Champions Cup Finals

The 2025 Champions Cup Finals event heads back to IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL from March 6-11! This event features the top 16 teams from Champions Cup Group play competing in a knock-out round, single-elimination format.  Champions will be crowned at each age group, and the best club overall will be given the ultimate Champions Cup Award.  Additionally, the showcase portion of the event will feature U14 through U19 teams who will play teams outside of their conference during the event weekend.

Play Dates
All age groups will play 4 games across 5 days. Maximum of 1 game per day.

• U13: March 6, 8, 9, 10 (Thur, Sat, Sun, Mon) 

• U14:March 7, 8, 9, 11 (Fri, Sat, Sun, Tues)

• U15: March 7, 8, 10, 11 (Fri, Sat, Mon, Tues)

• U16: March 7, 8, 9, 11 (Fri, Sat, Sun, Tues) 

• U17: March 6, 7, 9, 10 (Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon) 

• U19:March 6, 7, 8, 10 (Thur, Fri, Sat, Mon) 

First Kick
First possible kick-off time for any team on their first match day is 8:00am EST.

Last Kick
Last possible kick-off time for any team on their last match day is 1:30pm EST.

Champions Cup Format

• U13 – All 16 teams advance to Final 16 at IMG
• U14, U15, U16, U17, U19:
  • Top 2 teams from each group at the Silverlakes event advance to Final 16
  • Best 4th place team at each age group advances
  • Tiebreakers are consistent with playoffs, can be found in GA Frameworks
  • Bottom four 4th place teams and the four non-Champions Cup teams (invited as mentioned above) advance to a 2nd tier competetion at IMG on the same play dates as mentioned above