UEFA Foundation for Children continues to support the Plazma Youth Sports Games

The Plazma Youth Sports Games are among the 86 new projects selected by the UEFA Foundation for Children, continuing a partnership that has promoted free sport and girls’ football since 2020.

The UEFA Foundation for Children will continue to support the Plazma Youth Sports Games. At its meeting in Nyon on 11 November 2026, the Foundation’s Board of Trustees selected 86 new projects from around the world, and the Games are once again among them.

The partnership places special emphasis on the fact that children take part in sport completely free of charge. This has been one of the defining principles of the Plazma Youth Sports Games throughout their 30 years, with one clear aim: to make sport accessible to every child.

At the heart of the cooperation is the Coca-Cola Cup, Europe’s largest mini-football tournament for children. The Coca-Cola Cup was designed as a football platform that promotes a sporting lifestyle, tolerance, inclusion and team spirit.

We are especially proud of our work with UEFA and the UEFA Foundation for Children, led by Games ambassador and UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin, in promoting women’s football. Since 2020, through the Plazma Youth Sports Games and the Coca-Cola Cup, we have been working to involve as many girls as possible in football. This year alone, 17,445 girls took part in the Plazma Youth Sports Games across all five member countries.

We thank the UEFA Foundation for Children for its continued trust and support, and we look forward to many more girls and boys discovering the joy of sport together with us.