Information
Saku Spring 2020 is an international youth football tournament, which is held on March and April in Saku and Tallinn, Estonia.
In all the age groups up to 70 teams are invited to take part in the tournament with clubs from Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Latvia, Belarus and elsewhere expected to participate.
Saku Spring is one of the two annual tournaments organised by local football club Saku Sporting, the second tournament will be held in autumn and called Saku Cup. Saku Sporting was founded in 2005 and has now over 300 youth players in their training groups.
Saku Spring will be held for the first time in 2016, but tournament organizers have many years of experience running tournaments like Hillar Otto Memorial and Tartu Santos Cup in Tartu as well as Tallinn and Saaremaa Cup in the last decade.
The organisers’ objective is to offer all the participants an enjoyable, memorable football experience and a useful preparation for the upcoming season.
| Age group | Number of players | Playtime | Ball | Offside | Stadium | Tournament dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys 2005 | 11v11 | 2×20 | 5 | + | Saku artificial grass | 27.–29.03.2020 |
| Boys 2006 | 11v11 | 2×20 | 5 | + | Saku artificial grass | 03.–05.04.2020 |
| Boys 2007 | 8v8 | 2×20 | 4 | + | Saku artificial grass | 10.–12.04.2020 |
| Boys 2008 | 8v8 | 2×20 | 4 | + | Saku artificial grass | 10.–12.04.2020 |
| Girls 2004/2005 | 11v11 | 2×20 | 4 | + | Sõle artificial grass | 11.–12.04.2020 |
| Boys 2009 | 8v8 | 2×20 | 4 | + | Saku artificial grass | 17.–19.04.2020 |
| Boys 2010 | 7v7 | 2×20 | 4 | – | Saku artificial grass | 17.–19.04.2020 |
| Girls 2006/2007 | 8v8 | 2×20 | 4 | + | Sõle artificial grass | 18.–19.04.2020 |
| Girls 2008/2009 | 7v7 | 2×20 | 4 | – | Sõle artificial grass | 18.-19.04.2020 |
| Boys 2011 | 7v7 | 2×12 | 3 | – | Saku artificial grass | 25.04.2020 |
| Boys 2012 | 5v5 | 2×12 | 3 | – | Saku artificial grass | 26.04.2020 |
| Boys 2013 | 5v5 | 2×12 | 3 | – | Saku artificial grass | 26.04.2020 |
Matches will be played on Saku and Sõle stadium in Saku and Tallinn. Saku is a small borough in Harju County, Estonia, located 8km south from Tallinn, the capital. Saku is the biggest small borough in Estonia and it is the administrative centre of Saku Parish.
Saku is most known by Saku Brewery which is one of two biggest breweries in Estonia.
Saku Manor traces its history back to 1463. The current manor house was built in 1825–1830 in a neoclassical style, and is possibly designed by the renowned St. Petersburg architect Carlo Rossi. It is one of the finest examples, perhaps the finest, of a neoclassical manor house in Estonia.
Contact
Erki Kade
Phone: +372 53 804 057
E-mail: info@sakucup.eu
