Lev Yashin Cup


Lev Yashin Cup is an annual summer international football tournament held in memory of former goalkeeper of the USSR national football team and FC Dynamo Moscow: Lev Yashin. The rights to the tournament name are owned by the VTB bank. FC Dynamo Moscow, is a permanent participant, as it is the club Yashin spent his entire club career at. Since 2011, the tournament includes youth teams.
8 teams play in the tournament, and are divided into 2 groups of 4. The teams play 3 round-robin 90-minute matches. Winners of both groups play in the final. Runners-up from the groups play in the match for third place, and third place teams in the match for fifth place. In the case of a draw after 90 minutes, was an extra time and if it did not indicate the winner is determined after a series of penalty shootout.
The first edition of the tournament took place in 1994. Three teams played 2 round-robin 45-minute matches. Brazilian club Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras won the tournament as the highest point. The next edition was only after 16 years of absence in 2010.

Finals