The 2019 Valentin Granatkin Memorial Cup is its 19th edition after dissolution of the USSR.

[1] The tournament was held at Saint Petersburg, Russia from 4 to 14 June 2019, being organised by Russian Football Union.

[2][3] Total of 12 National U-18 teams from three different confederations namely AFC, CONMEBOL and UEFA, participated in this edition of the tournament.

[4][5][6] The teams are further divided in three different groups, where Group A have Bulgaria, India, Moldova and host Russia, Group B have Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Greece and Group C have Argentina, Iran, Armenia and second team of host Russia as Russia 2.

The remaining teams will play for 5–8 places.