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The International Challenge Trophy, originally known as the European Challenge Trophy, is an international association football competition. It is open to national teams featuring semi-professional U-23 footballers who have not yet won senior international caps. [1] While the competition rules allow squads to select foreign-based players, some teams, including the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Italy, have opted to restrict selection to footballers playing in their home national leagues. [2] [3] The European Challenge Trophy was contested in 2005–06 and featured just four teams - England C, Netherlands Amateurs U-23, Belgium U-21 and Italy Lega Pro U-21. England C won the inaugural competition. [4] The competition was then relaunched as the International Challenge Trophy for the 2007–09 edition. This time the number of participants doubled. [5] The 2009–11 edition was contested by eleven teams.

Tournaments

YearWinnersFinal match resultRunners-upNumber of teams
2005–06
Details
Flag of England.svg England C No final Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium U-21 4
2007–09
Details
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium U-21 1–0 Flag of England.svg England C 8
2009–11
Details
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal U-23 1–0 Flag of England.svg England C 11
2011–13
Details
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey A2 1–0 Flag of Norway.svg Norway U23 8
2013–15
Details
[6] [7]
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia U-23 2–2
3–2 pen.
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey U-23 8
2015–17
Details
[8]
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia U-23 4–0 Flag of England.svg England C 4

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References

  1. kassiesa.nl
  2. www.fai.ie
  3. bbc.co.uk
  4. 2005–06 results at rsssf.org
  5. 2007–09 results at rsssf.org
  6. "IC Trophy official page". Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. "Final match report (in Slovak)". Archived from the original on May 22, 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. the whole match is on Youtube