Closing Ceremony of the 26th Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth - Children Football Tournament
After a week of exciting competition, on the afternoon of June 13, at Vinh Stadium, the Closing Ceremony of the 26th Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth - Children Football Tournament, 2024 took place.
Attending the Closing Ceremony, on the Central guest side, there were comrades: Nguyen The Ky - Former member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Council of Literature and Arts Theory.
On the provincial leadership side, there are comrades:Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee.
On the part of the Organizing Committee, there is comradeNgo Duc Kien - Party Secretary, Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper, Head of the Organizing Committee; Deputy Heads of the Organizing Committee: Hoang Van Phuc - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports; Nguyen Dinh Nghia - Vice President of Nghe An Football Federation; Tran Quang Dung - Director of Song Lam Nghe An Youth Football Training Center, Tran Van Hung - Deputy Party Secretary, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper; Tran Huu Nghia - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper; Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper.
Also attending were comradesFormer leaders of Nghe An Newspaper through the periods; sponsors; representatives of central and local news agencies and newspapers; and a large number of supporters and fans of the province...

The Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth and Children's Football Tournament is an annual tournament within the province's annual competition program, jointly organized by Nghe An Newspaper, the Department of Culture and Sports, the Department of Education and Training, and Song Lam Nghe An Sports Joint Stock Company.

The tournament is organized to create a useful playground for teenagers and children; encourage and motivate them to participate in training to improve their health, strengthen their physique, develop their qualities; discover and train football talents for the province and the country.

This year's tournament takes place from June 6, 2024 to June 13, 2024 with the participation of 32 football teams (14 Youth teams, 18 Children's teams) from 21 districts, cities and towns, including 412 athletes.
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This year, the Organizing Committee awarded the title of Excellent Student and Good Soccer Player to 161 athletes. The Nghe An Province Fund for the Poor provided financial support for studying to 21 athletes who are poor students who have overcome difficulties.
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After more than a week of exciting competition, 64 matches were played, including 39 matches in the Children's age group and 25 matches in the Youth age group, with a total of 272 goals, including 156 goals in the Children's age group and 116 goals in the Youth age group.

The communication work about the tournament was carried out in a systematic, timely and professional manner on many platforms. Nghe An Newspaper broadcast live 37 football matches in both age groups, the group drawing, opening and closing ceremonies, and award ceremonies. Along with that, there were 64 video clips highlighting the matches, beautiful goals and nearly 250 news, articles, photo collections about the matches, interesting stories on the sidelines of the field on Nghe An Newspaper's publications and platforms, attracting a large number of views, accesses and shares on the platforms. Many central and local press agencies also attended and reported and updated about the tournament,...


At the Closing Ceremony, in the Children's age group, the Organizing Committee awarded the Cup and Gold Medal to the Hoang Mai Children's Football Team; Silver Medal to the Quy Hop Children's Football Team and Bronze Medal to the Tuong Duong Children's Football Team and Hung Nguyen Children's Football Team.

In the Youth category, the Cup and Gold Medal were awarded to Quynh Luu Youth; Vinh City Youth won Silver Medal and Thanh Chuong Youth and Quy Hop Youth teams won Bronze Medals.
At the ceremony, the Organizing Committee also awarded the Best Player award to Dau Duy Quoc Viet (Hoang Mai Children's Club), Nguyen Chi Cong (Quynh Luu Youth Club); the Best Goalkeeper award to Bui Nhat Duy (Quy Hop Children's Club), Pham Hoang Gia Bao (Vinh City Youth Club). The player with the most goals was awarded to Nguyen Ngoc Hai Dang (Thai Hoa Children's Club), Nguyen Van Nhat Thanh (Tan Ky Children's Club), each with 8 goals, and Nguyen Chi Cong (Quynh Luu Youth Club), with 6 goals.

In addition, the Que Phong Youth and Yen Thanh Children's teams also won the Style award.