
1995  Cameroon  France  Italy
1996  France  Belgium  Scotland
1997  France  Netherlands  Cameroon
1998  France  Cameroon  England
1999  Italy  Spain  Gabon
2000  England  Italy  Argentina
2001  France  England  Peru
2002  Argentina  France  Peru
2003  Italy  France  Portugal
2004  Japan  Italy  Ivory Coast
2005  France  Japan  Germany
2006  France  Italy  Tunisia
2007  Germany  England  France
2008  England  France  Germany
2009  England  Germany  France
2010  Portugal  England  France
2011  England  France  Portugal
2012  Portugal  Russia  England
2013  Turkey  England  France
2014  Ivory Coast  South Korea  England  France
2015  England  France  Morocco  Ivory Coast
2016  United States  France  Brazil  Morocco
2017  Portugal  France  Denmark  Japan
2018  Portugal  Brazil  England  France
2019  Argentina  Mexico  England  Brazil
2020 Future event

Most successful teams
Teams Champions Runner-up 3rd place
 France 9 9 5
 England 6 5 5
 Portugal 4 2 2
 Cameroon 4 1 1
 Soviet Union 4 0 1
 Italy 2 4 3
 West Germany 2 3 4
 Argentina 2 0 1
 United States 2 0 0
 Belgium 1 2 4
 Israel 1 2 1
 Scotland 1 1 2
 Brazil 1 1 1
 Japan 1 1 0
 Republic of Ireland 1 1 0
 Mexico 1 1 0
 Ivory Coast 1 0 1
 Morocco 1 0 0
 Turkey 1 0 0
 Czechoslovakia 0 2 0
 Spain 0 1 3
 Netherlands 0 1 1
 Hungary 0 1 0
  Switzerland 0 1 0
 Russia 0 1 0
Eintracht Frankfurt 0 1 0
 South Korea 0 1 0
 Peru 0 0 2
 Poland 0 0 1
 Tunisia 0 0 1
 Gabon 0 0 1
Atlantic Selection 0 0 1
Ajax Amsterdam 0 0 1
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