Held annually in and near Varna and Albena (near Varna), Bulgaria. The first two editions (1988 and 1989) were held indoor, all later ones outdoor. At least up to and including 1995 (possibly longer) it was known as Grand Hotel Varna Tournament, the current name is Albena Cup.
Year Winners Runners-Up Third Fourth Grand Hotel Varna Tournament as indoor tournament 1988 Norway Renova Budapest TSV Siegen Akademik Sofia 1989 Norway Renova Budapest Poland Bulgaria as outdoor tournament 1990 China France Canada Soviet Union 1991 USA Russia France Poland 1992 Sweden U-20 North Korea Hungary Spain 1993 not held 1994 Grand Hotel Varna Romania Latvia [*] Norway 1995 Sweden U-20 Ukraine Spain Russia 1996 not known 1997 not known Albena Tournament 1998 not known 1999 Russia Scotland North Korea Ukraine 2000 Ukraine USA U-18 Bulgaria Russia 2001 Russia North Korea Bulgaria Russia B 2002 North Korea Russia Ukraine Romania 2003 TNK Ryazan Russia Romania Greece 2004 Russia TNK Ryazan Nadezhda Noginsk Alma KTZh 2005 Rossiyanka Ukraine TNK Ryazan 2006 Rossiyanka Ryazan-VDV Ukraine Bulgaria 2007 not known 2008 Bulgaria Bosnia-Herzegovina Armenia [*] or Lithuania?
1st Grand Hotel Varna Tournament (indoor) [March 2-5?] Played in Varna. 26- 6 Bulgaria 2-1 Poland Final Ranking: 1.Norway 2.Renova Budapest (HUN) 3.TSV Siegen (GER) 4.Akademik Sofia (BUL) 5.Poland 6.CFKA Sredets (BUL) 7.Boeler (??; SWE) 8.Grand Hotel Varna (BUL)
2nd Grand Hotel Varna Tournament (indoor) [March 6-10] Played in Varna. Final Ranking: 1.Norway 2.Renova Budapest (HUN) 3.Poland 4.Bulgaria 5.Beijing (CHI) 6.Millwall (ENG) 7.Russian Federation (USSR) 8.Pakhtakor (USSR)
3rd Grand Hotel Varna Tournament
[April 16-21]
Played in Varna, Tolbuhin, Novi Pazar, General Toshevo.
Group A
16- 4 France 3-0 Renova Budapest
China 3-0 USA U-19
17- 4 France 1-0 USA U-19
China 1-1 Renova Budapest
18- 4 France 1-1 China
USA U-19 3-1 Renova Budapest
Group B
16- 4 Canada 1-1 Soviet Union
GH Varna 11-0 Reggio di Calabria
17- 4 Canada 7-0 Reggio di Calabria
Soviet Union 1-1 Grand Hotel Varna
18- 4 Canada 1-0 Grand Hotel Varna
Soviet Union 6-1 Reggio di Calabria
Semifinals
20- 4 France 7-1 Soviet Union
20- 4 China 2-0 Canada
Seventh Place Match
20- 4 Renova 11-0 Reggio di Calabria
Fifth Place Match
20- 4 USA U-19 4-3 Grand Hotel Varna
Third Place Match
21- 4 Canada 5-0 Soviet Union
Final
21- 4 China 2-0 France
4th Grand Hotel Varna Tournament
[April 1-7]
Played in Varna, Dobrich (formerly Tolbuhin), Shumen
Group A
1- 4 France 3-1 Japan
2- 4 France 1-0 Sweden
3- 4 Sweden 2-2 Japan
Group B
1- 4 USA 8-0 Yugoslavia
1- 4 Hungary unk Bulgaria
2- 4 USA 3-0 Bulgaria
2- 4 Yugoslavia 3-1 Hungary
3- 4 USA 6-0 Hungary
3- 4 Yugoslavia 1-0 Bulgaria
Group C
1- 4 GH Varna 1-1 Romania
2- 4 Poland 3-1 Romania
3- 4 GH Varna unk Poland
Group D
1- 4 Soviet Union 1-1 England
2- 4 Soviet Union 1-0 China
3- 4 England unk China
Semifinals 9-12
5- 4 Japan 2-0 Hungary
5- 4 China 3-1 Romania
Semifinals 5-8
5- 4 Sweden 0-0 Yugoslavia [3-2 pen]
England bt GH Varna
Semifinals 1-4
4- 4 Soviet Union 5-1 Poland
5- 4 USA 2-0 France
Thirteenth: Bulgaria
Eleventh Place Match
6- 4 Hungary 3-1 Romania
Ninth Place Match
China bt Japan
Seventh Place Match
Yugoslavia bt Grand Hotel Varna
Fifth Place Match
7- 4 Sweden U-20 2-0 England
Third Place Match
7- 4 France 3-0 Poland
Final
7- 4 USA 5-0 Soviet Union
[Lilly, Heinrichs, Akers (3)]
5th Grand Hotel Varna Tournament
[March 30 to April 5]
Matches were played at Novi Pazar Stadium and Grand Varna Stadium. Perhaps other stadiums were also used.
First round
Group A
30- 3 Hungary 1-0 Spain [Kern Edit 61'] [att: 300] [ref: Momirov, Bulgaria]
31- 3 Spain 2-0 Russia XI
1- 4 Hungary 0-0 Russia XI
1.HUNGARY 2 1 1 0 1- 0 3
2.Spain 2 1 0 1 2- 1 2
3.Russia XI 2 0 1 1 0- 2 1
Group B
30- 3 Bulgaria 0-2 Poland [HT 0-1] [Marta Otrębska, Katarzyna Jendryczko]
31- 3 Bulgaria 0-5 Sweden U-20 [HT 0-2] [Malin Andersson, Angelica Nilsson x2, Pernilla Gunskog x2] [att: 200]
1- 4 Sweden U-20 1-0 Poland [HT 0-0] [at Novi Pazar] [own-goal] [att: 250]
1.SWEDEN U-20 2 2 0 0 6- 0 4
2.Poland 2 1 0 1 2- 1 2
3.Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 0- 7 0
Group C
30- 3 G.H. Varna 0-1 North Korea [Perehozheva own-goal]
31- 3 North Korea 1-0 Scotland
1- 4 G.H. Varna 0-0 Scotland
1.NORTH KOREA 2 2 0 0 2- 0 4
2.G.H. Varna 2 0 1 1 0- 1 1
3.Scotland 2 0 1 1 0- 1 1
Note: Grand Hotel Varna placed ahead of Scotland on the basis of fewer yellow cards.
Final round
Group 1-3
3- 4 North Korea 1-1 Sweden U-20 [Ri Chu-Ol 27' / Malin Andersson 37'] [att: 175]
4- 4 Sweden U-20 3-0 Hungary [HT 1-0] [Malin Andersson x2, Pernilla Bowall] [att: 100 or 400] [ref: Lale Orta, Turkey]
5- 4 North Korea 3-0 Hungary [HT 1-0] [att: 600] [ref: Momirov, Bulgaria]
1.SWEDEN U-20 2 1 1 0 4- 1 3
2.North Korea 2 1 1 0 4- 1 3
3.Hungary 2 0 0 2 0- 6 0
Note: Sweden placed ahead of North Korea on the basis of fewer yellow cards.
Group 4-6
3- 4 G.H. Varna 0-0 Poland
4- 4 Spain 4-0 Poland [HT 2-0] [Banqué, García, Prieto x2]
5- 4 G.H. Varna 0-2 Spain
4.Spain 2 2 0 0 6- 0 4
5.G.H. Varna 2 0 1 1 0- 2 1
6.Poland 2 0 1 1 0- 4 1
Group 7-9
3- 4 Bulgaria 0-3 Scotland [Lowe x2, Brown]
4- 4 Bulgaria 2-0 Russia XI [Georgieva x2]
5- 4 Scotland 2-1 Russia XI
7.Scotland 2 2 0 0 5- 1 4
8.Bulgaria 2 1 0 1 2- 3 2
9.Russia XI 2 0 0 2 1- 4 0
Final Ranking:
1.Sweden U-20
2.North Korea
3.Hungary
4.Spain
5.FC Grand Hotel Varna (BUL)
6.Poland
7.Scotland
8.Bulgaria
9.Russia XI (not national team)
Official awards:
Top goal-scorer: Prieto (Spain) - 5 goals
Best goalkeeper: Ri Yong-Son (North Korea)
Best player: Ri Gi-Ong (North Korea)
Best young player: Katarzyna Ekiel (Poland)
Most sporting team: Scotland
Main source: "Sport" newspaper (Bulgaria)
Thanks to Evelina Stoyneva (Bulgarian national library)
6th Grand Hotel Varna Tournament
Group Stage
Group ?
4- 4 Romania 1-0 Grand Hotel Varna
5- 4 Sweden U-20 0-1 Romania
6- 4 GH Varna bt Sweden U-20
1.Romania 2 2 0 0 2- 0 4
2.GH Varna 2 1 0 1 2
3.Sweden U-20 2 0 0 2 0
Group ?
?- 4 Latvia - Hungary
?- 4 Latvia - Norway
?- 4 Hungary - Norway
1.Norway
2.Latvia
3.Hungary
Fifth Place Match
-4 Sweden U-20 0-1 Hungary
Semifinal
8- 4 Romania 2-0 Latvia
GH Varna bt Norway
Third Place Match
9- 4 Latvia 1-1 Norway [shared]
Final
9- 4 GH Varna 1-0 Romania
Final Ranking:
1.FC Grand Hotel Varna-BATC (BUL)
2.Romania
3.Latvia
Norway (clearly not full international side, probably youth team)
5.Hungary
6.Sweden U-20
17-10 Romania 5-0 Bulgaria 21-10 Romania 0-2 Ukraine
[April 16-20] 16- 4 Romania 5-0 Moldova 18- 4 Romania 1-2 Belarus 19- 4 Romania 1-0 Russia 20- 4 Romania 4-1 Bulgaria
Thanks to Mark Cruickshank and Neil Morrison for help with specific tournaments
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