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Please read the updated 2010 McDonald’s Kanga Cup Regulations for changes for the 2010 tournament.
One major change is that teams will play more games during the week.  From Monday-Wednesday teams will play a minimum of 5 games in the preliminary round before the knockout games and finals take place.

Information for the 2010 McDonald’s Kanga Cup is now available on the Register Your Team page.  For more information on the 2010 McDonald’s Kanga Cup email kangacup@capitalfootball.com.au

Tournament officials have labelled the 2009 McDonald’s Kanga Cup a “great success” after the week long youth football tournament culminated with finals today across the territory.

Kofi Danning has been playing alongside John Aloisi during Sydney FC’s preseason and next week is likely to join the Australian Young Socceroos team on a tour of Argentina as an under-20 World Cup warm-up.

In what could soon become a family tradition, nine-year old Isaiah Potts took out the under-11 boys plate fair play award at the Kanga Cup Awards at the University of Canberra last night.

The under-10 and under-11 divisions are the faster growing areas of the Kanga Cup tournament and this year both those groups are leading the way introducing players to Football Federation Australia’s new structure.

Some of this year’s Kanga Cup competitors weren’t even born when volunteers Margot Prout and Peter Burrows began their involvement with the competition.

Socceroo Mark Schwarzer is an inspiration for many at the Kanga Cup.

With the Kanga Cup in its 19th year, and teams from all over the world attending, it’s hard to believe many clubs this year are making their debut at the tournament.

The Roma Soccer Club under-11 boys plate team have travelled the most distance by road to come to the 2009 Kanga Cup and even though they haven’t scored a single goal – the team is happy they came. 

Apart from the four international teams at this year’s event, Roma’s team of players, coaches and supporters has [...]

The 2009 McDonald’s Kanga Cup lived up to it’s motto of ‘Uniting the Youth of the World Through Football’ yesterday morning with Tuggeranong United playing host to both New Zealand and Chinese Taipei sides.

Norm Armstrong is the perfect example of what events like the Kanga Cup are all about.

Football is very much an up and coming sport in Tasmania, however that means little to the University Roar under-12’s Boys team, which is at this week’s McDonald’s Kanga Cup and ready to give it their all.

The Kanga Cup is normally used to sharpen the skills of its young players, however a group of New Zealand referees are using this week’s tournament to develop their own game.

Concerns about travelling during the swine flit outbreak might have prompted several international teams to pull out of this year’s Kanga Cup, but not all.

There aren’t many teams that know the Kanga Cup better than Adelaide City, Belwest Foxes and Majura.

They want to be one of the Matildas players such as Caitlin Munoz or Ellie Brush, and are part of the fastest growing area in Australian soccer. And this year the girls have turned out in record numbers in the 2009 McDonald’s Kanga Cup.

Football, Fun and Friendship was the key message delivered by the tournament Chair, Rachel Harrigan at this afternoon’s McDonald’s Kanga Cup Opening Ceremony at the AIS Arena.

2009 McDonald’s Kanga Cup participants will gain free entry into the showcase fixture on Sunday at the AIS Track between the Hyundai A-League’s Central Coast Mariners and Capital Football’s President’s XI.

The 2009 McDonald’s Kanga Cup continues to defy the odds by overcoming both the Global Financial Crisis and the H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu) epidemic to see over 225 teams compete in this year’s tournament.The largest junior football tournament in the southern hemisphere will kick off at the end of the week with 225 teams descending [...]

For the first time ever the 2009 Kanga Cup will see a whole new range of Kanga Cup merchandise for players and adults. The new merchandise is bright, funky, and high quality, and featuring the new Kanga Cup logo.
Kids and adults hoodies, t-shirts, jerseys, managers jackets, hats, beanies, umbrellas, drink bottles are just some of [...]

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Government issued travel warnings to Australia have seen five Asian teams withdraw from this year’s McDonald’s Kanga Cup despite seven Asian teams initially registering for the tournament.
Japan, Korea, China and India have all withdrawn their registrations for this year’s tournament following their respective government’s warnings against travelling to Australia due to the outbreak of Swine [...]

The 2009 McDonald’s Kanga Cup will kick off as scheduled with the Opening Ceremony still scheduled for Sunday, 12th July at the AIS Arena despite the outbreak of H1N1 Influenza (swine flu) around the country.
The largest junior football tournament in the Southern Hemisphere is set to attract more than230 junior football teams from around the [...]

To nominate your team for the 2009 McDonald’s Kanga Cup, you will need to complete the Nomination Forms and return it by fax, email or post.Once we receive this, we will send you the link to fill in the rest of your information online by Friday 19 June. See a list of teams already registered!
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The 2009 McDonald’s Kanga Cup being held from July 12-17. Please read the Information Pack for tornament information and look at the International and Interstate team pages for nomintation information for your teams. Nomination Forms need to be returned by Friday 29 May.