Danone Nations Cup
Danone Nations Cup The Danone Nations Cup is an international football competition organized every year since 2000, on the initiative of Groupe Danone. Supported by Zinedine Zidane, it gathers 10 to 12 y.o. teams from 40 different countries and all continents. This competition is made of 40 national tournaments and a world final agreed by the FIFA. Each year 40 teams are qualified to represent their country at the world final of the event. 2,5 million children worldwide take part every year in the event. Following the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, Groupe Danone decided to create an international football tournament for kids. In 2000, 1st edition of the Danone Nations Cup , gathering 8 teams from 2 continents: Bulgaria, France, Italy, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine: Already 35,000 players and 125,000 spectators worldwide. France becomes the 1st team to raise the DNC trophy, whilst one of the Turkish players involved in the tournament was Aydın Yılmaz, who is now pl...