Lafarge Foot Avenir, also known as the Tournoi de Limoges, is a football competition contested by men's under-18 national teams. It has been held annually since 2007 in Limoges, France.[2]

Lafarge Foot Avenir
Organising bodyJS Lafarge[1]
Founded2007
RegionLimoges, France
Number of teams4
Current champions Portugal (1st title)
(2024)
Most successful team(s) France (9 titles)
WebsiteWebsite

Winners

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Year Winner
2007   France
2008   France
2009    Switzerland
2010   France
2011   England
2012   France
2013   France
2014   Uruguay
2015   France
2016   France
2017   Chile
2018   England
2019   France
2020 Cancelled
2021   Spain
2022   Poland
2023   France
2024   Portugal

Past editions

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2007

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   France (H, C) 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
2   Turkey 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
3   Scotland 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
4   United States 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
30 October Turkey   2 - 1   Scotland
France   3 - 1   United States
31 October Turkey   3 - 1   United States
France   3 - 1   Scotland
3 November United States   1 - 1   Scotland
France   0 - 0   Turkey

2008

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   France (H, C) 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7
2   Denmark 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
3   Serbia 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
4   Republic of Ireland 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1
27 October Serbia   1 - 1   Republic of Ireland
France   1 - 1   Denmark
29 October Serbia   1 - 3   Denmark
France   5 - 1   Republic of Ireland
1 November Denmark   2 - 1   Republic of Ireland
France   2 - 1   Serbia

2009

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1    Switzerland (C) 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
2   France (H) 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 5
3   Greece 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4
4   Poland 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Switzerland   3 - 1   Germany
France   1 - 0   Poland
Poland   1 - 1    Switzerland
France   3 - 3   Greece
Poland   0 - 1   Greece
France   2 - 2    Switzerland

2010

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   France (H, C) 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
2   Greece 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
3   Belgium 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
4   Russia 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
Belgium   1 - 1   Russia
France   4 - 1   Greece
Greece   2 - 0   Belgium
France   2 - 0   Russia
Greece   0 - 0   Russia
France   1 - 1   Belgium

2011

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   England (C) 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
2   Portugal 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3   France (H) 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
4   Ukraine 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
5 October Portugal   1 - 1   Ukraine
France   2 - 2   England
7 October England   1 - 0   Portugal
France   2 - 1   Ukraine
9 October England   3 - 1   Ukraine
France   1 - 2   Portugal

2012

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   France (H, C) 3 2 1 0 10 2 +8 7
2   Portugal 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
3   Uruguay 3 1 0 2 2 9 −7 3
4   Norway 3 0 0 3 3 9 −6 0
31 October Portugal   4 - 1   Norway
France   4 - 0   Uruguay
2 November Uruguay   0 - 4   Portugal
France   5 - 1   Norway
4 November Uruguay   2 - 1   Norway
France   1 - 1   Portugal

2013

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   France (H, C) 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
2   United States 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
3   Poland 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
4   Czech Republic 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
9 October Czech Republic   1 - 1   Poland
France   2 - 2   United States
11 October United States   1 - 0   Czech Republic
France   2 - 0   Poland
13 October United States   2 - 0   Poland
France   4 - 0   Czech Republic

2014

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Uruguay (C) 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
2   France (H) 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3   Ukraine 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
4   Canada 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2 2
6 October Uruguay   2 - 2   Ukraine
France   1 - 1   Canada
9 October Ukraine   3 - 1   Canada
France   1 - 3   Uruguay
12 October Uruguay   2 - 0   Ukraine
France   1 - 1   Canada

2015

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All matches were played at the Stade de Beaublanc.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   France (H, C) 3 1 2 0 7 1 +6 5
2   United States 3 1 2 0 5 1 +4 5
3   Australia 3 1 1 1 3 8 −5 4
4 Rennes U19 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
2 September United States   1 - 1   Australia
France   1 - 1 Rennes U19
4 September Rennes U19 1 - 2   Australia
France   0 - 0   United States
6 September Rennes U19 0 - 4   United States
France   6 - 0   Australia

2016

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All matches were played at the Stade de Beaublanc.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   France (H, C) 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
2   Russia 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7
3   Uruguay 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4   Romania 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Updated to match(es) played on 9 October 2016. Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
5 October Uruguay   2 - 2   Romania
France   2 - 1   Russia
7 October Russia   3 - 1   Uruguay
France   3 - 0   Romania
9 October Romania   1 - 3   Russia
France   2 - 0   Uruguay

2017

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All matches were played at the Stade de Beaublanc.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Chile (C) 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
2   France (H) 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
3   Poland 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2 2
4   Belgium 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Updated to match(es) played on 3 September 2017. Source: [2]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
31 August Belgium   0 - 1   Chile
France   1 - 1   Poland
1 September Chile   2 - 0   Poland
France   4 - 1   Belgium
3 September Poland   2 - 2   Belgium
France   0 - 0   Chile

2018

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All matches were played at the Stade de Beaublanc.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   England (C) 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9
2   Netherlands 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
3   France (H) 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4   Russia 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Updated to match(es) played on 9 October 2018. Source: [3]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
5 October England   3 - 0   Netherlands
France   1 - 1   Russia
7 October Russia   0 - 3   England
France   0 - 0   Netherlands
9 October Netherlands   3 - 1   Russia
France   1 - 2   England

2019

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Matches were played between 4 and 8 September 2019 at the Stade de Beaublanc.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   France (H) 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9
2   Portugal 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3   Senegal 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4   Russia 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Updated to match(es) played on 21 July 2019. Source: [4]
(H) Hosts
4 September Russia   0 - 2   Portugal
France   3 - 1   Senegal
6 September Senegal   2 - 1   Russia
France   2 - 0   Portugal
8 September Portugal   1 - 0   Senegal
France   5 - 0   Russia

2020

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Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19.

2021

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Matches were played between 1 and 5 September 2021 at the Stade de Beaublanc.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Spain 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
2   Portugal 3 2 0 1 10 7 +3 6
3   France (H) 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4
4    Switzerland 3 0 0 3 5 10 −5 0
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2022. Source: [5]
(H) Hosts
1 September France   2 - 1    Switzerland
Spain   2 - 0   Portugal
3 September Portugal   4 - 2   France
Spain   2 - 1    Switzerland
5 September France   2 - 2   Spain
Portugal   6 - 3    Switzerland

2022

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Matches were played between 23 and 25 September 2022 at the Stade de Beaublanc.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Poland 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 9
2   France (H) 3 2 0 1 10 4 +6 6
3   Scotland 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
4   Estonia 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Updated to match(es) played on 25 September 2022. Source: [6] and [7]
(H) Hosts
21 September Poland   1 - 0   Scotland
France   3 - 0   Estonia
23 September Estonia   0 - 1   Poland
France   5 - 1   Scotland
25 September France   2 - 3   Poland
Scotland   4 - 1   Estonia

2023

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Matches were played between 6 and 10 September 2023 at the Stade de Beaublanc.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   France (H) 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9
2   Portugal 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3   Japan 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4   England 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Updated to match(es) played on 10 September 2023. Source: [8]
(H) Hosts
6 September Japan   1 - 3   Portugal
France   2 - 0   England
8 September England   0 - 4   Japan
France   1 - 0   Portugal
10 September Portugal   1 - 1   England
France   2 - 0   Japan

2024

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Matches were played between 4 and 8 September 2024 at the Stade de Beaublanc. A new rule was the addition of a penalty shoot-out in case of a draw. The winner of the shoot-out would receive a bonus point.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Portugal 3 1 2 0 7 6 +1 5
2   England 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 4[a]
3   France (H) 3 0 3 0 5 5 0 4[a]
4    Switzerland 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1 2
Updated to match(es) played on 8 September 2024. Source: [9]
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Additional point for penalty shootout win.
4 September England   2–2 (4–4 p)   Portugal
France   2–2 (4–2 p)    Switzerland
6 September England   1–1 (5–5 p)    Switzerland
France   2–2 [a]   Portugal
8 September Portugal   3–2    Switzerland
France   1–1 (0–2 p)   England

Notes

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  1. ^ no penalty shootout due to rain

References

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  1. ^ "Tournoi Lafarge Foot Avenir de Limoges : un plateau très relevé pour la 16e édition". Le Populaire du Centre (in French). 6 May 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Lafarge Foot Avenir". www.lafargefootavenir.com. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Sur le fil face à la Suisse (2-2, 4 tab 2)". www.fff.fr. Retrieved 2024-09-10.