From 14 to 19 August, the second International Ceramika Cup Football Tournament took place. Children and young people aged 7 to 18 participated in the competition. Tournament matches were played at sports facilities in Bolesławiec and Nowogrodziec. The tournament brought together around a thousand participants representing 48 teams. Teams from Cameroon, the Czech Republic and Poland came to Bolesławiec. A total of 128 matches were played, with 452 goals scored, giving an average of 3.53 goals per match.

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Tournament results in the individual age categories:

U18 – born in 1989 and younger

  1. 1st place – African Football School from Cameroon
  2. 2nd place – Czarni Lwówek Śląski
  3. 3rd place – BKS Bobrzanie Bolesławiec
  4. 4th place – Chrobry Nowogrodziec
  • best player – Tsowi Gwi (Cameroon)
  • best goalkeeper – Dawid Wawer (Czarni Lwówek Śląski)
  • top scorer – Damien Su (Cameroon)

U16 – born in 1991 and younger

  1. 1st place – Odra Wodzisław
  2. 2nd place – African Football School from Cameroon
  3. 3rd place – BKS Bobrzanie Bolesławiec
  4. 4th place – Chrobry Nowogrodziec
  • best player – Łukasz Karaszewski (Odra Wodzisław)
  • best goalkeeper – Sebastian Marzec (Chrobry Nowogrodziec)
  • top scorer – Ndobi Gu (Cameroon)

U14 – born in 1993 and younger

  1. 1st place – Woy Opoczno
  2. 2nd place – Śląsk Wrocław
  3. 3rd place – Chrobry Nowogrodziec
  4. 4th place – BKS Bobrzanie Bolesławiec
  • best player – Michał Bańczak (Woy Opoczno)
  • Best goalkeeper – Marcin Szuter (Chrobry Nowogrodziec)
  • Top scorer – Dominik Stępień (Woy Opoczno)

U12 – born in 1995 and younger

  1. 1st place – Odra Wodzisław
  2. 2nd place – Kolporter Korona Kielce
  3. 3rd place – Stal Świdnica
  4. 4th place – UKS Grabieszyce
  • best player – Katarzyna Wielgomas (UKS Grabieszyce)
  • best goalkeeper – Oskar Wajdzik (Stal Świdnica)
  • top scorer – Karol Angielski (Kolporter Korona Kielce)

U10 – born in 1997 and younger

  1. 1st place – Kolporter Korona Kielce I
  2. 2nd place – Kolporter Korona Kielce II
  3. 3rd place – Lider Włocławek
  4. 4th place – Olimpijczyk Wałbrzych
  • best player – Oskar Ordoński (Lider Włocławek)
  • best goalkeeper – Kamil Stefański (Kolporter Korona Kielce)
  • top scorer – Andrzej Uniat (Kolporter Korona Kielce)

U8 – born in 1999 and younger

  1. 1st place – Kolporter Korona Kielce
  2. 2nd place – Olimpijczyk Wałbrzych
  3. 3rd place – BKS Bobrzanie Bolesławiec
  • best player – Krystian Duda (Olimpijczyk Wałbrzych)
  • best goalkeeper – Gracjan Przebieracz (Olimpijczyk Wałbrzych)
  • top scorer – Emil Pacia (Olimpijczyk Wałbrzych)
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The tournament matches were not the only attractions of the Ceramika Cup. Stefan Majewski, a member of the PZPN Training Department and coach of first-league team Cracovia Kraków, visited Bolesławiec. Coach Majewski gave a presentation on training young footballers in European clubs. Youth Ekstraklasa teams were also in our town – Zagłębie Lubin, together with first-team coach Czesław Michniewicz, as well as the representative team of Freubue Football School in Cameroon. In its final stage, the Ceramika Cup tournament took place simultaneously with the Ceramics Festival. The players could enjoy the attractions of the Bolesławiec festival.

(information: D. Sawczak/MZ)