In the penultimate Ateitis CUP 2016 tournament competed 28 teams from 9 countries. Among the guests, we could have seen Italian, Spanish, and for the first time in the tournament, Swiss teams.
The biggest surprise of the tournament was Juventus young football players appearance – they only took the 8th place, losing both the quarterfinals and the further matches for the fifth and seventh places.
The Swiss, team which was in this tournament for in the first time, had a lot of luck with their first two games, but they suffered a heavy blow form the third one, the fight against Kaliningrad SDJUSSHOR’s, and so they did not manage to get into the top eight.
Soocer Barcelona Youth Academy’s students suffered a similar impact, they not only won all three victories, but also showed the best result among all 28 teams. Unfortunately, this fact did not help in the quarterfinals, which were lost to Minsk FSHM, the bronze winners.
The best in the tournament was Dinamo Kyiv, team that defeated Juventus in the quarterfinal, TFA Milan in the semifinal, and in the final, “Dinamo” Minsk.
In the final, Minsk youths were able to recover after a missed goal, but in the second half, guests from Kyiv showed what they are really capable of.
In the minor finals, Minsk FSHM, only after penalties won against the Lithuanian team’s “TFA Milan” youths who had the best performance in between Lithuanian teams . No other team had managed to get to the top eight.
Final places:
- „Dinamo“ Kyiv(Ukraine)
- „Dinamo“ Minsk (Belarus)
- Minsko FSHM-1 (Belarus)
- „TFA Milanas“ Vilnius (Lithuania)
- Soccer Barselona youth academy (Spain)
- SDJUSSHOR Kaliningrad (Russia)
- FK „Minsk“ (Belarus)
- „Juventus“ Turino (Italy)
- „Smena“ Minsk (Belarus)
- „Etoile Carouge“ (Switzerland)
- „Baltai-1“ Klaipėda (Lithuania)
- FK „Minsk-2“ (Belarus)
- FK „Tukums“ (Latvia)
- „Baltai-2“ Klaipėda(Lithuania)
- „Harju“ (Estonia)
- „Ateitis“ Vilnius (Lithuania)
- „Žalgirietis“ Vilnius (Lithuania)
- „Dinamo“ Riga (Latvia)
- „Metta“ Riga (Latvia)
- „Audra“ Vilnius (Lithuania)
- BFA Vilnius (Lithuania)
- „Sturm“ Minsk (Belarus)
- FM „Vilnius“ (Lithuania)
- „Kalev“ Tallinn (Estonia)
- FM „Vilnius 2007“ (Lithuania)
- „Baltika“ Kaliningrad (Russia)
- Minsk FSHM-2 (Belarus)
- SHFS Riga (Latvia)
