| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Russia | 
| City | Saint Petersburg | 
| Dates | 4 to 14 June 2019 | 
| Teams | 12 (from 3 confederations) | 
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 1 host city) | 
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 24 | 
| Goals scored | 65 (2.71 per match) | 
| Top scorer(s) | (4 goals)  | 
The 2019 Valentin Granatkin Memorial Cup is its 19th edition after dissolution of the USSR.[1] The tournament was held at Saint Petersburg, Russia from 4 to 14 June 2019, being organised by Russian Football Union.[2][3]
Participating nations
Total of 12 National U-18 teams from three different confederations namely AFC, CONMEBOL and UEFA, participated in this edition of the tournament.[4][5][6] The teams are further divided in three different groups, where Group A have Bulgaria, India, Moldova and host Russia, Group B have Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Greece and Group C have Argentina, Iran, Armenia and second team of host Russia as Russia 2.[7][8][5]
Group stage
- All times are Further-eastern European Time (UTC+03:00).
 
The participants will play each other in each group and the winners of each group and the best of the teams finished second in each group will play for the semifinals. The remaining teams will play for 5–8 places.[5]
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | 
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 7 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | 
| Greece  | 4–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Thymianis  Michelis Tzimas Tsakiris  | 
RFS FFT | Rahmatov  Soirov Zairov  | 
| Turkey  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Arslantas  | 
RFS TFF | 
| Tajikistan  | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kamolov  | 
FFT RFS | Shigaibaev  | 
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | 
Placement matches
Places 9–12
| Kyrgyzstan  | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Shigaibaev  | 
RFS AIFF | Mishra  | 
| Penalties | ||
| Artykbaev  Kanybekov Rusakov  | 
3–1 | Rohit Danu  H.Singh Sailo J.Singh  | 
| Tajikistan  | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| RFS FFA | Alaverdyan  Grigoryan Kolozyan  | 
11th Place
| India  | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| AIFF RFS | Panzhiev  | 
9th Place
| Kyrgyzstan  | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| RFS | Petrosyan  Avetisyan  | 
Places 5–8
7th Place
5th Place
| Iran  | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tzimas  | 
Semifinals
| Russia  | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kosarev  | 
RFS | Pelikh  | 
| Penalties | ||
| Litvinov  Gerchikov Suleymanov Oganesyan Vladimirov  | 
5–3 | Petukhov  Joseph Zakharov Bem  | 
Third place
Final
Final ranking
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 15 | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 10 | |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 10 | |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 | |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 2 | |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 5 | |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 | 
Goalscorers
There were 69 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.65 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
 Panagiotis Tzimas
 Ali Sobhani
 Nikita Iosifov
2 goals
 Franco Orozco
 Matías Palacios
 Tomas Leonardo Lecanda
 Grenik Petrosyan
 Georgios Vrakas
 Akash Mishra
 Aria Barzegar
 Emir Shigaibaev
 Danila Prokhin
 Rustam Soirov
 Muhammet Arslantas
 Oğuzhan Akgün
1 goal
 Oscar Exequiel Zeballos
 Matías Godoy
 Cristian Nicholas Medina
 Lautaro Ezequiel Cano
 Narek Alaverdyan
 Narek Grigoryan
 Aram Kolozyan
 Patvakan Avetisyan
 Konstantinos Thymianis
 Nikolaos Michelis
 Ioannis Tsakiris
 Theodoros Pournaras
 Ioannis Fakkis
 Rohit Danu
 Ahmad Jalali
 Reza Mohammad Moharrami
 Ryskeldi Artykbaev
 Dan Pușcaș
 Valeriu Gaiu
 Ilie Ghiderman
 Denis Faizullin
 Maksim Petrov
 Marat Apshatsev
 Ilya Petukhov
 Danil Pelikh
 Sharifbek Rahmatov
 Islom Zairov
 Amadoni Kamolov
 Ozodbek Panzhiev
 Ilkay İşler
 Burak Yasin Yeşilay
1 own goal
 Muhammed Rafi (against Bulgaria)
References
- ↑ "Tournament history". granatkin.com. Valentina Granatkin Memorial. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
 - ↑ "About Valentin Granatkin Memorial 2019". rfs.ru. RFS. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
 - ↑ "INDIA U18 TO PLAY AGAINST RUSSIA AND BULGARIA IN GRANATKIN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
 - ↑ "Valentin Granatkin Memorial 2019 Participating teams". rfs.ru. RFS. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
 - 1 2 3 "St. Petersburg will receive the Valentin Granatkin Memorial". rfs.ru. RFS. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
 - ↑ "PARTICIPANTS". granatkin.com. Valentina Granatkin Memorial. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
 - ↑ "Старшие юноши сыграют на Мемориале Валентина Гранаткина". rfs.ru. RFS. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
 - ↑ "Valentin Granatkin Memorial 2019 GROUP STANDINGS". rfs.ru. RFS. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.