Villarreal CF hosts Spain’s most important U12 tournament for the tenth consecutive year
The XXXI Ascale LALIGA FC FUTURES National Tournament will be held next weekend, from 7th to 9th June, for the tenth year in a row in Vila-real and for the second time in a row in a luxury setting: the Estadio de la Cerámica.
The most important youth tournament in Spain has found a real home in Vila-real, turning the city into the epicentre of national grassroots football by bringing together the 20 best U12 teams in the country. This season the tournament sponsored by Ascale of the Pamesa Group will once again attract almost a thousand visitors from all over Spain and will be attended by around 10,000 people at La Cerámica, as in past editions of this competition.
The opening ceremony will take place on Thursday 6th June at 7:30pm at La Cerámica. From then on, the group stage matches will be played on Friday and Saturday (from 10am to 1pm), the quarter-finals will start on Saturday evening (6pm) and the semi-finals will be on Sunday (10am to 10:45am) and the grand final, on the same day from 1pm.
Villarreal’s U12s have been placed in Group B with Real Sociedad, Athletic Club, Rayo Vallecano and Celta de Vigo. The tournament hosts will make their debut on Friday at 12:30pm. against the Madrid side. On the same Friday they will play two more matches, against Athletic Club and Celta, at 5pm and 7pm respectively, and will close the group stage on Saturday at 12:30pm against Real Sociedad.
The schedule is as follows:
- Villarreal vs Rayo Vallecano (Friday 7th June, 12:30pm CEST)
- Athletic Club vs Villarreal (Friday 7th June, 5pm CEST)
- Villarreal vs Celta de Vigo (Friday 7th June, 7pm CEST)
- Real Sociedad vs Villarreal (Saturday 8th June, 12:30pm CEST)
Check out the full schedule at the following website: LALIGA FC FUTURES
You can watch the matches on streaming on the official channels LALIGA EA SPORTS channels on LALIGA+, YouTube, Facebook, X, Twitch y TikTok.
Villarreal, the third club with the best record in the history of the tournament
The Yellows Academy has a remarkable record in the tournament, having won the trophy on three occasions, making it the third club with the most titles behind FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.
The first time the Yellows were crowned champions was in 2007 after beating Real Sociedad in the final. The second title came in 2016, when a brace from Paco and another goal from Daniel helped them beat Atlético de Madrid in the final in Vila-real. The last and most recent title, won in 2021 against Sevilla, was also held at the Ciudad Deportiva Pamesa Cerámica.
In addition, in 2017 they also achieved a runner-up finish after qualifying for the final in the penalty shootout and being beaten by FC Barcelona with a 3-1 result.
