Young football talents compete at the Mercedes-Benz Juniorcup 2025!

On January 11 and 12, 2025, the prestigious Mercedes-Benz junior cup will take place in the Glaspalast in Sindelfingen. The event, which is celebrating its 33rd edition this year, is considered one of the most renowned tournaments in youth football and has been held since 1991

VfB Stuttgart, defending champion and record winner with a total of six titles, will compete in the preliminary round against 1. FC Heidenheim, FC São Paulo and Servette Geneva. Borussia Mönchengladbach, FC Bayern Munich, Manchester United and the Glasgow Rangers play in the second group. The games in tournament format each last nine minutes, there is a two -minute half -time break.

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A total of eight teams take part in the tournament, which are divided into two groups. The list of participants includes both Bundesliga clubs and top international teams. Examples of successful former participants are Joshua Kimmich, Leroy Sané and Marcus Rashford. In the course of the tournament there will be preliminary round games, an intermediate round, semi -finals and placement games before the final on Sunday, January 12, from 5 p.m. on TV will be transferred to "Sky Sport News".

The first match day begins on January 11th at 12:30 p.m. with the duel between VfB Stuttgart and 1. FC Heidenheim. Further encounters follow with top -class teams, all of whom want to qualify for the grand finale.

The Mercedes-Benz Juniorcup not only offers young talents a stage, but also the opportunity to meet current or former football professionals. Last year, for example, Mario Gomez had the opportunity to listen to the participants and exchange ideas with them.

For the transmission of the tournament, "Sky" in collaboration with "Sport1", which offers a live stream via their platforms. In addition, a trainee tournament is planned as part of the event, in which trainees from various Mercedes works take part, with the trainees of the Mercedes plant Bremen.

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In addition, Südwest24 also plays an important role in football history, since over 150 talents from previous events became national players and completed a total of over 3,000 caps.