National youth teams

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Under 16

Here you can find, for each national team, the program, the selections and the results, for as far they are communicated by the different team responsables.

Action plans for the different age groups:

Every national youth team has the same structure and seasonal planning (action plan).

1. National selection -15

The composition of a national U15 team consists of 4 phases:

• Phase 1: scouting of al the teams in first and second division (season -1 as 14-year olds)
• Phase 2: regional trainings
• Phase 3: national training camp during Eastern holidays
• Phase 4: international matches (March/April/May)

During the first phase, the talented youngsters are being chosen by the prospectors. In phase 2, per region (3) the 30 most remarked players are united for four trainings. After these 4 evaluations, 20 players are selected. The will participate in a training camp of 3 days during the Eastern holiday and play 4 matches in March/April/May.

2. National selections U16, U17, U18 and U19

Every year the following activities are organized for the national selections U16, U17, U18 and U19. These activities and the scouting of the age groups are planned in relation to the dates of the European Championships for the players of the U19 and U17 squads.

• Training camp: 3 training camps for each squad
• Trainings: 8 trainings for each team
• Training games against clubs: 3 for each team
• Double matches in Belgium and abroad
• Tournament in Belgium (for the moment 1 tournament for U16)
• Tournaments abroad: 8
• Preliminary rounds  EC U19 and U17

Remark: final rounds can be added

Preparing the tournaments, the following steps are advised to be followed (1 cycle):

• 2 trainings for the large quad of 30 players
• 1 training camp (2 to 4 days) for the squad of 20 players
• at the final day of every training camp, a match is played against a club (team with players who are one year older)
• 2 trainings for the squad of 18 players
• 1 training match against a club 
• double matches in Belgium or abroad
• tournaments preceded by two trainings

Remark 1: for the older selections, this cycle can be shortened

Remark 2: every official game of all categories is played with a selection of 18 players