“Juventus” from Torino came to Lithuania for the international football tournament “Ateitis CUP” for the first time. They won six matches, missed no goals and became the champions of the twelve-year-olds.
Impressive game style by the young football players from Torino brought many football fans to the sports arena “Sportima” including the UEFA Champion’s league winner Edgaras Jankauskas.
“Enjoyable team to watch. It is obviously better than the rest and it proved by winning the tournament. I also liked the way “Atalanta” from Bergamo played, although they got the third place. These teams clearly show, how much improvement we have to make” – said E. Jankauskas while watching the final for the third place.
“Juventus” came to Ateitis CUP in Lithuania after a huge football tournament in Miami, USA where they also met “Barcelona”, “Manchester City” and other famous football academies.
“In Italy the regional championships are for U11 and younger, and the national championship is for the ones older than thirteen. Therefore twelve-year-olds have to go and gain their experience in other tournaments” – said the coach of “Juventus” Giovanni Valenti.
“It is good to win, indeed, but my priority is that the players advance individually. They must think and they must have good techniques. If one of the components is missing – there is nothing you can do about it” – said the coach. He also noted that the 21 players who came to Vilnius were picked from over a thousand players from around Torino.
In the final “Juventus” won against “Metta” from Riga, a team that won against Atalanta after a series of penalties. The best result for Lithuanian teams was shown by Baltic Football Academy – the eight place.
“The results of Lithuanian teams are the best prove of the situation of Lithuanian football. This tournament as a mirror shows the areas where we still must improve. We are very happy to have a chance to see this by playing here, in Vilnius. Clubs like “Juventus” receive a lot of invitations to the tournaments and the fact that they chose us proves, how much work we have done in those five years” – said the main organizer of the tournament Dainius Gudaitis.
During the next six weekends the tournament “Ateitis CUP” will continue with other age groups. “Juventus” will bring another two teams in the age groups U11 and U10. “Atalanta”, “Vaihingen” from Stuttgart, “Lokomotiv” from Moscow and other teams are expected in other age groups as well.
A GROUP
1. „Juventus“ Torino (Italy)
2. „Dinamo“ Minsk (Belarus)
3. SHFS Riga (Latvia)
4. „Baltika“ Kaliningrad (Russia)
5. „Ateitis“ Vilnius (Lithuania)
B GROUP
1. „Daugava“ Daugavpils (Latvia)
2. SDJUSHOR Minsk (Belarus)
3. „Atalanta“ Bergamo (Italy)
4. FA „Panevezys“ (Lithuania)
5. „Vorksla“ Poltava (Ukraine)
C GROUP
1. NJS Nurmijärvi (Finland)
2. FK „Minsk“ (Belarus)
3. FK „Tukums“ (Latvia)
4. BFA Vilnius (Lithuania)
5. „Skonto“ Riga (Latvia)
D GROUP
1. „Pallo-Iirot“ Rauma (Finland)
2. FC “Girnyk” Kryvyi Rig (Ukraine)
3. „Metta“ Riga (Latvia)
4. FA „Siauliai“ (Lithuania)
5. „TFA-Milanas“ Vilnius (Lithuania)
23 of October, Friday
Sportima
1. 8.40 A2-A5 „Dinamo“ Minsk – „Ateitis“ (RESULT) 3:0
2. 9.20 A3-A1 SHFS – „Juventus“ (RESULT) 0:3
3. 10.00 B2-B4 SDJUSHOR – „Panevezys“ (RESULT) 1:1
4. 10.40 B1-B5 „Daugava“ – „Vorksla“ (RESULT) 0:1
5. 11.30 A4-A5 „Baltika“ – „Ateitis“ (RESULT) 4:0
6. 12.10 A2-A1 „Dinamo“ Minsk – „Juventus“(RESULT) 0:2
7. 12.50 B3-B4 „Atalanta“ – „Panevezys“ (RESULT) 2:0
8. 13.30 B2-B5 SDJUSHOR – „Vorksla“ (RESULT) 1:3
9. 15.30 A4-A3 „Baltika“– SHFS (RESULT) 0:0
10. 16.15 B3-B1 „Atalanta“ – „Daugava“ (RESULT) 5:0
LFF
11. 10.00 C2-C5 „Minsk“ – FC „Skonto“ (RESULT) 2:0
12. 10.40 C3-C4 „Tukums“ – BFA (RESULT) 1:1
13. 12.30 C1-C5 NJS – FC „Skonto“ (RESULT) 2:1
14. 13.10 C2-C4 „Minsk“ – BFA (RESULT) 2:0
Fanai
16. 10.00 D2-D5 FC „Girnyk“ – „TFA-Milanas“ (RESULT) 4:0
17. 10.40 D3-D4 „Metta“ – „Siauliai“ (RESULT) 2:0
19. 13.10 D2-D4 FC „Girnyk“ – „Siauliai“ (RESULT) 0:2
20. 14.50 D1-D3 „Pallo-Iirot“ – „Metta“ (RESULT) 1:4
18. 18.30 D1-D5 „Pallo-Iirot“ – „TFA-Milanas“ (RESULT) 6:1
15. 19.10 C1-C3 NJS – „Tukums“ (RESULT) 0:3
24 of October, Saturday
Fanai
21. 10.00 A2-A3 „Dinamo“ – “Shitika” (RESULT) 2:0
22. 10.40 B2-B3 SDJUSSHOR – „Atalanta“ (RESULT) 0:1
23. 11.30 C2-C3 „Minsk“ – „Tukums“ (RESULT) 3:0
24. 12.10 D2-D3 FC „Girnyk“ – „Metta“ (RESULT) 0:2
25. 13.00 B1-B4 „Daugava“– Panevezio R.Sarguno sp. g. (RESULT) 2:0
26. 13.40 D1-D4 „Pallo-Iirot“ – „Siauliai“ (RESULT) 3:0
27. 14.20 A3-A5 Shitika – „Ateitis“ (RESULT) 3:0
28. 15.00 D3-D5 „Metta“ – „TFA-Milanas“ (RESULT) 9:1
29. 15.40 A4-A2 „Baltika“ – „Dinamo“ (RESULT) 0:6
30. 16.20 C1-C2 NJS – „Minsk“ (RESULT) 0:4
31. 17.00 B4-B5 „Panevezys“ – „Vorksla“ (RESULT) 2:0
32. 17.40 D4-D5 „Siauliai“ – „TFA-Milanas“ (RESULT) 6:0
Sportima
33. 13.00 A1-A4 „Juventus“ – „Baltika“ (RESULT) 4:0
34. 13.40 C1-C4 NJS – BFA (RESULT) 1:2
35. 14.20 B3-B5 „Atalanta“ – „Vorksla“ (RESULT) 2:0
36. 15.00 C3-C5 „Tukums“ – FC „Skonto“ (RESULT) 1:0
37. 15.40 B1-B2 „Daugava“ – SDJUSSHOR (RESULT) 1:0
38. 16.20 D1-D2 „Pallo-Iirot“ – FC „Girnyk“ (RESULT) 0:1
39. 17.00 A1-A5 „Juventus“ – „Ateitis“ (RESULT) 7:0
40. 17.40 C4-C5 BFA – FC „Skonto“ (RESULT) 2:0
Play off
Fanai
41. 18.30 For 17 – 20 places „Ateitis“ – NJS (RESULT) 1:2
42. 19.10 For 17 – 20 places SDJUSSHOR – „TFA-Milanas“ (RESULT) 3:0
43. 20.00 For 13 – 16 places „Baltika“ – „Skonto“ (RESULT) 0:0 (4:3)
44. 20.40 For 13 – 16 places „Panevezys“ – „Girnyk“ (RESULT) 0:0 (5:4)
Sportima
45. 18.30 For 9 – 12 places „Shitika“ – „Tukums“ (RESULT) 2:0
46. 19.10 For 9 – 12 places „Daugava“ – „Siauliai“ (RESULT) 2:0
47. 19.50 For 5 – 8 places „Dinamo“ M. – BFA (RESULT) 1:1 (5:4)
48. 20.30 For 5 – 8 places „Vorksla“ – „Pallo Iirot“ (RESULT) 2:0
49. 21.10 For 1 – 4 places „Juventus“ – „Minsk“ (RESULT) 1:0
50. 21.50 For 1 – 4 places „Atalanta“ – „Metta“ (RESULT)
25 of October, Sunday
Fanai
51. 11.00 For 19 place
52. 11.50 For 17 place Game 41 winners – Game 42 winners
53. 12.40 For 15 place Game 43 loosers – Game 44 loosers
LFF
54. 10.00 For 13 place Game 43 winners – Game 44 winners
55. 10.50 For 11 place Game 45 loosers – Game 46 loosers
56. 11.40 For 9 place Game 45 winners – Game 46 winners
Sportima
57. 10.00 For 7 place Game 47 loosers – Game 48 loosers
58. 10.45 For 5 place Game 47 winners – Game 48 winners
59. 11.30 For 3 place Game 49 loosers – Game 50 loosers
60. 12.15 Final Game 49 winners – Game 50 winners
13.00 Tournaments closing ceremony
Об участии в турнире подтвердил новичок “Палло – лирот” клуб из Финляндии. Они будут соревноваться (Y-12) в группе.
„Мы всегда мечтали, что в нашем турнире будут участвовать команды из Скандинавии. Число Финских команд до начала турнира еще вырастет“, – сказал главный организатор турнира Дайнюс Гудайтис.
Dar labiau pasipildęs „Ateitis CUP“ dalyvių sąrašas sulaukė naujokų iš Suomijos. Pirmą kartą turnyre dalyvaus „Pallo-Iirot“ ekipa iš Raumos. Jie atsiveš 2003 metų gimimo grupę. Tai nebus vienintelė Suomijos komanda šioje amžiaus grupėje. Kartu dėl nugalėtojų titulo varžytis NJS „Nurmijärvi“.
„Skandinavijos klubai buvo mūsų prioritetas jau pora metų, todėl labai džiaugiamės, kad šiemet pralaužėme ledus. Tiesa, suomių skaičius iki turnyro turėtų dar gerokai išaugti“, – kalbėjo turnyro organizatorius Dainius Gudaitis.
Trylikamečių grupėje Suomijai atstovaus EPS Espoo. Dar kelių komandų likimas paaiškės artimiausiu metu.
Об участии в турнире подтвердили еще несколько латышских команд. В частности, клуб “Тукумс”, который привезёт шесть команд. Две возрастные группы будут из команды Резекне.
“Каждая команда в нашем турнире – оценка нашей работы. Так как “Тукумс” и “Резекне” приходят к нам не первый раз, эта радость даже больше “, – сказал главный организатор турнира Дайнюс Гудайтис.
Prie anksčiau apie dalyvavimą turnyre patvirtinusių Latvijos atstovų: Rygos „Metta“, Rygos SHFS, Daugpilio „Daugavos“ ir „Babite“ klubų prisijungia ir ankstesniais metais taip pat dalyvavę „Rezekne“ ir „Tukums“ mokyklos.
„Tukums“ į turnyrą atsiveš net šešių amžiaus grupių (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
komandas, „Rezekne“ atstovaus 2004 ir 2005 metų gimimo turnyruose.
„Kiekviena komanda mūsų turnyre yra laukiama. Kadangi tiek „Tukums“, tiek „Rezekne“ pas mus atvyksta ne pirmą kartą, tai džiaugsmo teikia dar daugiau“, – pasakojo pagrindinis turnyro organizatorius Dainius Gudaitis.
A traditional football tournament “Ateitis CUP” will start in October this year. This year’s tournament is going to be very special – three teams of Juventus F.C. are going to take part and play in 2003, 2004 and 2005 age groups.
“Last year was very interesting as teams like “Atalanta” and “Brescia” from Italy took part in our tournament. But this year is going to be extraordinary. We really wanted to have more well-known football clubs here in Vilnius, and here you are – Juventus F.C. is coming with three teams. We are very happy about this” – said the main organiser of the tournament Dainius Gudaitis.
Clubs like CSKA Moscow, FC Dynamo Kyiv, FC BATE Borisov, Barcelona Soccer Academy, “Hammarby” from Sweden, BWB from UK and other teams take part in this tournament.
“We are always very happy to expand and grow. We had teams from thirteen countries last year, but it is already clear that we will have even more teams this year. NJS – a team from Finland has already confirmed participation. This is the first time we have a team from there” – said Dainius Gudaitis.
„Ateitis CUP 2015“ will start on 13th of October and will continue for seven weekends in a row.
The biggest youth football tournament in Baltic’s “Ateitis CUP” for the first time will have participants from Africa. Four teams are brought by a Soccer Barcelona Youth Academy branch in Algeria.
“We promised to have more countries in our tournament after last years success. We will have Finland, Estonia, Algeria this year. And this is not a final list!” – said the main organizer of the tournament Dainius Gudaitis.
Teams from Algeria will participate in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2007 age groups.
