Premier Cup in Gernika: Champions

This Saturday, 20 September, the Northern Round of the Premier Cup will be held in Gernika at the Urbieta Facilities; in which, besides Athletic Club, 23 other teams from the Basque Country and Cantabria will be participating.

The participants in the competition are youngsters in first year cadet age (born after 1994).

The winning team of this Northern Round will dispute the final with the winners of the other qualifying rounds (Catalonia, Eastern, Southern and Central) and the winning team will participate in the World Final Round in Manchester in the summer of 2009.

In the Nike Premier Cup 2007/2008 the results were the following:

Qualifying Rounds:

Catalonia Round Champion: FC Barcelona

Northern Round Champion: Athletic Club.

Levante Round Champion: Villarreal CF

Southern Round Champion: Sevilla FC

Central Round Champion: Real Madrid CF

Final (La Vall d’Uixò)

– Champion: Real Madrid CF

World Final (Manchester)

– Champion: Fluminense (Brazil)