At the Viareggio Tournament the semi-finalists are four African teams. An increasingly evident dominance, three are Nigerian and one is from Congo.

Beyond Limits beat Torino 2-1, while the Hungarian Honved lost 4-0 to Ojodu City. The representative of the Italian Serie D had to surrender, 4-3 after penalties, to the Congolese team of Center National Brazzaville (the match ended 0-0). Mavlon beat Alex Transfiguration, another Nigerian club who were finalists two years ago, losing to Sassuolo.