Four days of tournament football. Seven days in Catalonia. A tournament, a training camp and a holiday, in one week.
IberCup is one of Europe's largest youth tournaments, drawing clubs from more than 50 countries to Barcelona each summer. Our players will face international opposition, train at a professional La Liga academy, and spend the week based on the Costa Brava.
We are taking two 2012 teams and two 2013 teams, 72 places in total. Once a player is on the plane, the only money they need is spending money.
Not included: travel insurance (compulsory, proof required before departure), spending money, and parents' own flights, accommodation and transport if you are coming out to watch.
IberCup draws academy scouts and recruiters from across Europe and beyond, and matches are played on full club facilities rather than park pitches. Our players will be watched by people who have never seen them before, against opposition they have never faced. No trip can promise a trial, but this is a level of exposure that is very hard to get at home.
Seven days, four of them tournament days. Mornings and evenings are structured; the gaps between fixtures are what turn this into a holiday.
Group flight to Barcelona and private transfer to the hotel. Check in, squad meeting and kit issue, then dinner together.
Training session with RCD Espanyol or FC Barcelona academy coaches, then a visit to the pro club stadium. Free time and dinner at the hotel.
Tournament starts, group-stage fixtures, with sightseeing on the Costa Brava between matches.
Group stage continues, plus more of the Costa Brava.
Play-off stage and sightseeing, followed by the leaders' match and leaders' dinner.
Play-off stage, finals and the prize ceremony.
Breakfast, check out, private transfer to Barcelona airport and the group flight home.
The final itinerary may differ slightly, it is set by the match calendar and fixture schedules. Families will receive the confirmed day-by-day plan before departure.
You are very welcome to come out and watch. You arrange your own flights, accommodation and transport; players stay with the squad in the team hotel for the full week, and may be signed out to a parent for agreed periods.
Players fly out together, are with their own coach and team-mates all week, in one hotel, on a private coach. For most players this is their first trip like it, and staff plan around that.
Not if you're flying from Tampa, the squad travels together on one booking made by us. Joining in Barcelona instead? Your price is adjusted, just flag it on the registration form.
Staff are first-aid trained and the tournament has medical cover on site. We'll call you straight away. Travel insurance is compulsory for exactly this reason.
Yes. Squads are 18 for a reason and coaches rotate through the group stage. Play-off and final selection is the coach's call.
All meals are included, so it's just for drinks, ice creams and souvenirs. We suggest a modest daily amount; staff will hold and issue it if you prefer.
Each age group is capped at two teams of 18. If we're oversubscribed we run a reserve list in registration order and refund any deposit in full.
$3,995 per player for the tour, plus flights (see below). The tour cost is split into three payments to spread it out; payments are made to Development Academy, details on the registration form.
Confirms your place, places are confirmed in the order deposits are received. Non-refundable.
Balance instalment.
Final balance. Must clear before travel.
We book the flights for every player as a single group booking, arranged separately from the tour price through a travel management company. Once numbers are confirmed we secure the bookings, and a coach travels with the group on every flight.
As a guide, budget approximately $800–$1,000 per player for flights, and we will do our best to bring this under $800. The sooner we can confirm numbers and secure the bookings, the higher the chance of lower fares, so early sign-ups really help.
Complete the form and we'll be in touch with the registration and consent paperwork and how to pay the $700 deposit to confirm the place. Places are limited and allocated first-come, first-paid.
