The opening ceremony of the Youth Football Tournament - Nghe An Newspaper Cup 2019 will take place at Vinh Stadium.

The Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth Football Tournament is a traditional tournament held in the summer with the participation of hundreds of children every year, creating a useful and practical playground. The tournament is the place to discover football talents for SLNA Club in particular and Vietnamese football in general over the past 22 years.

Overview of the meeting. Photo: Trung Kien

Entering the 23rd year, Nghe An Newspaper, in coordination with the Department of Culture - Sports and Song Lam Nghe An Club, is determined to improve the quality, scale and complete the organization of the tournament.

At the meeting, delegates reported on the preparation process for the tournament. Basically, the general plans have been completed and Nghe An Newspaper will take on the main role in managing the tournament's activities.

Editor-in-Chief Pham Thi Hong Toan requested members of the Organizing Committee to quickly complete the final stages of the 23rd Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth and Children Football Tournament. Photo: Trung Kien

This year, the Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth Football Tournament brings together 20 children's teams and 15 youth teams from 21 districts, cities and towns in the province. The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place at Vinh Stadium on June 11.

The winning children and youth teams will receive a Cup, flag, medals and a prize of 30 million VND, the silver medal team will receive a prize of 10 million VND, the bronze medal team will receive a prize of 7 million VND and the style team will receive a prize of 5 million VND. Individual titles will receive a prize of 1 million VND/player. In addition, the Organizing Committee will also award prizes to players who are good at studying and playing football in the 2018-2019 school year.

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Nghia - Deputy Executive Director of SLNA Club spoke at the meeting. Photo: Trung Kien

The Department of Culture and Sports affirmed that the work of checking personnel and assigning referees will be scientific and strict, ensuring transparency and fairness. On the SLNA side, the team's leaders committed to ensuring facilities, arranging flexible match schedules, and establishing a subcommittee to serve the tournament.

This year, the matches are expected to take place on two artificial turf fields of SLNA Club and the provincial stadium. The plan to arrange for children's teams to compete on artificial turf fields is also considered by the Organizing Committee to improve the quality of the matches.

Vinh Stadium will be the venue for the Opening Ceremony of the 23rd Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth Football Tournament. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In particular, during the press conference, draw and match schedule on June 10 at Nghe An Newspaper Hall, there will be an exchange program with the top stars of Vietnamese football who have participated in the tournament.

As planned, the tournament will officially start from June 11 and the final and closing match will take place on June 17, 2019 at Vinh Stadium.

All matches atYouth and Children Football Tournament Nghe An Newspaper Cupwill be reported live onFanpage Nghe An Newspaper,BNA Sportsand Nghe An Newspaper Youtube channel with lively comments from commentators.

Pham Van Quyen, Le Cong Vinh and the star team that participated in the Youth-Individual Football Tournament - Nghe An Newspaper Cup

(Baonghean.vn) – The Youth – Children Football Tournament of Nghe An Newspaper Cup has entered its 23rd year. Since the first time the tournament was held, a series of Vietnamese football stars have been discovered. Let’s join Nghe An Newspaper to see the lineup of 11 most typical players through the ages.