National Youth Football Tournament 2021: 40 teams compete for the championship
(Baonghean.vn) - The Yamaha Cup 2021 National Youth Football Tournament, jointly organized by the Tien Phong and Nhi Dong Newspapers and the Vietnam Football Federation with the message "Fostering future talents", gathered 40 football teams from 30 provinces/cities.
The National Youth Football Tournament (U13) under the national competition system, jointly organized by the Young Pioneers and Children Newspaper (an agency under the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union) and the Vietnam Football Federation, has been continuously successful over the past 24 years.
The tournament has received the attention of state leaders and fans nationwide and is a useful sporting event for teenagers. From this tournament, many young football talents have been discovered and have made significant contributions to the country's football such as players Duy Manh, Dinh Trong, Quang Hai, Van Hau, Van Toan, Van Thanh, Duc Huy,...
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Coach Park Hang-seo pays attention to Vietnam youth tournament. Photo: Organizing Committee |
Continuing that success, this year,Yamaha Cup 2021 National Youth Football Tournamentwith the goal of continuing to become an attractive professional sports playground with high professional quality to help children have the opportunity to practice and foster their love of football, as well as discover potential factors contributing to the development of Vietnamese football in the future.
This year's tournament will take place from May 21 to July 4, 2021.with outstanding participation registration of up to40 Youth team from30province/city
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SLNA U13 team is the consecutive champion in recent years. Photo: Duc Anh |
Qualifying Round of the Tournamentdivided into 04 regions across the country from May 21, 2021 to June 12, 2021.
Group I – Thai Binh from May 25 to June 6, 2021
Table II – Nghe An from dateMay 21 to June 2, 2021
Table III – Dak Lak from dateMay 29 to June 10, 2021
Table IV – Tay Ninh from dateJune 2 to June 12, 2021
In particular, the Final Round of the Tournament will take place in Da Nang from June 20, 2021 to July 4, 2021 with the participation of 16best team to qualify
The Organizing Committee will award prizes:
Collective solution:
- First Team: Cup + flag + gold medal + bonus
- Second Team: Flag + silver medal + prize money
- Team Three (2 teams): Flag + bronze medal + prize money
- Style Team: Style Cup + Flag + Bonus
Individual award:
- The player who scores the most goals in the Final Round (if there are multiple players with the same number of goals, they will all receive the same reward)
- Best Goalkeeper of the Final Round
- Best Player of the Final Round
- Selected outstanding players: 11 players
This year, the defending champion U13 SLNA is in Group II including the teams: Hai Phong, Bac Ninh, Phu Dong, Viettel, Viet Football, PVF, Viet Hung Thanh Hoa, Dong A Thanh Hoa, T&T VSH, Ha Tinh, QNK Quang Nam.

The moment U13 SLNA won the 2020 National Youth Football Championship
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