Montaigu Tournament

Montaigu Tournament
	Mondial Minimes
Founded	1973
Region	France
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Argentina (2 Titles)
Most successful club(s)	France (9 Titles)
Website	Official website
	2020

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.

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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