The CASE-IN Organizing Committee will support the fourth Olympia Cup All-Star baseball tournament

The fourth Olympia Cup All-Star baseball tournament will be held in Balashikha, Moscow Region, from August 3-9. The best young athletes from 15 clubs in Russia and Belarus will demonstrate their skills and receive an impetus to develop their professional careers.

Tournament organizers – Reliable Shift Charitable Foundation, Olimpiya Baseball Club, Astralogica LLC with the support of Russian Baseball and Softball Federations, as well as the organizing committee of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, one of the organizers of which is the Russia – the Land of Opportunities platform.

The Olympia All-Star Cup has been held since 2022., He told me Artem Korolev, Director of the Reliable Change Foundation. "In the modern world, sport is becoming not only a measure of physical strength and agility, but also an arena where leaders of the future are formed. At the Reliable Change Charitable Foundation, we are convinced that preparing athletes for highly competitive competitions is an investment in their personal development and the success of our country. The Olympia Cup All—Star Baseball Tournament is not just a tournament, it is a platform where young talents can prove themselves, gain confidence and gain invaluable experience. We are proud to support such ambitious and determined athletes, and we believe that their efforts today will be the key to tomorrow's victories."

The cup will bring together 78 Cadet league athletes (aged 13 to 16) from 15 baseball clubs in Russia and the Republic of Belarus, announced in the official competitions of the 2025 season. The draft procedure, which involves the alternate selection of players by 12 leading coaches, will form teams that will compete for the championship cup.

"During the season, youth teams, at training camps, regional competitions, prepare for their annual "Olympiad" – the championship of Russia. As at international competitions, the team has only a few games to prove itself. The format of this tournament allows you to briefly go beyond the classical training of the team and test your personal strengths. Moreover, both athletes who get into the "national team" based on individual statistics, and coaches who must identify the strengths and weaknesses of the players in a short time, rally the team, and outline the tactics of the game.", - noted Dmitry Kiselyov, President of the Russian Baseball and Softball Federation.

"There will be competitions again this year. to be held on the basis of the Sports Center for Military-applied Sports of the FAA of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation CSKA. Balashikha is the birthplace of Soviet and Russian baseball: the local SKA team, the most decorated in the history of our sport, won the first USSR baseball championship, and the team trained here, at one of the country's first baseball stadiums. This playing field has seen many great competitions, and the Olympia Cup teams will definitely replenish the piggy bank of the victories won here."

Like other All-Russian baseball competitions, this year's Olympia Cup will be held under the sign of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. First, there will be round-robin baseball matches, followed by the final games for places. For compliance with standard rules, including stipulated by the Regulation additions, will be monitored by a professional team of judges and scorers from Moscow and the Moscow region. Cups and medals will be awarded to the winners of the team competition, and individual prizes will be awarded to the best players of the tournament. All participants of the Olympia Cup will receive certificates and gifts from the partners of the tournament.

Young baseball players will also be able to learn valuable skills during master classes from baseball professionals-5. They are conducted within the framework of the recipient of the grant The Potanin Foundation the "Play for 5" project, aimed at the development of baseball in Moscow universities.

Participation in the tournament is free for players, and admission to the matches will be free for fans and guests. The organizers have updated the stadium stands, so now you can watch the baseball battles in more comfortable conditions.  In addition, the competition will be broadcast online on a social network. Vkontakte.  

The tournament is supported by our permanent resource partners: the company "Sporttek", Maxilaser Company and  Russian foam. The event's constant drinking partner –  Khvalovskiye Vody Company. The organizers urge athletes and fans to take a sports bottle with them to the tournament, so as not to use disposable cups and thereby contribute to the conservation of natural resources.

For the third year in a row, the project has been supported by our partner Ivy Online cinema by providing free subscriptions for all participants and coaches!

The tournament is included in the Unified Calendar of interregional, All-Russian and international sports events of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation for 2025. It contributes to the achievement of the goal of the National Demography Project to increase the proportion of citizens who systematically engage in physical education and sports, and is also part of the program for the search and selection of talented athletes to participate in the Youth Olympic Games in 2026, the Olympic Games in 2028 and 2032, in which baseball competitions are planned.

Detailed information about the Olympia All-Star Cup can be obtained at the project's website and in social networks.