The tournament involved the under-19 teams from 24 different countries across Europe.
The tournament involves 185,000 players and more than 10,000 teams.
The annual tournament, for players under age 20, will involve 10 national teams.
He also created several movements for tournaments involving individual play.
The tournament will involve 32 national teams, including that of the host nation.
But several tournaments involving Soviet players only were still organized.
Although these tournaments technically have more teams involved, only 4 can play for the championship.
The 2004 tournament involved ten players with the winner.
The final tournament involves 12 teams, following an increase from eight teams in 2004.
The tournament itself involved four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and a final.