In a tournament held in London a group of professional team academy players represented various countries Cyprus Under 14’s headed into the friendly tournament as the clear under dogs but went on through a dramatic route to the final. Cyprus were drawn alongside Turkey, Germany and Nigeria in their group, finishing 2nd.
They went through to the Quarter Finals along with Germany, Spain, France, Greece, England, Ghana and Italy. They then pulled off an unexpected victory against Spain in the quarter Finals. Then beating Ghana side in the Semi-Final beating them on spot kicks .
Next up was the final against a German side wand Cyprus coming out winners 4-1.
All in all a brilliant show of passion throughout the tournament by Cyprus. Huge congratulations to the whole Cyprus team: Panny Theodorou, Yianni Carlo, Antonio Georgiou, Andreas Pavlos, Joseph Kyriakou, George Kyriakou, Georgio Michalis, Mario Demetriou, Theo Stamatakis, Harry Carpolou, Nikolas Sklinidjis (Captain) who came out top scorer of the tournament.
Top scorers
1- Nikolas Sklinidjis (Cyprus)- 7 (photo)
2- Joyn Schmelzer (Germany)- 5
3- Luca De Rienzo (Italy)- 4
Group Stage- Group B-
– Cyprus 3-2 Turkey
Sklinidjis X2, Pavlos
– Nigeria 0-2 Cyprus
Sklinidjis, Kyriakou
– Cyprus 0-2 Germany
Quarter Final-
– Spain 0-1 Cyprus
Sklinidjis
Semi Final-
– Ghana 0-0 Cyprus
(Cyprus win 6-5 on penalties)
Final-
-Cyprus 4-1 Germany
Sklinidjis X3, Pavlos
Winners- Cyprus
Runners up- Germany
3rd place- Ghana
4th place- France