U18 National Team, coached by Feyyaz Uçar, took a clear victory against Latvia by 7-0 in their first match of Valentin Granatkin Cup which is held in St. Petersburg, Russia. The match was played in SCC Petersburgsky Stadium and Turkey's goals came from Taha Can Velioğlu (Min. 4), Recep Niyaz (Min. 9), Berk İsmail Ünsal (Min. 10 and 36), Kadir Ari (Min. 34), Enver Cenk Şahin (Min. 39) and Kenan Karaman (Min. 64). Recep Niyaz was selected as man of the match.

U18s will face Czech Republic in their second match of the group on 7 January 2011 Saturday in SCC Petersburgsky Stadium at 10.00 with Turkish local time.

Latvia: Potapenko (Min. 46 Oshs), Shlamps, Flaksis, Plendishskis, Barinovs, Besperstovs (Min. 70 Vasilevs), Shadchins (Min. 73 Malbardis), Mickelson, Shaban (Min. 61 Blums), Regzha (Min. 46 Svarups), Punctuls
Turkey: Kemal Mert Özyiğit, Tayfun Aksoy, Berkay Ceylan (Min. 69 Aykut Güler), Taha Can Velioğlu (Min. 46 Abdülkerim Bardakcı), Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık, Kerem Çağatay, Kadir Ari (Min. 46 İsmet Gökseloğlu), Burak Can Balcı, Berk İsmail Ünsal (Min. 46 Kenan Karaman), Recep Niyaz (Min. 49 Ömer Yıldırım), Enver Cenk Şahin (Min. 60 Ümit Eminoğlu).
Goals: Min. 4 Taha Can Velioğlu, Min. 9 Recep Niyaz, Min. 10 and 36. dakikalarda Berk İsmail Ünsal, Min. 34 Kadir Ari, Min. 39 Enver Cenk Şahin. Min. 64 Kenan Karaman (Turkey)
Yellow Cards: Min. 8 Barinovs,  Min. 58 Shaban, Min. 86 Svarups (Latvia)

Valentin Granatkin Cup Groups & Schedules:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Russia	Finland	Italy	Turkey
Lithuania	Azerbaijan	Greece	Czech Republic
Belarus	Saint-Petersburg	Ukraine	Latvia

Date-Kick-Off	Team	Score	Team	Venue
04.01.2012-12.00	Czech Rep.	2-0	Latvia	SCC Petersburgsky
04.01.2012-14.00	Italy	5-0	Ukraine	SCC Petersburgsky
04.01.2012-16.30	Finland	7-0	Azerbaijan	SCC Petersburgsky
04.01.2012-19.00	Russia	1-1	Latvia	SCC Petersburgsky
05.01.2012-12.00	Latvia	0-7	Turkey	SCC Petersburgsky
05.01.2012-14.00	Ukraine	5-1	Greece	SCC Petersburgsky
05.01.2012-16.30	Belarus	-	Latvia	SCC Petersburgsky
05.01.2012-19.00	Azerbaijan	-	Saint Petersburg	SCC Petersburgsky
07.01.2012-12.00	Turkey	-	Czech Rep.	SCC Petersburgsky
07.01.2012-14.00	Greece	-	Italy	SCC Petersburgsky
07.01.2012-16.30	Finland	-	Saint Petersburg	SCC Petersburgsky
07.01.2012-19.00	Russia	-	Belarus	SCC Petersburgsky
08.01.2012	Classification Matches ( The match-ups will be decided acc. to group standings)
10.01.2012	Final Day (All teams will play their last matches acc. to classification matches)

NOTE: All times are local. Russia-St. Petersburg local time is ahead 2 hours acc. to Turkish local time.

2012 Valentin Granatkin Turnuvası