Olympia Cup participants will get a chance to join the national baseball team

On August 3, 2025, the Olympia Cup All-Star baseball tournament will start for the fourth time in Balashikha, Moscow Region. During the week, the strongest young athletes will compete for victory and the opportunity to qualify for the national team for subsequent participation in the 2026 Youth Olympic Games, the 2028 and 2032 Olympic Games, during which baseball competitions are planned.

The tournament will bring together 78 athletes of the Cadet league (from 13 to 16 years old) of the 15 baseball clubs in Russia and the Republic of Belarus, announced in the official competitions of this season. Using the draft procedure, which involves the alternate selection of players by the leading coaches, they were divided into 6 teams: "Dragon", "Unicorn", "Centaur", "Eagle", "Sagittarius" and "Phoenix".

To get the rolling championship cup, the teams first have to show good results in round-robin matches. Only the best of the best will be allowed to participate in the final games by a professional team of referees and scorers from Moscow and the Moscow region.

The winners of the team competition will be rewarded with cups and medals, and the best players of the tournament will be awarded individual prizes. All participants will receive certificates and gifts from the tournament partners.

During the tournament, all baseball fans will receive master classes from baseball professionals-5, which are held within the framework of the grant. The Potanin Foundation the "Play for 5" project.

The Olympia Cup schedule is available at the link. The live broadcast of the matches will be organized on a social network. Vkontakte.  

The tournament will host again this year Sports Center for Military-applied Sports of the FAA of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation CSKA. The passage of fans to the stands is free. 

Tournament organizers – Reliable Shift Charitable Foundation, Olimpia 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 tournament is supported by resource partners: the company "Sporttek", Maxilaser Company and  Russian foam. The event's constant drinking partner –  Khvalovskie Vody Company. For the third year in a row, the support is provided by Ivy Online cinema by providing free subscriptions for all participants and coaches.

Let's add that the Olympia Cup-2025 will be held under the sign of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. 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.