Kings Cup Spain 2026

The competition has three phases and every team plays at least four games. Matches are two halves of fifteen minutes in U-12 and U-11; at half time teams change sides and restart within a minute, except in the Final Round, which has a three-minute break.

Group stage: teams are drawn into groups and play each other once. Final Round: the best-placed teams of each group go through and play a knockout, with penalties deciding a tie. Consolation Round: teams that do not reach the Final Round play their own knockout, also decided by penalties under FIFA rules.

U-12 is for players born after 01/01/2015 and U-11 for players born after 01/01/2016. Both categories play fútbol-8 under the rules of the Valencian Football Federation.

Kings Cup Spain is organised by El Planter, Football Planet and Fútbol Factory Spain, and is played under IFAB, FIFA, RFEF (Spanish Football Federation) and FFCV (Valencian Football Federation) rules.

Every member of the team must be insured on and off the pitch. The organisation does not take responsibility for accidents, illness or theft during the tournament, and offers an accident insurance of its own. Teams must state in writing before 1 October whether they take it.

The organisation gives raffle ticket books free of charge to teams that ask for them, so clubs can help fund each player's participation. The books are sent once the team is confirmed; the team pays the shipping, which depends on the destination. The prize is an iPad.