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Explanation: In Spain, "infantil" (without a final e) is under 14 but older than "alevín" (under 12):
"Sub-16 cadete de segundo año
Sub-15 cadete de primer año
Sub-14 infantil de segundo año
Sub-13 infantil de primer año
Sub-12 alevín de segundo año
Sub-11 alevín de primer año" http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fútbol_base
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By the way, about "Sub-14" and "under 14". The rule is that you may not have reached the age mentioned during the year of the competition. So in order to compete at "infantil" level in 2011, you must be at most 13 on 31 December 2011. The same goes (mutatis mutandis) for the other categories.
So infantiles are 13 or 14 years old. As explained in my answer to "alevín", the English system is different, as it is based on the children's age on 1 September at the start of the season in which they compete at a given level:
"3.9.4 All players in the U14 League must have not passed their [14th] birthday on 1st September 2011 and must be in Year Eight (8) or Year Nine (9)." http://kypc.co.uk/doc/NEYDL_Rules_2011_2012_Final.pdf (it actually says "13th", but this is a typo; it also says "13th" for U13).
So in England U14 players are not yet 14 at the start of the season but most turn 14 during the season.
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I'm very sorry, the first paragraph of the above note added at 52 minutes is rubbish; please ignore it. The bit that's valid is what follows. It's not true that you must be under 14 at the end of the year; you must be under 14 at the beginning.
Just noticed you've go them all down as Non PRO. I wonder why? Not everyone has played football as a child in both countries/has children who have done so in order to be aware of the categories.
Explanation: In Spain, "infantil" (without a final e) is under 14 but older than "alevín" (under 12):
"Sub-16 cadete de segundo año
Sub-15 cadete de primer año
Sub-14 infantil de segundo año
Sub-13 infantil de primer año
Sub-12 alevín de segundo año
Sub-11 alevín de primer año" http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fútbol_base
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 52 mins (2011-11-18 11:34:09 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
By the way, about "Sub-14" and "under 14". The rule is that you may not have reached the age mentioned during the year of the competition. So in order to compete at "infantil" level in 2011, you must be at most 13 on 31 December 2011. The same goes (mutatis mutandis) for the other categories.
So infantiles are 13 or 14 years old. As explained in my answer to "alevín", the English system is different, as it is based on the children's age on 1 September at the start of the season in which they compete at a given level:
"3.9.4 All players in the U14 League must have not passed their [14th] birthday on 1st September 2011 and must be in Year Eight (8) or Year Nine (9)." http://kypc.co.uk/doc/NEYDL_Rules_2011_2012_Final.pdf (it actually says "13th", but this is a typo; it also says "13th" for U13).
So in England U14 players are not yet 14 at the start of the season but most turn 14 during the season.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 55 mins (2011-11-18 11:36:38 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
I'm very sorry, the first paragraph of the above note added at 52 minutes is rubbish; please ignore it. The bit that's valid is what follows. It's not true that you must be under 14 at the end of the year; you must be under 14 at the beginning.
Charles Davis Local time: 07:42 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 52
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