IFCF Rising Stars Cup

IFCF Rising Stars Cup

Region	Worldwide
Number of teams	59 (entries in RSC 4)
Current champions	Mancodas City U19s (PFA) (1st title)
Most championships	AFC Treason (NPH) (2 titles)

The IFCF Rising Stars Cup (RSC) is the world championship for club football organized by the International Federation of Club Football. In its current format, it is contested by the youth (under-19) teams of the clubs competing in the Champions League group stage, plus the domestic youth champions of national associations.

The Rising Stars Cup was conceived as a successor competition to the UICA Youth Cup and adopted its competition rules and format. The most successful team is Nephara's AFC Treason, which won its second Rising Stars Cup in the 6th cycle.

Format

The competition is split into 2 entry paths as follows:

• IFCF Champions' League path: The youth teams of the 32 clubs which qualify for the IFCF Champions' League group stage enter the IFCF Champions League Path.
• Domestic Champions Path: The youth domestic champions of the associations with a youth competition enter the Domestic Champions Path.

The IFCF Champions' League path retain the group stage format, with the group winners advancing to the round of 16 and the runners-up advancing to the play-offs. The youth domestic champions play rounds of two-legged ties, with the eight winners advancing to the play-offs, where they play a single match at home against the Champions League path runners-up. The round of 16 onwards had single-leg ties, with the semi-finals and final played at neutral venues.

Rising Stars Cup finals

Edition	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue
1	AFC Treason (NPH)	0–0	Northern Stallions (BRE)	Almintora National Stadium Almintora, Turori
2	Arsenal de Releinthi (AFT)	0–0 aet 4–3 pen	René Skaé (FFD)	De Stadionnational Bondstad, The Sarian
3	FC Felsenkirchen 1879 (STL)	3–2	Kota Jembal Youth (SHT)	Gold Coast International Football Stadium Gold Coast, Northwest Kalactin
4	Walstreim Lions (SNL)	2–1	1830 Cathair FC (AUD)	Bowreach Vickery, Kelssek
5	CA Paulinthal (PAS)	1–0	Colonial Sile (VIL)	Highland Road Hadford Hill, Flavovespia
6	AFC Treason (NPH)	0–0 aet 4–2 pen	Guzmán-Cress Academy (VLD)	Theatre of Light Kistina, Poafmersia
7	Raynor City United (VAL)	0–0 aet 5–4 pen	Cazadores Cathair (AUD)	Sokattack Stadium Mliona, Turori
8	Mancodas City U19s (PFA)	1–0	FC Teussen Stelburg (STL)	Revolver Stadium Cyanaes, Mertagne
9	Ararat (MYT)	3-2 aet	Chromatik U18s (CMT)	Pale International Stadium Pale, StrayaRoos
10	Canbix Muses (ZWZ)	2-1	Iturributa United (ASG)	University Grounds Saint Eleanor, Saint Eleanor
11	Farond YFC (EFL)	1-1 aet 6-5 pen	Nord-Est Regional (QUE)	Arbea Stadium Arbea, Krbustan