The Format of the 5Th GENERALI CEE Cup Announced! the Groups for The
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The format of the 5th GENERALI CEE Cup announced! The groups for the jubilee 5th edition of the international U19 football tournament, which will take place in Prague from 22nd to 29th of July 2015, have been drawn. Like every year, the twelve elite teams have been divided into 4 groups of 3 teams as the list of the tournament’s venues has been improved. The biggest tournament’s attraction, Brazilian Fluminense, will play in the Group A against the Slovakian finalist from last year, AS Trenčín, and Hungarian Vasas Kubala Academy. British Premier League club Swansea City is placed in the Group D where it will compete with Academy Pandev and Bohemians 1905. Czech fans can also look forward to AC Sparta Prague playing in the Group B against Australian Olympic FC and Croatian Hajduk Split. Its city rivals from Vršovice, SK Slavia Praha, will play in the Group C against Polish Wisla Krakow and FK Sarajevo from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Traditionally, the GENERALI CEE Cup will be mainly played at the state-of-art Strahov training complex of AC Sparta Praha with FK Admira Praha stadium also host few games in the group stage again. One of the two new fields is the SK Uhelné sklady stadium. Lastly, the final and semifinal games will be played at the city stadium of FK Viktoria Žižkov in Prague’s center. The Grand Finale will be played on July 29th and like every year, funds from the ticket sale will be donated to the charity programs of the tournament’s partner, the UNICEF. The tournament is organized under the patronage of FIFA and the Football Association of the Czech Republic. Also, the 2015 edition will mark the third consecutive year of the Generali being the general partner of the tournament. Alexander Bellu, deputy mayor of Prague 3: „I am extremely pleased that such a large sports event as the GENERALI CEE Cup final game will take place in Prague 3. Looking at the participating team I believe that we will see a great football show and I am very happy that Prague 3 will be a part of an event of such a magnitude." Jiří Cívka, member of the Foundation Board of GENERALI: "The quality and organization of the tournament the GENERALI CEE Cup improves every year, as seen by this year's impressive list of teams that will come to Prague from all over the world. The GENERALI CEE Cup fits into our long-term concept of supporting sports projects that help young people realize their potential, where sport is the connection to a healthy lifestyle. This is one of the reasons why we supported the tournament for the third time. " For more information about GENERALI CEE Cup 2015 and previous tournaments please visit www.ceecup.org Organizing Committee GENERALI CEE Cup Tomáš Bönisch Čermákova 7, 120 00 Praha 2 Tel: +420774955049 Email: t.bonisch @ceecup.org .