In 2025, it will be the 25th year that the team behind Verona Cup is organizing a youth football tournament in Northern Italy. The first 10 years were in the Rimini area, under the name Blue Adria Cup, and the last 15 years have been in the Verona area – more specifically in and around Peschiera del Garda at the southernmost end of Lake Garda.
The tournament is held during the autumn break (mid October) and is therefore also a really good way to finish the season.
Every year, many parents come along who themselves participated when they were youth players – and the circle is complete when they sit in the stands cheering on their own children in the many exciting matches.
Verona Cup is a youth football tournament that highly values the social aspect and is therefore in many ways a different kind of tournament. A tournament where it is of course about winning, but also about having fun and making new friends. A “seriously fun tournament!”.
Verona Cup is an international football tournament with up to 4,000 participants from several different nations each year. Many matches are played where you have the opportunity to qualify for either the A or B finals. Beautiful trophies (with big ears) are awarded to 1st and 2nd place, and medals as well as prizes for “player of the match” are given out in all finals.
Incidentally, Verona Cup is one of the few youth tournaments with a full program, in terms of categories, for both girls and boys. And the tournament also reflects the fact that there are almost as many girls participating as boys.
We have a professional setup regarding pitches and tournament format, bring our own skilled referees from Randers Football Referees Club, a large team of helpers from ICV Sports Travel, and receive fantastic help from our large team of Italian assistants. Everyone involved will do everything to ensure that the participants have the best possible experience during the event.
We also have a large entertainment team as well as a TV crew from the sports media Campo.dk, who ensure that our social media channels are kept updated – and alongside the football tournament, a large e-sports event is also held with many participating teams, many spectators, and great prizes. So it’s not without reason that we like to call Verona Cup “The Football Festival at Lake Garda.”
The base for the tournament is the 5-star holiday resort “Camping Bella Italia,” where a large part of the many events that make Verona Cup unique are held… and where a large part of the participating teams also stay.
The football pitches are located relatively close to the accommodation, which provides fantastic logistics and thus time for much more than just football. And it is very important for us, as organizers, that Verona Cup, despite its size, is still a really cozy and different tournament… under the motto: Football, Fun & Friends!
Verona Cup is a tournament that is constantly evolving, and year after year we come up with new and exciting initiatives. The program for 2025 is currently still in the making – but we will probably come up with something new and exciting in celebration of our 25th anniversary in Northern Italy, won’t we? We certainly think so!
Forza Verona Cup!!!
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