# Montaigu Tournament

The Montaigu Tournament (French: Tournoi de Montaigu) is an international association football competition that is contested by under-16 national teams and clubs. The tournament is also known as Mondial Minimes.
The games are held in stadiums located in the Vendée department of France. The final is played at the Stade Maxime Bossis in Montaigu.

## History

The tournament was founded in 1973 by André Van Den Brink, who at the time was the president of FC Montaigu, a French amateur football team.

## Famous players

Future famous international players joined the Montaigu Tournament, such as:
* Cristiano Ronaldo
* Andrea Pirlo
* Pavel Nedvěd
* Gheorghe Hagi
* Carlos Tévez
* Marcel Desailly
* Didier Deschamps
* Thierry Henry
* Karim Benzema
* Carl Medjani
* Yoann Gourcuff
* Kylian Mbappé
* Hatem Ben Arfa
* Morgan Rogers

## Results
### Men's national teams
#### By year

| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place |
| 1976 | France | Eintracht Frankfurt | Ajax Amsterdam | |
| 1977 | France | Israel | West Germany | |
| 1978 | England | Israel | West Germany | |
| 1979 | Israel | West Germany | Scotland | |
| 1980 | Scotland | France | Netherlands | |
| 1981 | West Germany | Republic of Ireland | Belgium | |
| 1982 | Republic of Ireland | Italy | Israel | |
| 1983 | France | Scotland | Italy | |
| 1984 | Brazil | France | Belgium | |
| 1985 | Soviet Union | Switzerland | Poland | |
| 1986 | Cameroon | England | Belgium | |
| 1987 | Belgium | Hungary | Soviet Union | |
| 1988 | Mexico | Czechoslovakia | Atlantic Selection | |
| 1989 | Soviet Union | Belgium | Spain | |
| 1990 | Soviet Union | Germany | Belgium | |
| 1991 | Soviet Union | France | Spain | |
| 1992 | United States | Czechoslovakia | France | |
| 1993 | Cameroon | Portugal | Spain | |
| 1994 | Cameroon | Portugal | Italy | |
| 1995 | Cameroon | France | Italy | |
| 1996 | France | Belgium | Scotland | |
| 1997 | France | Netherlands | Cameroon | |
| 1998 | France | Cameroon | England | |
| 1999 | Italy | Spain | Gabon | |
| 2000 | England | Italy | Argentina | |
| 2001 | France | England | Peru | |
| 2002 | Argentina | France | Peru | |
| 2003 | Italy | France | Portugal | |
| 2004 | Japan | Italy | Ivory Coast | |
| 2005 | France | Japan | Germany | |
| 2006 | France | Italy | Tunisia | |
| 2007 | Germany | England | France | |
| 2008 | England | France | Germany | |
| 2009 | England | Germany | France | |
| 2010 | Portugal | England | France | |
| 2011 | England | France | Portugal | |
| 2012 | Portugal | Russia | England | |
| 2013 | Turkey | England | France | |
| 2014 | Ivory Coast | South Korea | England | France |
| 2015 | England | France | Morocco | Ivory Coast |
| 2016 | United States | France | Brazil | Morocco |
| 2017 | Portugal | France | Denmark | Japan |
| 2018 | Portugal | Brazil | England | France |
| 2019 | Argentina | Mexico | England | Brazil |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Spain | France | | |
| 2022 | Brazil | Argentina | England | Portugal |
| 2023 | England | Japan | France | Romania |
| 2024 | France | Mexico | Ivory Coast | Japan |

#### By teams

    As of 2023
| Teams | Champions | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| France | 9 | 12 | 6 |
| England | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Portugal | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Soviet Union | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| West Germany | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| United States | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Israel | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Japan | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Republic of Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Morocco | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Peru | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gabon | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Atlantic Selection | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ajax Amsterdam | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Women's national teams
#### By year

| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place |
| 2019 | France | North Korea | China | Spain |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Spain | Norway | | |
| 2022 | Netherlands | Norway | France | |
| 2023 | United States | France | Japan | Portugal |
| 2024 | Japan | Netherlands | Sweden | France |

#### By teams

    As of 2023
| Teams | Champions | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| France | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| United States | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Norway | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| North Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Men's clubs
#### By year

| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place |
| 1973 | RSC Anderlecht | Bayern Munich | Eintracht Francfort | |
| 1974 | RSC Anderlecht | Eintracht Francfort | FC Basel | |
| 1975 | RSC Anderlecht | Bayern Munich | Paris Saint-Germain | |
| 1977 | RSC Anderlecht | Paris Saint-Germain | Bayern Munich | |
| 1978 | FC Nantes | Ajax Amsterdam | RSC Anderlecht | |
| 1979 | Paris FC | Borussia M'gladbach | VfB Stuttgart | |
| 1980 | Paris FC | RSC Anderlecht | FC Nantes | |
| 1982 | FC Nantes | RSC Anderlecht | Eintracht Francfort | |
| 1983 | Torino | Paris Saint-Germain | RSC Anderlecht | |
| 1984 | Girondins de Bordeaux | FC Nantes | Real Sociedad | |
| 1985 | AJ Auxerre | Girondins de Bordeaux | FC Nantes | |
| 1986 | Girondins de Bordeaux | Paris Saint-Germain | Olympique de Marseille | |
| 1987 | Girondins de Bordeaux | RC Paris | AJ Auxerre | |
| 1988 | FC Nantes | Vendée Sélection | Paris Saint-Germain | |
| 1989 | Girondins de Bordeaux | Paris Saint-Germain | Toulouse FC | |
| 1990 | FC Nantes | AS Cannes | Toulouse FC | |
| 1991 | Toulouse FC | AS Cannes | FC Nantes | |
| 1992 | FC Nantes | Real Sociedad | Vendée Sélection | |
| 1993 | Paris Saint-Germain | AJ Auxerre | Girondins de Bordeaux | |
| 1994 | FC Nantes | Paris Saint-Germain | AJ Auxerre | |
| 1995 | AJ Auxerre | Olympique Lyonnais | AS Saint-Étienne | |
| 1996 | FC Nantes | AJ Auxerre | Stade Rennais FC | |
| 1997 | AS Saint-Étienne | Stade Rennais FC | AJ Auxerre | |
| 1998 | AS Saint-Étienne | Vendée Sélection | Olympique lyonnais | |
| 1999 | Stade Rennais FC | AS Saint-Étienne | FC Nantes | |
| 2000 | Olympique lyonnais | AS Nancy | Stade Rennais FC | |
| 2001 | Girondins de Bordeaux | Stade Rennais FC | AS Saint-Étienne | |
| 2002 | Lille OSC | FC Nantes | Stade Rennais FC | |
| 2003 | Stade Rennais FC | RC Lens | Girondins de Bordeaux | |
| 2004 | Olympique Lyonnais | FC Nantes | Girondins de Bordeaux | |
| 2005 | Girondins de Bordeaux | Olympique de Marseille | Stade Rennais FC | |
| 2006 | Olympique de Marseille | Stade Rennais FC | Olympique Lyonnais | |
| 2007 | AJ Auxerre | Olympique Lyonnais | Olympique de Marseille | |
| 2008 | AJ Auxerre | AS Saint-Étienne | FC Nantes | |
| 2009 | AS Saint-Étienne | Stade Rennais FC | Olympique lyonnais | |
| 2010 | Stade Rennais FC | AS Saint-Étienne | FC Nantes | |
| 2011 | FC Nantes | Girondins de Bordeaux | AJ Auxerre | |
| 2012 | Girondins de Bordeaux | AS Saint-Étienne | AJ Auxerre | |
| 2013 | Chertanovo | Le Mans FC | FC Lorient | AS Saint-Étienne |
| 2014 | Stade Rennais FC | FC Nantes | Vendée Sélection | Olympique lyonnais |
| 2015 | FC Nantes | Olympique de Marseille | RC Lens | Olympique lyonnais |
| 2016 | Stade Rennais FC | Stade de Reims | Olympique Lyonnais | Olympique de Marseille |
| 2017 | Stade Rennais FC | Olympique de Marseille | FC Metz | FC Nantes |
| 2018 | Stade Rennais FC | Olympique de Marseille | FC Nantes | Girondins de Bordeaux |
| 2019 | OGC Nice | RC Strasbourg | FC Nantes | Olympique de Marseille |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Toulouse FC | RC Strasbourg | Vendée Sélection | OGC Nice |
| 2022 | AS Saint Etienne | Olympique de Marseille | Vendée Sélection | Girondins de Bordeaux |
| 2023 | RSC Anderlecht | Olympique Lyonnais | Stade Rennais FC | Girondins de Bordeaux |
| 2024 | FC Nantes | Girondins de Bordeaux | Olympique Lyonnais | Vendée Sélection |

#### By club

    As of 2023
| Club | Victories | Runner-up | Third place |
| FC Nantes | 9 | 4 | 8 |
| Stade Rennais FC | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Girondins de Bordeaux | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| RSC Anderlecht | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| AS Saint-Étienne | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| AJ Auxerre | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Olympique lyonnais | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Toulouse FC | 2 | | 2 |
| Paris FC | 2 | | |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Olympique de Marseille | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Chertanovo | 1 | | |
| Lille OSC | 1 | | |
| OGC Nice | 1 | | |
| Torino | 1 | | |