For more than a decade, the “Ateitis CUP” tournament has continued it’s strong tradition of inviting well-known football academies to Lithuania, maintaining it’s leading position as the largest international youth football tournament in the country.
Each year, young footballers aged 6 to 16 compete in the event, which has become a true celebration of youth football for both participants and spectators.
In 2026, participation in the “Ateitis CUP” has already been confirmed by renowned European clubs such as AC Milan, FC Torino, FC Bologna, Dynamo Kyiv, and Dinamo Tbilisi.
The academies of these clubs are widely recognized for their professional approach to developing young talent, adding further prestige and a high competitive level to the tournament.
Over it’s history, the “Ateitis CUP” has become an important stepping stone for many players. Young footballers who once competed in the tournament have gone on to reach the highest levels of the game, including the English Premier League and Italy’s Serie A. Among them are current Lithuanian national team players such as Gvidas Gineitis, Armandas Kučys, Kipras Kažukolovas, and many other talented athletes.
“Ateitis CUP” is not only a tournament but also an international platform for young footballers to showcase their abilities, gain invaluable experience, discover different football cultures, and build new friendships.
Its high organizational standards, professional conditions, and strong line-up of participants allow the tournament to grow every year and remain one of the most important youth football events in the region.
Ateitis Cup 2025 AUTUMN: Vilnius & Batumi – One Tournament!
Held consistently in both Vilnius and Batumi, the tournament offers a professional platform for teams from Europe, Central Asia, and beyond to compete, grow, and connect through football.
Over the past two decades, Ateitis Cup has welcomed participants from more than 24 countries, including: 🇫🇷 France • 🇮🇹 Italy • 🇩🇪 Germany • 🇵🇱 Poland • 🇸🇪 Sweden • 🇩🇰 Denmark • 🇳🇴 Norway • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom • 🇳🇱 Netherlands • 🇪🇸 Spain • 🇲🇩 Moldova • 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan • 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan • 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan • 🇹🇷 Turkey • 🇬🇪 Georgia • 🇨🇭 Switzerland • 🇺🇦 Ukraine • 🇱🇻 Latvia • 🇱🇹 Lithuania • 🇮🇳 India • 🇵🇹 Portugal • 🇫🇮 Finland • 🇪🇪 Estonia
It’s not just about results — it’s about real challenges, international exposure, and football without borders.
In Vilnius, top academies from across Europe will take the field. Among them, AC Milan’s U7 (2018-born) team, already confirmed for this year’s edition.
In Batumi, the tournament is gaining momentum fast. Clubs like Dinamo Riga 🇱🇻, FC Mustang 🇰🇿, Zirva and Young Pro 🇦🇿 have registered their teams and are ready to compete.
On both stages, young footballers will face strong opponents, meet new cultures, and create memories that go far beyond the pitch.
Ready to take the field? Register your team here:
👉 www.ateitiscup.lt/registration
— The Ateitis Cup Team ⚽
The Best of the Best!
The Ateitis Cup, held in Vilnius (Lithuania) and Batumi (Georgia), has earned the trust of many of the most prestigious football academies from across Europe and Asia.
Over the years, both cities have hosted elite clubs, turning the tournament into a respected international platform for youth development and competition.
In Vilnius, the Ateitis Cup has welcomed such top-level academies as:
FC Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Juventus, AC Milan, Lazio, Atalanta, Sampdoria, SL Benfica, Borussia Dortmund, Dynamo Kyiv, and Dinamo Tbilisi.
In Batumi, the tournament has featured clubs including:
Juventus, Kairat Almaty, Samsunspor, RFH Riga, Sumgait FK, FC Aktobe, Odil Akhmedov Academy, FK Liepāja, I.A.N.G Pro, and leading Georgian academies such as Dinamo Tbilisi, Saburtalo, Lokomotiv Tbilisi, Dinamo Batumi, and others.
Register your team now: http://www.ateitiscup.lt/registration/
Three days, 60 games, 20 teams, hundred goals – all this happened this weekend in Vilnius!
After though fight winner of the tournament became FC “Levadia” Tallinn team from Estonia 🏆🥇
Second place: FC “Shakhtar” Donetsk Ukraine 🥈👏
Third place: FS “Metta” Riga Latvia🥉
Fourth place: FC Saburtalo Tbilisi Georgia 🤩
Congratulations for all teams and big thanks to all participants for creating true football festival 🥳🎉⚽️
We are very proud and happy that our home team Benfica-Ateitis 2013 won the tournament!
We would like to congratulate all the teams that participated in the tournament and say huge thanks for so many good emotions.
We hope to see even more teams in the spring tournament.
Winners: “Benfica – Ateitis” Lithuania
Second place: “Atlet yellow” Ukraine
Third place: FS “Daugavpils” Latvia
Amazing weekends, football festival, good emotions
This weekend finished the fourth tournament of this season. Emotions are increasing with each week. 5 more weeks to go.
We hope that the number of teams will only increase and everyone will have the opportunity to play with the strongest teams.
Every time we try to do our best so that the participants and support teams take away only positive memories.
In the U15 age group, TOP 3 teams were:
- FC “Dinamo Batumi” (Sakartvelo)
- FA “Geležinis vilkas” mėlyni Vilnius (Lithuania)
- TFA – Riteriai Vilnius (Lithuania)
In the U16 age group, TOP 3 teams were:
- TJK “Legion” Tallinn (Estonia)
- FS “Daugavpils” (Latvia)
- FC “Dinamo Batumi” (Sakartvelo)
Congratulations to the winning teams and all participants, and big thanks for your efforts and the celebration of football you have created.
This weekend Ateitis CUP 2023 Autumn season opened with a bang!
In U12 age group 10 teams from 6 different countries were competing for the winners title.
After a hard fight, the Lithuanian team from Klaipėda won the champions cup.
First place – FM “Klaipėda” Lithuania
Second place – “Dinamo Tbilisi” Sakartvelo
Third place – RFS Riga
Fourth place – “Dacia” Buiucani Moldova
We congratulate all the teams, saying thanks to everyone who participated and looking forward to the next tournaments!
Ateitis CUP confirms its status as an international football tournament by organizing Ateitis CUP children’s and youth football tournaments in Batumi, Sakartvelo for the second year in a row.
We were expecting a large number of participating teams from the whole region and from Europe, teams from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkey and Lithuania.
We are very delighted with the participation of two teams from FC Juventus, Torino, Italy and of course the support and interest of the many children and youth teams from Sarkartvelo.
The tournament is for the U14 age group, where we are expecting more than 15 teams from different European countries.
The competition will take place in Sportima Manege and Pilaitė Football Stadium from February 18th to February 20th. The format of the competition is 11×11, it will be played on standard football pitches.
As always, each team will have at least 5 matches during the entire tournament, and will be judged by the team of the highest level Lithuanian football referees.
High-quality teams such as FC Juventus (Italy), Dinamo Batumi (Sacartvelo), FC Torpedo (Sacartvelo) and FC Flora (Estonia) have already confirmed their participation. Every day we look forward to more and more teams from all over Europe.
We invite you to come not only if your team participates in the tournament, but also to see the amazing talent of young football talent. For all those who will not be able to come and watch the competition live, we have prepared for you live broadcasts of all competitions via AteitisFM and Ateitis CUP2 youtube channels.
