2016 COTIF Tournament
# 2016 COTIF Tournament

The 2016 L'Alcúdia International Football Tournament is a football competition which took place in July and August 2016. The 2016 edition was the first to feature only international youth teams. Previous editions have contained a mix of national selections and club selections.

## Teams

The participating national teams are:

* Argentina
* Bahrain
* Costa Rica
* Mauritania
* Mexico
* Morocco
* Qatar
* Spain
* United States
* Venezuela

### Notes

* China and Russia were announced as participants when eight teams had been announced but were later replaced with Costa Rica, Mauritania, Morocco and Venezuela.

## Group stage

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Spain (H, A) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Venezuela (A) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Bahrain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | United States | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 | |
| 5 | Mauritania | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Argentina (A) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Qatar (A) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Mexico | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | Morocco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | |

## Play-off stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2 August | 2 August |
| Spain | 2 |
| Spain | 2 | 4 August | 4 August |
| Qatar | 0 | 4 August | 4 August |
| Qatar | 0 | Spain (a.e.t.) | 3 |
| 2 August | 2 August | | Spain (a.e.t.) | 3 |
| 2 August | 2 August | Argentina | 1 |
| Argentina | 2 | Argentina | 1 |
| Venezuela | 1 | | |
