Kevin De Bruyne Cup

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The Kevin De Bruyne Cup, abbreviated KDB Cup, is an international Belgian football tournament for players under the age of 15, which has existed since 2016.[1] The tournament takes place annually at the end of May or beginning of June on the grounds of KVE Drongen in Drongen near Ghent. Professional footballer Kevin De Bruyne gave his name to the tournament and is involved in the organization, which is entirely in the hands of volunteers.[2]

Kevin De Bruyne Cup
The tournament logo
Organising bodyKVE Drongen
Founded2015
RegionEurope
Number of teams12
Current championsEngland Manchester City FC (1st title)
Most successful club(s)Spain Barcelona (3 titles)
Websitehttps://kdbcup.be/en

History

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Kevin De Bruyne grew up in Drongen. He went to school there and was affiliated to KVV Drongen until 1999, at that time one of the three Drongen football clubs. In 1999, he swapped the club for KAA Gent after which a highly successful career would follow. His parents and sister continued to live in Drongen.[3]

In 2014, it was decided to get Kevin De Bruyne and his family back involved with the club, and to organize an international youth tournament. On 27 August 2015, the NPO KDB was established. This loose NPO would organize the first edition in close cooperation with KVE Drongen in 2016.[4]

From the very beginning, a high-profile tournament was set up, in which football talents of the future could be seen at work.[5] Many of the young talents subsequently grow into their club's A squad or are among the most sought-after young players in Europe such as Jamal Musiala of Chelsea, Gonçalo Ramos and Úmaro Embaló of Benfica (voted best player at KDB Cup in 2016), Moriba Kourouma of FC Barcelona (best player 2017) and Jérémy Doku of RSC Anderlecht (top scorer in 2017).[6]

The event attracts up to 10,000 visitors.[7]

Records and statistics

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Finals

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Edition Year Winner Runner-up Third Fourth Source
1 2016   SL Benfica   Austria Wien   Club Brugge KV   FC Barcelona [8]
2 2017   FC Barcelona   RSC Anderlecht   KRC Genk   Chelsea FC [9]
3 2018   RSC Anderlecht   AZ Alkmaar   Odense BK   Manchester City FC [10]
4 2019   Chelsea FC   Racing Genk   Feyenoord Rotterdam   PSV Eindhoven [11]
5 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [12]
6 2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [13]
7 2022   FC Barcelona   Real Madrid CF   KRC Genk   Manchester City FC [14]
8 2023   FC Barcelona   Paris Saint-Germain FC   SE Palmeiras   Club Brugge KV [15]
9 2024   Manchester City FC   KAA Gent   SE Palmeiras   KRC Genk [16]

Other team and individual trophies

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Year Fair play Best goalkeeper Best player Topscorer
2016   FC Barcelona   Andreas Søndergaard
Odense Boldklub
  Umaro Embaló
SL Benfica
  Umaro Embaló
SL Benfica, 4 goals
2017   SL Benfica   Ramon Vila
FC Barcelona
  Ilaix Moriba
FC Barcelona
  Jeremy Doku
RSC Anderlecht, 11 goals
2018   FC Zenit Saint Petersburg   Daniël Deen
AZ Alkmaar
  Kian Fitz-Jim
AZ Alkmaar
  Charlie McNeill
Manchester City FC
2019   Feyenoord Rotterdam   Josh Clarke
Chelsea FC
  Charlie Webster
Chelsea FC
  Ángel Alarcón
FC Barcelona, 4 goals
2022   Club Brugge KV   Hudson Sands
Chelsea FC
  Juan Hernández Torres
FC Barcelona
  Emre Ünüvar
AFC Ajax, 5 goals
2023   Real Madrid CF   Bas Evers
KAA Gent
  Guille Fernández
FC Barcelona
  Lucas Gabriel Oliveira de Lima
SE Palmeiras, 6 goals
2024   Manchester United FC   Lucas Alvarado
Manchester City FC
  Gianluca Okon
Club Brugge KV
  Floyd Samba
Manchester City FC, 4 goals

References

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  1. ^ "Alles wat je moet weten over de KDB Cup 2023: wanneer, welke ploegen doen mee en eerdere winnaars". voetbalflitsen.be (in Dutch). 31 March 2023.
  2. ^ "KDB Cup". kdbcup.be (in Dutch). 20 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Kevin De Bruyne Cup in Drongen live te volgen op YouTube in 110 landen: speciale camera volgt automatisch de bal". VRT (in Dutch). 17 May 2024.
  4. ^ "VZW KDB Cup". bizzy.org (in Dutch). 21 May 2024.
  5. ^ "De KDB Cup blijkt een kweekvijver van WK-toppers: "Kippenvel, telkens één van 'onze' spelers scoort"". hbvl.be (in Dutch). 9 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Een kweekvijver voor toptalent: deze grote namen stonden ooit op de KDB Cup". Sporza (in Dutch). 8 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Kevin De Bruyne komt titel vieren in Drongen: "We mikken op 10.000 bezoekers"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 25 May 2022.
  8. ^ "2016 KDB Cup". KDB Cup. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  9. ^ "2017 KDB Cup". KDB Cup. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  10. ^ "2018 KDB Cup". KDB Cup. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  11. ^ "2019 KDB Cup". KDB Cup. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  12. ^ "2020 KDB Cup". KDB Cup. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  13. ^ "2021 KDB Cup". KDB Cup. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  14. ^ "2022 KDB Cup". KDB Cup. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  15. ^ "2023 KDB Cup". KDB Cup. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  16. ^ "2024 KDB Cup". KDB Cup. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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