One thing is already clear before the cup finals kick off: Berlin will have new champions in the Nike Youth Cup for A and B juniors, as the reigning champions from 2025 were unable to qualify for the finals again. Last year's winners Hertha 03 Zehlendorf will be the successors in the A-Juniors. The U19 teams of 1. FC Union Berlin and Berliner SC are competing for the title. In the league season, the Iron Youngsters finished fifth in the main round and only just missed out on the DFB Youth League finals. Berliner SC is currently in fifth place in the Regionalliga Nordost. The A-Juniors final kicks off on May 13 at 7:00 pm.
The following day, on Ascension Day, the B-junior final will take place at the same venue and will be a real cracker: At 2:30 p.m., the U17 Bundesliga teams of 1. FC Union Berlin and Hertha BSC will duel. While the youngsters from the Iron League narrowly missed out on the final round of the DFB Youth League, the blue-and-whites reached it, but were beaten 1-0 by Karlsruher SC in the last 16 of the German Championship. All spectators can therefore look forward to top-class B-junior soccer and a derby atmosphere.
The official landing page for the finals of the Nike Youth Cup, which shows all the pairings and teams, creates anticipation for the finals: Landingpage Nike Youth Cup 2026