About
2000
Year of the first edition
The world’s biggest football tournament for children aged 10 to 12
central values
Fair Play · Humanism · Openness · Proximity · Enthusiasm
2017
Creation of an all-girl tournament in parallel with the initial tournament
2019
A UNIQUE DOUBLE WORLD FINAL EDITION
gathering the qualified teams of 2018 and 2019
2018
Boys
tournament
tournament
19 Teams
Girls
tournament
tournament
7 Teams
2019
Boys
tournament
tournament
20 Teams
Girls
tournament
tournament
8 Teams
2 millions
players
participate each year in the competition
1 world
final
each year gathering 500 children, girls and boys
30 000
spectators
On average at the World Final
Legendary stadiums welcomed the World Final
2000 - 2008 : France
Parc des Princes in Paris or Stade Gerland à Lyon
2010 : South Africa
Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg
2011 : Spain
Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid
2012 : Poland
Stade National in Varsovie
2013 : England
Wembley Stadium in London
2014 : Brasil
Corinthians Arena in São Paulo
2015 : Marocco
Grand Stade in Marrakech
2016 : France
Stade de France in Paris
2017 : USA
Red Bull Arena in New York
2018 & 2019 : Spain
RCDE Stadium in Barcelona
Zinédine Zidane
INTERNATIONAL AMBASSADOR
For more than 10 years
Our national ambassadors
Blaise Matuidi
Patrick Leduc
Gheorghe Hagi
Masakiyo Maezono
Dimitar Berbatov
Richard Krajicek
Maximiliano Araujo
Abdel Zaher El-saqqa
They played the Danone Nations Cup
Giovanni Dos Santos
Mexico 2001
Bouna Sarr
France 2014
Anthony Lopes
Portugal 2002
Granit Xhaka
Switzerland 2014
Phil Jones
England 2003
Sergio Rico
Spain 2005
Alexandre Lacazette
France 2003
Maxwell Cornet
France 2008
Erik Lamela
Argentina 2004
Hannibal Mejbri
France 2015
Alberto Moreno
Spain 2004
