It was the eighth edition of the St. Petersburg Youth Beach Soccer Championship
The current world champions are clearly putting in the necessary commitment to grassroots beach soccer to establish themselves at the very pinnacle of the sport.
The St. Petersburg Youth Beach Soccer Championship is among the world’s largest beach soccer youth tournaments, and the event lasted for two and a half months at the all-weather facilities for beach sports at the Voskhozhdenie and Dynamite sports complexes.
Both the Euro Winners Cup and Mundialito de Clubes champions, Kristall and Lokomotiv, had youth team representation at the event.
The competitions covered no less than eight age categories, including children born from 2012 to 2004.
At the same time, the tournaments in the three older age groups were divided into two leagues, known as the First League and the Major League.
This year, an incredible 1,783 players, split across 108 teams, took part in the tournament.
In total, 404 matches took place and 3,943 goals were scored. On average, 9.76 goals were scored per game.
RESULTS
2012
1st – Lokomotiv 2012
2nd – CFC Zenit 84 2012
3rd – Kolomyagi 2012
Individual Awards
Top scorer – Timofey Yermolin, Lokomotiv 2012
Best Player – Timofey Yermolin, Lokomotiv 2012
Best Goalkeeper – Yegor Sheikin, CFC Zenit 84 2012
2011
1st – Kolomyagi 2011 (white)
2nd – Olymp 2011 CITY
3rd – Avtovo 2011
Individual Awards
Top Scorer – Igor Smirnov, Olimp 2011 CITY
Best Player – David Bezhanishvili, Kolomyagi 2011 (White)
Best Goalkeeper – Ilya Gladkov, Kolomyagi 2011 (White)
2010
1st – Kristall 2010
2nd – Sestroretsk 2010
3rd – Vyborzhanin 2010
Individual Awards
Best Player – Timofey Komkov (Kristall 2010)
Best Goalkeeper – Vladislav Ilatovsky (Kristall 2010)
Top scorers – Matvey Usachev (Olympic Hopes 2011), Semyon Dotsenko (Sestroretsk 2010)
2009
1st – Kolomyagi 2009 (2)
2nd – Avtovo 2009 (Yellow)
3rd – Avtovo 2009 (Blue)
Individual Awards
Top Scorer – Mikhail Leinbock, Avtovo 2009 (Yellow)
Best Goalkeeper – Mikhail Vorobyov, Avtovo 2009 (Blue)
Best Player – Artur Mkrtchan, “Kolomyagi 2009 (2)
2008
1st – Farm Gunners 2008
2nd – Avtovo 2008 (2)
3rd – Kolomyagi 2008
Individual Awards
Top Scorer – Stepan Raspopov, Avtovo 2008 (2)
Best Player – Viktor Ponomarev, Farm Gunners 2008
Best Goalkeeper – Petr Mozolevsky, Farm Gunners 2008
Major League (2007)
1st – Lokomotiv 2007 (Nord Hydro)
2nd – Nevsky Front 2007 ALPHA
3rd – Lokomotiv 2008
Individual Awards
Top Scorer – Roman Alekseev, Lokomotiv 2007 (Nord Hydro)
Best Player – Daniil Sukhomlinov, Lokomotiv 2007 (Nord Hydro)
Best Goalkeeper – Albert Anikin, Nevsky Front 2007 ALPHA”
First League (2007)
1st – Sestroretsk 2007 (White)
2nd – Iskra 2007
3rd – Sestroretsk 2007 (Green)
Individual Awards
Top Scorer – Pavel Gustinovich, Sestroretsk 2007 (White)
The Best Player – Pavel Gustinovich, Sestroretsk 2007 (White)
Best Goalkeeper – Viktor Vinogradov, Sestroretsk 2007 (White)
Major League (2006)
1st – Avtovo 2006 (2)
2nd – Kolomyagi 2006
3rd – Kirovets-Voskhozhdenie 2006
Individual Awards
Top Scorer – Yaroslav Gorchagov, Kirovets-Voskhozhdenie 2006
Best Goalkeeper – Nikita Borisov, Avtovo 2006 (2)
The Best Player – Artyom Alexandrov, Avtovo 2006 (2)
First League (2006)
1st – Kirovets-Voskhozhdenie 2006 (2)
2nd – Sports school of the Olympic reserve of the Kirovsky district 2006
3rd – Nevsky Front 2006
Individual Awards
Best Player – Nijad Aliyev, “Kirovets-Voskhozhdenie 2006 (2)”
Best Goalkeeper – Daniil Shestakov, “Kirovets-Voskhozhdenie 2006 (2)”
Top Scorer – Pavel Ivankov, sports school “Lokomotiv 2006”
Major League (2004-2005)
1st – Avtovo 2005 (2)
2nd – Avtovo 2005
3rd – Kirovets-Voskhozhdenie 2004
Individual Awards
Top Scorer – Oleksandr Antonyk, Avtovo 2005
Best Goalkeeper – Danila Efremov, Avtovo 2005
Best Player – Denis Smirnov, Avtovo 2005 (2)
First League (2004-2005)
1st – Kirovets-Voskhozhdenie 2005
2nd – Vyborzhanin 2005
3rd – Sestroretsk 2004
Individual Awards
Best Player – Mikhail Trapeznikov, Kirovets-Voskhozhdenie 2005
Best Goalkeeper – Ilya Belyaev, Kirovets-Voskhozhdenie 2005
Top scorer – Yaroslav Gorchagov, “Kirovets-Voskhozhdenie 2005”
