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Victory Shield

Association football tournament

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The Victory Shield is an annual football tournament competed for by the under-16 teams of Scotland, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales. The Victory Shield had traditionally been competed for by the four Home Nations, but the Football Association withdrew the England team from the tournament "for the foreseeable future" in 2015. The competition was continued after England's withdrawal, with the Republic of Ireland taking their place. The competition was competed by under-15 teams until 2001, when switching to under-16 to fall in line with UEFA competitions.

01List of previous winners

Pre-War

Incomplete

Post-War

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

02Overall winners since World War II

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