Personnel inspection of the Nghe An Newspaper Cup Football Tournament 2024 ensures strictness and impartiality
On the morning of June 5, the Organizing Committee of the 26th Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth and Children's Football Tournament in 2024 conducted personnel checks on the 32 participating teams.
Participating in this year's tournament, there are 18 teams in the Children's age group, and 14 teams in the Youth age group from 21 districts, cities, and towns in the province. The total number of players participating in the 26th Youth - Children's Football Tournament of Nghe An Newspaper Cup in 2024 is 410 people.
Of the 21 districts, cities and towns, 8 localities registered to compete in both age groups (including Vinh city, Hung Nguyen, Nghi Loc, Thanh Chuong, Con Cuong, Tuong Duong, Do Luong, Yen Thanh, Quynh Luu, Hoang Mai town and Quy Hop). The remaining districts only participated in 1 Youth or Children's team.
According to the schedule, the official personnel check-up will begin at 8:00 a.m. However, from 7:00 a.m., members of the personnel subcommittee of the Nghe An Newspaper Cup were present at the Provincial Sports Stadium at 6 Dao Tan Street, Cua Nam Ward, Vinh City to work. The personnel subcommittee includes officials from the Department of Culture and Sports, the Provincial Police and the Song Lam Nghe An Football Club.
The Vinh City Youth Team was the first team to arrive to complete the procedures, followed by the Ky Son Youth Team, Tan Ky District Youth and Children's Team, Quy Chau Youth Team, Hung Nguyen Youth and Children's Team... It is known that the highland football teams have returned to Vinh City to participate in the football festival since the afternoon of June 4. The teams that live closer rented passenger vans and got on the vans early in the morning to be on time for the "meeting".
From 7am to 11:30am, most of the teams gathered to complete procedures, receive their competition uniforms and take photos before entering the tournament. The two teams from Con Cuong district arrived later and are expected to arrive in Vinh City early this afternoon. The young players were all very excited to be able to attend the tournament and were determined to compete well to achieve high results.
Many parents accompanied their children to this tournament. For example, young player Nguyen Van Gia Phong of the Do Luong District Children's Team was accompanied by his grandmother, father, and mother to Vinh city to cheer, encourage, and take care of him.
Thanks to careful preparation, the personnel check was quick, neat and accurate. The staff of the Nghe An Newspaper Cup's personnel subcommittee had some surprising and interesting "tricky" questions to ensure that the players participating in the tournament were the right people and the right age.
It is known that in this tournament, if officials and coaches intentionally make mistakes in personnel records, cheat on athletes’ ages or fix match scores, the Organizing Committee will have appropriate disciplinary measures… Through inspection, most of the teams have done a good job of preparing documents and competition procedures for the players. The vast majority of players participating in this year’s tournament are good at playing football and studying well.
In the 26th Youth - Children's Football Tournament of Nghe An Newspaper Cup in 2024, the Organizing Committee has changed the regulations. Specifically: The age of Youth and Children players is reduced by 1 year compared to the previous season. The age of the Children's Team is from 10 years old and under (born on January 1, 2014 and later); the Youth Team is from 12 years old and under (born on January 1, 2012 and later).
The change in the age regulations has been highly appreciated by the teams. Mr. Van Thanh Chuong - Coach of two Thanh Chuong district football teams said: “In previous seasons, the majority of participating players were from grade 5 to grade 6. Many children still had to study for exams. This year, the participating players are from grade 4 and below, so selecting and calling them to compete is easier. Moreover, the reduction in age is also suitable and compatible with the regulations of national youth football tournaments. This helps the province to easily discover and select talents to participate in national tournaments... The Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth - Children Football Tournament is becoming more and more professional”.
Regarding the personnel work in this year's tournament, Mr. Nguyen Danh Nam - Deputy Head of Sports Management Department, Department of Culture - Sports; Head of the Personnel - Professional Subcommittee of the 26th Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth - Children's Football Tournament shared: The teams participating in this year's tournament are all checked for personnel through personal identification codes. The Organizing Committee also coordinates with the Justice Department of districts, cities and towns to increase authenticity. Therefore, the inspection work is quick, accurate and increases transparency among the teams participating in the tournament.
Players in both age groups participating in this year’s tournament all have outstanding physical abilities, especially in height. This shows that the quality of life in general and the nutritional regime for children are increasingly being cared for and improved.
Besides the advantages, there is still a regrettable problem, which is that a unit did not study the regulations carefully, so it sent many players over 1 year old to participate in the Children's age group. The Organizing Committee promptly consulted quickly to create favorable conditions for this Children's team to participate in a healthy and useful playground in the Youth age group of the Nghe An Newspaper Cup./.