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Arsenal's U15 team has won the Next Gen Cup in Beijing, finishing the tournament with a perfect record by winning every game.
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The Arsenal u15s were in Beijing earlier this month, playing in the Next Gen Cup, the first time the tournament has been held in China.
The tournament was contested between Premier League Academy sides and top Chinese youth teams, kicking off on April 3rd and concluding last weekend.
Arsenal academy coach Craig Smith led the team, accompanied by both his coaching staff and Gunners academy manager Per Mertesacker – who was on his last tour with the academy before his summer exit.
The English teams involved on this occasion were Arsenal, Aston Villa, and , joining four Chinese academy teams and the Hong Kong China u16 Elite Selection Team at the tournament.
The Next Gen Cup is an international youth football tournament held in Beijing.
The Arsenal U15 team won the Next Gen Cup in 2023.
Arsenal's U15 team won every game they played in the tournament.

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The eight sides involved were split into two groups, with the group winners facing each other in the final.
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Arsenal were drawn in Group A alongside Aston Villa, Shijiazhuang Gongfu, and the Beijing FA, and they racked up the wins in the group stage.
The Gunners dispatched Shijiazhuang Gongfu 1-0 in the opening game thanks to a close-range finish from Zach van der Straaten after a corner, then eased past Aston Villa 3-0 to take control of the group.
**Luis Munoz**and Jaden Maghoma scored two in the first three minutes of the Villa game to kill the contest almost instantly, and Maghoma made sure of the result with another goal shortly after the half-time break.
Photo via Maghoma on Instagram
Only needing a draw in their final match to finish top, the young Gunners thrashed the Beijing FA team 4-0 to reach the final in style.
Arsenal then met Zhejiang FC in that final, and Maghoma and Hudson Sando scored the goals in a 2-0 win to earn the trophy.
Photo via Arsenal.com
Kendrick Van Djoy, Max Lo Presti, Zach Van Der Straaten, Frankie Wyatt, Hudson Sando, Onye Asiegbu, Isaiah Matthews, Beau Luton, Keyaan Davison, Fletcher McBryde, Mikael Bonaventure Yetna, Noah Laditan, Blake Day King, Emmanuel Ahaneku, Reiss Tweneboa-Kudoa, Jaden Maghoma, Kyron Raymond-Callender, Luis Munoz, Bubacarr Jallow, Leo Aliadiere, Ezra Okafor
Streams of a couple of the games are available to watch online at the links below: