The 13th edition of the Mercedes-Benz Aegean Cup 2012 starts at today which is held between 17-22 January in Manisa, Turkey with the participation of eight U16 national teams.

Along with host Turkey; Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Ukraine, Belgium and Greece will join the tournament. This year for the first time United States will participate to the cup as a team outside of the continent.

The matches will be played in Manisa 19 Mayıs, Akhisar İlçe, Turgutlu 7 Eylül, Kula İlçe, Soma Atatürk, Sart , Salihli Ramiz Turhan ve Saruhanlı İlçe stadiums.

In the first day of the tournament; Turkey will host USA in Soma Atatürk Stadium while, Czech Rep. will meet Denmark in Group A at 14.00 with Turkish local time. Turkey-USA game will be officiated by Özkan Çeliker, Emrah Bayrakçı, Serkan Gülçer and Suat Omak.

Besides, in Group B, France-Ukraine and Belgium-Greece matches will be played at 13.00 with Turkish local time.

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Mercedes-Benz Aegean Cup 2012 Standings & Schedules:

GROUP A Pld W D L F A AV Pts 1. TURKEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3. CZECH REP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4. DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GROUP B Pld W D L F A AV Pts 1. FRANCE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. UKRANIE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3. BELGIUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4. GREECE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Date-Group	Stadium	Team 1	Result	Team 2
17.01.2012-13:00 Group B	AKHİSAR İLÇE	FRANCE	-	UKRAINE
17.01.2012-13:00 Group B	TURGUTLU 7 EYLÜL	BELGIUM	-	GREECE
17.01.2012-14:00 Group A	KULA İLÇE	CZECH REP.	-	DENMARK
17.01.2012-14:00 Group A	SOMA ATATÜRK	TURKEY	-	USA
18.01.2012-13:00 Group A	TURGUTLU 7 EYLÜL	USA	-	DENMARK
18.01.2012-13:00 Group B	SART STADI	FRANCE	-	BELGIUM
18.01.2012-14:00 Group A	SALİHLİ RAMİZ TURAN	TURKEY	-	CZECH REP.
18.01.2012-14:00 Group B	AKHİSAR İLÇE	UKRAINE	-	GREECE
20.01.2012-13:00 Group A	SARUHANLI İLÇE	USA	-	CZECH REP.
20.01.2012-13:00 Group B	TURGUTLU 7 EYLÜL	FRANCE	-	GREECE
20.01.2012-14:00 Group A	AKHİSAR İLÇE	TURKEY	-	DENMARK
20.01.2012-14:00 Group B	SALİHLİ RAMİZ TURAN	UKRAINE	-	BELGIUM
22.01.2012-12:00 3rd Place Match	MANİSA 19 MAYIS	Group A Runner-Up	-	Group B Runner-Up
22.01.2012-15:00 FINAL	MANİSA 19 MAYIS	Group A Winner	-	Group B Winner

NOTE: All times are local.