Next Gen Cup

Next Gen Cup

Organising body	Premier League Indian Super League SA Premiership
Founded	2020;5 years ago (2020) [1]
Number of teams	6–8
Related competitions	Premier League 2 Development League PSL Reserve League
Current champions	Wolverhampton Wanderers (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Stellenbosch (2 titles)
Television broadcasters	YouTube (live streaming)

The Next Gen Cup or Next Generation Cup, officially known as Reliance Foundation Premier League Next Gen Cup, is a youth football tournament organised by the Premier League in collaboration with Indian Super League and South African Premier Division, as part of the Premier League Youth Games initiative. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

History

In 2019, as a part of the Premier League Youth Games initiative, youth players of Arsenal F.C. and Leicester City FC visited India to play against RFYC and Mumbai City FC youth teams. ^[5] First edition of the Next Generation Cup was organised at Reliance Coperate Park in Navi Mumbai. 6 teams took part in the competition, three Indian Super League U-15 teams and three Premier League U-14 teams. ^[6]

Winners

Year	Host	Winners	Ref.
2020	Navi Mumbai	Chelsea	[7]
2022	Leicester (Midlands/Group A)	Stellenbosch	[8]
	London (London/Group B)	West Ham United	[9]
2023	Navi Mumbai	Wolverhampton Wanderers	[10]
2024	London	Stellenbosch (2)	[11]

2020 tournament

Teams

Under–14 and under–15 tournament

English teams	Indian teams
Manchester United	RFYC
Chelsea [12]	FC Goa
Southampton	Bengaluru FC

League stage

All matches played at Reliance Corporate Park, Ghansoli, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	MNU	RFYC	FCG	SOU	BEN
1	Chelsea	5	5	0	0	15	1	+14	15	Champions		—	1–0	—	5–0	2–0	4–0
2	Manchester United	5	3	0	2	12	4	+8	9			—	—	0–1	—	—	5–1
3	RFYC	5	3	0	2	7	4	+3	9			1–3	—	—	0–1	—	—
4	FC Goa	5	3	0	2	4	10	−6	9			—	0–4	—	—	1–0	—
5	Southampton	5	0	1	4	2	10	−8	1			—	1–3	0–3	—	—	1–1
6	Bengaluru FC	5	0	1	4	3	14	−11	1			—	—	0–2	1–2	—	—

Source: KhelNow

2022 tournament

Teams

Under-21 tournament ^[13]

English teams	Group	Indian teams	Group	South African team	Group
Tottenham Hotspur	London (B)	Kerala Blasters	London (B)	Stellenbosch FC	Midlands (A)
Leicester City	Midlands (A)	Bengaluru	Midlands (A)
West Ham United	London (B)
Crystal Palace	London (B)
Nottingham Forest	Midlands (A)

Midlands (Group A)

All matches played at Leicester City F.C. Training Ground, Leicester, East Midlands, United Kingdom. ^[13]

	Semifinals					Final [13]
	1	Leicester City	6
	2	Bengaluru	3
						1	Leicester City	2
						4	Stellenbosch FC	7
	3	Nottingham Forest	1
	4	Stellenbosch FC	4			Third place
						2	Bengaluru	1
						3	Nottingham Forest	6

Sources: ^[13]

London (Group B)

All matches played at Hotspur Way, Tottenham, London, United Kingdom. ^[13]

	Semifinals					Final [13]
	1	Tottenham Hotspur	7
	2	Kerala Blasters	0
						1	Tottenham Hotspur	0
						4	West Ham United	8
	3	Crystal Palace	3
	4	West Ham United	4			Third place
						2	Kerala Blasters	1
						3	Crystal Palace	4

Sources: ^[13]

2023 tournament

Teams

Under-21 tournament

Indian teams	Group	English teams	Group	South African team	Group
Mohun Bagan SG	A	Everton	B	Stellenbosch FC	A
Bengaluru	A	West Ham United	A
RFYC	B	Wolverhampton Wanderers	B
Sudeva Delhi	B

Group stage

All matches played at Reliance Corporate Park, Ghansoli, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		STB	WHAM	MBSG	BEN
1	Stellenbosch FC	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance to final		—	3–3	—	—
2	West Ham United	3	1	2	0	8	4	+4	5	Advance to third-place playoff		—	—	1–1	4–0
3	Mohun Bagan SG	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2	Advance to fifth-place playoff		0–2	—	—	0–0
4	Bengaluru	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1	Advance to seventh-place playoff		0–1	—	—	—

Source: RFDL, PL

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WOL	EVE	RFYC	SUD
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9	Advance to final		—	—	2–0	4–0
2	Everton	3	2	0	1	3	5	−2	6	Advance to third-place playoff		0–4	—	2–1	—
3	RFYC	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3	Advance to fifth-place playoff		—	—	—	—
4	Sudeva Delhi	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0	Advance to seventh-place playoff		—	1–0	0–1	—

Source: RFDL, PL

Placement matches

All matches played at Reliance Corporate Park, Ghansoli, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

7th place play-off ^[14]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bengaluru	2–1	Sudeva Delhi

5th place play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Mohun Bagan SG	0–4	RFYC

3rd place play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
West Ham United	3–0	Everton

Grand Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Stellenbosch FC	1–1 (4–5 (p))	Wolverhampton Wanderers

Sources: RFDL, PL

2024 tournament

Teams

No.	Teams [15] [16]	Group	Qualifiers
1	Muthoot	B	2024 RFDL Championship stage
2	Punjab	B
3	East Bengal	B
4	Aston Villa	A	2023–24 Premier League 2
5	Everton	A
6	Tottenham Hotspur	A
7	Crystal Palace	A
8	Stellenbosch	B	2023–24 PSL Reserve League

League stage

All matches played at main and secondary pitches of Bodymoor Heath Training Ground, Tamworth, Staffordshire, London, England. The league stage consists of eight teams with each team playing against any three of the seven other teams only. These teams are pre-seeded into two groups and the placement matches are decided via their positions in those respective groups. Aside from regular match and scoring system, a penalty shootout is held after each match, irrespective of the regular match. The winner of the penalty shootout gets an additional bonus point in their points table.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	PW	D	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TOT	ASV	STB	EVT	CRP	PUN	MUT	EAB
1	A	Tottenham	6	2	3	0	0	1	7	1	+6	9	Advance to final		—	—	—	—	—	3–0 (6–5 P)	4–0 (3–2 P)	—
2	A	Aston Villa (H)	6	2	3	0	0	1	7	3	+4	9	Advance to third-place playoff		—	—	0–1 (4–3 P)	—	—	—	—	4–0 (4–2 P)
3	B	Stellenbosch	6	3	0	0	3	0	3	0	+3	9	Advance to final		1–0 (4–5 P)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	A	Everton	6	2	2	0	1	1	8	2	+6	8	Advance to fifth-place playoff		—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (3–4 P)	1–0 (4–2 P)	—
5	A	Crystal Palace	6	2	2	0	1	1	4	1	+3	8	Advance to seventh-place playoff		—	—	0–1 (5–4 P)	—	—	—	—	1–0 (4–2 P)
6	B	Punjab	6	1	1	0	2	2	4	7	−3	4	Advance to third-place playoff		—	2–3 (5–3 P)	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	B	Muthoot	6	0	1	0	2	3	0	8	−8	1	Advance to fifth-place playoff		—	—	—	—	0–3 (5–4 P)	—	—	—
8	B	East Bengal	6	0	0	0	3	3	0	11	−11	0	Advance to seventh-place playoff		—	—	—	0–6 (1–4 P)	—	—	—	—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Host

Placement matches

All matches played at main and secondary pitches of Bodymoor Heath Training Ground, Tamworth, Staffordshire, London, England with the final to take place at Loughborough University Stadium, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England.

7th place play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Crystal Palace	7–1	East Bengal

5th place play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Everton	6–1	Muthoot

3rd place play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Aston Villa	0–2	Punjab

Grand Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Tottenham	0–2	Stellenbosch

Sources: RFDL, PL

2025 tournament

Teams

No.	Teams	Group	Qualifiers
1	Mohun Bagan		2024–25 RFDL Championship stage
2	Goa
3	Jamshedpur

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