Teams already qualified to join host team Manchester United Premier Cup 2007

Venue & Date of The Tournament :1 st - 4th August in Manchester

FINAL: F.C.BARCELONA NUKE MUPC U-15 2007 WORLD CHAMPION

THEY BEAT SAO PAULO F.C 1 - 0

GROUP A	Everton	Sao Paulo FC	Chunnam Dragons FC	Central United	FC Basel
GROUP B	Real So Cal	Atlas	AC Thonburi	Orlando Pirates FC	Krylia Sovetov
GROUP C	Manchester United	Jr.East Bengal	Shandong Luneng FC	AS Roma	Austria Wien
GROUP D	Colo Colo	Gamba Osaka	Bukit Jalil	FC Barcelona	Hertha BSC Berlin

Match Day 1: Jr.East Bengal 0 - 5 Manchester United Match Day 1: Jr.East Bengal 0 - 3 Shandong Luneng FC Match Day 2: Jr.East Bengal 0 - 2 Austria Wien Match Day 2: Jr.East Bengal 0 - 2 AS Roma Match Day 3 :Jr. East Bengal 3 - 1 Bukit Jalil Sports School(Malaysia) Match Day 3 :Jr. East Bengal 0 - 0, 3 - 5 Central United (New Zeland) Jr.East Bengal Vs AS Roma Match

TABLE:

Team Name	P	W	D	L	Pts
Austria Wien	4	3	0	1	9
Manchester United	4	3	0	1	9
AS Roma	4	3	0	1	9
Shan Dong Luneng FC	4	1	0	3	3
East Bengal FC	4	0	0	4	0

The Opening Ceremony and Live Draw will take place on Tuesday 31st July at 7.30pm. Tournament matches will be played at Carrington from 1st - 4th August and the Final played out at the 'Theatre of Dreams' Old Trafford on 4th August at 12 noon.

Final and 3rd/4th place match will be played on 4th August 2007

Jr. East Bengal Team - way to Manchester United Premier Cup World Final 2007

EUROPE Manchester United (England - Host) Hertha Bsc (Germany) Everton FC (UK) Austria Wien (Austria) AS Roma (Italy) Krylia Sovetov SOK (Russia) FC Barcelona (Spain) FC Basel (Switzerland) SOUTH AMERICA Sao Paulo (Brazil) Colo Colo (Chile) ASIA Shan Dong Luneng FC (China) Junior East Bengal(India) Assumption College Thonburi(Thailand) Gamba Osaka (Japan) Chunnam Dragons FC - (S.Korea) Bukit Jalil Sports School(Malaysia) NORTH AMERICA Real So Cal (USA) Atlas (Mexico) AFRICA Orlando Pirates(South Africa) OCENIEA Central United (New Zeland )

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Last Year's Result: Champion is Chivas Guadalajara(Mexico)

Results

Final Chivas Guadalajara 2 - 1 Arsenal Semi Finals Chivas Guadalajara 1 - 0 Tokyo Verdy 1969 FC Internazionale Milano 0 - 3 Arsenal Quarter Finals Sao Paulo FC 1 - 2 Chivas Guadalajara Ohio FC Mutiny 4 - 5 Tokyo Verdy 1969 FC Internazionale Milano 1 - 0 Athletic Club Bilbao Beijing Sanfang FC 1 - 3 Arsenal

PAST WINNERS OF MANCHESTER UNITED PREMIER CUP

YEAR	Winners - Country
1993 1994	FC Porto - Portugal
1994 1995	Real Madrid - Spain
1995 1996	RCD Espanyol - Spain
1996 1997	Platense, Argentina
1997 1998	Athletic Bilbao, Spain
1998 1999	FC Barcelona, Spain
1999 2000	Sport Club Internacional, Brazil
2000 2001	Vitoria, Brazil
2001 2002	Sao Paulo, Brazil
2002 2003	Corinthians, Brazil
2003 2004	Manchester City, England
2004 2005	Fluminence - Brazil
2005 2006	Chivas Guadalajara

Junior East Bengal : On the way to NIKE MUPC U-15 World Final 2007

01.06.2007: 1st Match : Jr. East Bengal 0 : 2 Singapore U-15 01.06.2007: 2nd Match : Jr. East Bengal 1 : 0 Hong Kong U-15 02.06.2007: 1st Match : Jr. East Bengal 2 : 0 Indonesia U-15 02.06.2007: 2nd Match : Jr. East Bengal 1 : 1 Thailand U-15

FINAL 02.06.07 : Jr.East Bengal 0 : 1 Thiland U -15

Jr.Eastbengal Team 2007

Amit Shi,Abhishek Das,Pradip Barua,Rakesh Roy, Bheem Oraw,Subhash Sarkar,Pritam Lahiri,Rudra Dhar Bishwajit Natta,Sujit Roy,Joydeb Chakrabarty,Ganesh Das (C) Budhiram Tudu,Mrinmoy Samanta,Ajay Roy,Suprabhan Dhar Coach: Monojit Das and Swarup Das

Jr. East Bengal,Kolkata, India ( 7 Points in 5 matches) and enters into the World Final
in Manchester alongwith Thailand team from South East Asian region Championship at Singapore.

The Manchester United Premier Cup 2007 Boys World Final will take place in Malaysia, South Korea, Japan or China in mid July. As soon as this information is confirmed we will let teams know the exact location and dates. Teams considered the best of the best from all around the globe, including Manchester United’s U14/15 team, will meet to vie for the title of Manchester United Premier Cup World Champion! And to top it all off, Nike will pay for the flights, accommodations, transportation and meals for the US boys winner at the World Finals!

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History of NIKE MUPC U-15 Cup

Over the past 13 years, the Premier Cup tournament has traveled the globe and seen a lot of changes. What started out as an European regional tournament in 1992 has grown into one of the largest and most prestigious football events of it’s kind. Over 870,000 players have taken part in the tournament since its inception, with over 8,000 teams from more than 45 countries competing each year to represent their nation at the World Finals. In 2003, Nike partnered with Manchester United to continue the excellent tradition of Premier Cup sharing a passion for the beautiful game and a commitment to be the best. Since then the World Finals have been held in the United States, Manchester and Hong Kong. In August 2006, the World Finals of the Manchester United Premier Cup will be staged once again in Manchester and we look forward to welcoming 20 of the best U-15 teams from around the world to the MUPC World Finals this year. The Manchester United Premier Cup is the chance for football crazy kids from around the world to come together and play on an international stage, share in the experience of bridging language and cultural barriers through sport.

East Bengal Jr. to take part in the South East Asian region Final of Man.U Prem Cup 07

Junior East Bengal ,the Champion of India Section will take part in the Final round of NIKE Manchester United premier Cup 2007 of South Est Asian regional Final which will be held from 31st May to June 2 this year at Singapore. Jr. East Bengal qualified for Singapore final beating Mahindra United Juniors by 1 - 0 on 13th January this year. The Team will join other 19 World Teams and probabley their first match against Hong Kong, and the other teams of its group is Thailand ,singapore and Indonesia. From this Tournament the Chamopions will play at Manchester in Final Round Mohunbagan Jr was the last years South East Asian region Champion

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Manchester United Premier Cup (U15) India Finals 2007 in Mumbai .The second edition of the India finals of the Manchester United Premier Cup (U15) 2007 will be held in Mumbai from January 10 to 13, 2007. In total 16 Junior  Club Teams and Academies will be seen in action. The Indian champions of theManchester United Premier Cup (U15) 2007 would have to faceoff against the best U15 sides in Southeast Asia from 31 May - 2nd June 2007 to get a place amongst the best 20 sides from around the world in the global finals in Manchester in August. Mohunbagan U - 15 Team was the last year's Champion.

Groups and Teams

Group 1: Mohun Bagan AC, Vasco SC, Jammu&Kashmir FA, Sikkim FA
Group 2: Mahindra United, SBH Singh FA, Goa United Sports Academy, Mohammedan Sporting Club
Group 3: East Bengal Club, Pondicherry Football Academy, Providence FC (Gujarat), Velsao Pale SC
Group 4: JCT Football Academy, MDFA Academy, Simla Youngs (Delhi), Eastern Sporting Union(Manipur)

 

FIXTURE  OF  KOLKATA  TEAMS

Date         Time                              Team                                                             Result 10.01.07 : Mornning : Mohunbagan A.C            Vs    Vasco S.C                        : Walk Over                 Noon        : East Bengal   F.C            Vs    Pondicherry F.A                :  7 - 0                 Evening    : Mohunbagan  A.C            Vs    J&K F.A                           :  9 - 0                 Evening    : Mohammedan S. C          Vs    SBH Singh F.A                  :  0 - 0  11.01.07 : Mornning : EastBengal   F.C              Vs    Providence F.C                  4 : 0                   Noon        : Mohunbagan A.C           Vs    Sikkim F.A                        0 : 0                   Noon        : Mohammedan S.C          Vs  Mahindra United                  0 : 0                   Evening    : EastBengal F.C                Vs    Valsao Pale F.C                 1 : 0

 

12.01.07  Semi final

East Bengal - 2
Mohunbagan - 0

 

13.01.07  Final

East Bengal - 1 ( Biswajit Natta)
Mahindra United - 0

The Manchester United Premier Cup 2007 (U- 15) India Champion East Bengal will be played in the South East Asia Regional Finals.The Game will be held from 31 May - 2nd June 2007 in Manchester ,England. From That Tournament the Champion will join 19 teams from around the world to play for the World Finals. Fifteen teams are participating in the Indian eliminations of the 2007 Nike-sponsored, boys U-15 Manchester United Premier Cup being played in Mumbai from 10-13 January. The winner goes on to the South East Asian finals with the eventual Asian representative joining the world finals which reportedly will be held this year in either "Malaysia, South Korea, Japan or China in mid July." The MU Premier Cup was developed by Nike in 1993 with 624 teams from 15 European countries competing in the inaugural year. Since then, it has spread to include organised tournaments in 40 countries in North America, Latin America, Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South Africa, with more than 7,000 teams competing annually. Some of the most famous clubs in the world - including FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Ajax, Arsenal, Corinthians, Futbol Club America, FC Porto and, of course, Manchester United - compete in the tournament. For example, Mexican team Chivas Guadalajara beat Arsenal to win the final at Old Trafford, Manchester, in 2006.

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