For the first time in its seven-year history, the Football Championship of the Border Area for Boys and Girls, took place on the Russian pitch in the Kaliningrad Oblast.
Three months after the extremely exciting tournament in Malbork, children from Poland and Russia met at the Polish-Russian Children's Football Championship "Border Cup" in a seaside city, Svetlogorsk. It was not only an opportunity for a rematch but also for strengthening friendship between young female and male footballers, and the participating sports clubs. The games took place at the stadium of Baltiya Svetlogorsk club, which during the World Cup in Russia was a base for Serbian national team. In addition, the tournament participant visited one of the stadiums of Russian World Cup, in Kaliningrad, where four group stage matches were held.
24 teams: 10 Polish (Warmian-Masurian and Pomeranian Voivodships) and 14 Russian (Kaliningrad Oblast), 240 children from Poland and Russia fought for three days to win the Polish-Russian Children's Football Championship "Border Cup". The tournament was intended for boys and girls aged 9-12, who played matches on fields of Baltiya Svetlogorsk, in "every team with every team" system and for the victory in the playoff system. In total, 56 matches were held, and additionally, before the inauguration of the Championships, friendship matches were played by mixed Polish-Russian teams.
"Football is one of the most popular sports in the world. Football competition arouses great emotions – globally and locally – as we can see both on the occasion of the Champions League and the local games. The idea of the championship was created precisely in order to use these positive emotions to bring together young athletes from Poland and Russia. I am glad that the tournament is permanently inscribed in the calendar of cross-border sports events. It's not only about competition but also about promoting fair-play and healthy lifestyle principles," said Ernest Wyciszkiewicz, director of the Centre.
RESULTS:
Girls 2006-2007
- Olimpico Malbork
- Perły Olsztynek
- Shkola Budushchego (The School of the Future) Kaliningrad
- Sports School No. 5 Kaliningrad
Boys 2006-2007
- Arka Gdynia
- FK Baltika Kaliningrad
- Legia-Bart Bartoszyce
- Sports School No. 5 (1) Kaliningrad
- Sports School Svetly
- NAKI School Olsztyn
- Pomezania Malbork
- Sports School No. 5 (2) Kaliningrad
The best female football player
Girls 2006-2007
- Julia Wodżyńska Olimpico Malbork
Girls 2008-2009
- Oliwia Karpińska Olimpico Malbork
The queen of shooters
Girls 2006-2007
- Yelizaveta Soloveva - Sports School No. 5 Kaliningrad
Girls 2008-2009
- Kinga Duch - Olimpico Malbork
The best goalkeeper
Girls 2006-2007
- Karolina Draga Perły Olsztynek
Girls 2008-2009
- Maria Bukhtina - Sports School No. 5 Kaliningrad
Girls 2008-2009
- Olimpico Malbork
- Sports School No. 5 Kaliningrad
- Victoria Kaliningrad
- FK Pribrezhnyy
Boys 2008-2009
- Arka Gdynia
- Sports School No. 5 (1) Kaliningrad
- FK Baltika 2008 Kaliningrad
- FK Olimpik Kaliningrad
- Sports School No. 5 (2) Kaliningrad
- FK Baltika 2009 Kaliningrad
- NAKI School Olsztyn
- Legia-Bart Bartoszyce
The best player of the Tournament
Boys 2006-2007
- Danil Butkovskiy FK Baltika Kaliningrad
Boys 2008-2009
- Leon Sas Arka Gdynia
The top scorer
Boys 2006-2007
- Jakub Iwanicki – Legia-Bart Bartoszyce
Boys 2008-2009
- Nikita Prichodko FK Baltika Kaliningrad
The best goalkeeper
Boys 2006-2007
- Maksymilian Izdebski – Arka Gdynia
Boys 2008-2009
- Iliya Putintsev – Sports School No. 5 Kaliningrad