ICGT winner arrives safely in Brazil

Below a short impression how the ICGT title was followed back in Brazil, on the opening page of the official clubsite :

Results ICGT 2011

1.  Atletico Mineiro
2.  Sporting Portugal
3.  South Korea
4.  Villareal
5.  Young Boys Berne
6.  FC Uitgeest
7.  OFK Belgrade8.
8.  Meervogels '31

Topscorer: Takac (OFK Belgrade, 9 goals)

Best player of the tournament: Bernard (Atletico Mineiro)

Best goalkeeper of the tournament: Dong Geon No (South Korea)

Fair Play Cup (Henk Zevenberg bokaal): South Korea

Brazilian Atletico wins ICGT 2011

After beating Portuguese Sporting Portugal in the final with 2-1, Atletico won the 26th edition of the ICGT tournament.

Results ICGT 2011 Day 2

Atletico Mineiro and Sporting Portugal proceed towards the finals

In a passionate game with Latin emotions Brazilian Atletico Mineiro beat Spanish Villareal. Sporting Portugal beat in a slightly less passionate game last years' winners South Korea. On the other side of the ranking FC Uitgeest surprised by beating OFK Belgrade.

Day 1 in pictures

In the boxes on the right you see the first impression on the first day of the tournament. If you click the score in the results table below you will also find a report on the game (in Dutch only) with a picture.

Satisfying start of the Tournament

During the first day of the tournament the crowd suffered from severe rain in the morning and early afternoon, but the quality of the teams was worth it. The four semifinalists are now known. Last years' winners South Korea, Sporting Portugal, Atletico Mineiro and Villareal made it to the semis. OFK Belgrade arguably also deserved a semi final place when you look at the qualities, but with some bad luck against Villareal they just missed out.

South Korea is on route to reach this years final again with brilliant gallery play. It was amazing to see star player Seung Woo Nam from Yonse University cut through the Serbian, Spanish and Dutch defence. Also Neeskens Junior, son of former Dutch and Barcelona CF star Johan Neeskens, playing in the Villareal defence, received the attention of the crowd.

Results ICGT 2011 Day 1

NEW Fixturelist ICGT 2011

Due to the absence of the three African teams, new groups have been created with the newcomers, resulting in the following schedule :

Definately no African teams this edition

Sadly enough, due to restrictions with providing visa at this moment, the African teams saw need to cancel their trips. Two replacements have been found in the Spanish Villareal CF and local team Meervogels '31 from Akersloot. The fixtures will be rearranged a bit. It will be published soon on this site.

OFK Belgrade replaces The Gambia

Due to problems obtaining visa for the African team, it remains uncertain at the moment what teams will be present coming weekend in Uitgeest. The Gambia national team has already cancelled their trip to Holland for certain. Serbian OFK Belgrade will replace the African team. We hope the teams from Ghana and Kenya will still be able to obtain their paperwork in order in time to play.

The Gambia U20 replaces SD Quito

Due to problems arranging the necessary information, the organisation decided to invite The Gambia national U20 team instead of the Ecuador team of SD Quito. With The Gambia, three of the participants come from the African continent.

Fixtures ICGT 2011

The fixture list of the tournament has been anounced as follows :

Teams from 4 continents in ICGT 2011

With Nairobi Youth Kenya, UniStar Soccer Academy from Ghana, Atlético Minero from Brazil, Deportivo Quito from Ecuador, South Korea from Asia, Sporting Lisbon and Young Boys Berne from Europe and tournament hosts Uitgeest, the participants of ICGT 2011 are communicated to the public.

The teams will compete at June 11th and 13th in two groups of 4 teams :

25 March: team presentation & draw ICGT 2011

Friday Match 25th the team presentation will take place in the club building of FC Uitgeest. Until this evening the participants of the 2011 tournament will remain a mystery to the public. After the presentation the teams will be introduced on this site and the poules in which they will compete will be given. Due the to Whitsun being very late this year, the tournament will be held at Saturday June 11th and Monday June 13th 2011.

old ICGT finalist active in Asian Cup

The Australian national team took one player to Qatar to compete in the Asian Cup that has played in Uiteest in the 2009 ICGT final. Australia beat FC Utrecht in the 2009 final. 3 players of the Australian were bought buy FC Utrecht later. In the meantime they have been added to the national selection, only Thomas Oar has made the journey to Qatar.

26th edition June 11th until June 13th 2011

After the Victory of Korea over Japan last May, we are busy already with the 2011 edition. This tournament will be held from June 11th until June 13th 2011.

Former ICGT player at WC 2010 South Africa

In 1999 a talented player of Willem II showed us his capacities in Uitgeest. His name was Joris Mathijsen, and he made that clear to the world since then. After a solid player in the first team of Willem II from Tilburg, AZ Alkmaar bought the player. In Alkmaar he developped into a European topflight player, and a transfer abroad was not a surprise. In Hamburg Mathijsen ended uo with HSV, and in 2004 he made his first cap away at Andorra. Mathijsen played all games in the WC 2010 so far.