Lombardy has emerged as the winner of the tenth edition of the Trofeo CONI, which concluded in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Friuli Venezia Giulia. Under the leadership of Marco Riva, CONI Lombardia topped the standings with 116 points, ahead of Piedmont (111) and Apulia (110).

The Olympic Region of Lombardy – host of the upcoming Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games – returns to victory in Italy’s most important multi-sport event for under-14 athletes, eight years on from its last triumph in Senigallia (2017).

Not even the bad weather could spoil the celebration for the record-breaking 4,600 participants, who gathered in Friuli Venezia Giulia to compete across 44 sports.

As a result, the party shifted from Lignano’s golden beach to the Bella Italia Village Sports Hall, which hosted much of the competition. The winning Committee was announced by CONI’s Head of Territorial Affairs, Cecilia D’Angelo, on stage alongside Andrea Marcon, President of CONI Friuli Venezia Giulia and organiser of the “mini Olympics”, returning to Lignano a decade after the last edition.

The Summer Trofeo CONI – which had been officially opened by CONI President Luciano Buonfiglio at Stadio Teghil on Sunday evening – closes with an extremely positive balance sheet: record numbers of participants, record viewership for the opening ceremony broadcast on Italia Team TV, and record smiles from the boys and girls who came from across Italy and Italian communities abroad in Argentina, Australia, Brazil and Venezuela. Thanks to the “Tourism of Roots” project supported by the PNRR, these young athletes also had the chance to discover Friuli Venezia Giulia through cultural and territorial visits, reinforcing ties with their origins.

The 2025 edition also stood out as the most sustainable in the event’s history, thanks to measures aligned with the UN 2030 Agenda, in line with the biennial protocol signed between CONI and the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security.