Vietnam Youth Student Football Tournament 2024 increases the number of participating teams

The Vietnam Youth Student Football Tournament is a playground assigned by the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Student Association to Thanh Nien Newspaper in coordination with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) to organize annually during the period from the anniversary of the Vietnamese Students' Traditional Day on January 9 to the celebration of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union's founding day on March 26 and Vietnam Sports Day on March 27.

The second season brought together 64 participating teams.

From 2023, this tournament will be held annually, as well as officially included in the annual national competition system of VFF and the Vietnam Student Sports Tournament VUG. Through this, VFF will have the opportunity to discover more talents from school to add to the national youth teams if any, thereby aiming to establish a Vietnamese student football team to compete internationally in the future.

In the second season taking place in 2024, the tournament will have the participation of 64 teams, 1.5 times more than the first time. The qualifying round will be held in 6 regions from January 6 to March 9, 2024, including: Hanoi (February 26 - March 7, 2024 at Thuy Loi University), Central Coast (February 28 - March 7, 2024 at Hue City Center for Culture, Sports and Tourism Stadium), South Central Coast and Central Highlands (March 1 - March 7, 2024 at Nha Trang University), Southeast (January 12 - January 18, 2024 at Bau Thanh Stadium, Ba Ria - Vung Tau), Southwest (March 3 - March 9, 2024 at Can Tho Stadium) and Ho Chi Minh City (January 6 - January 25, 2024 at Ton Duc Thang University) to select 11 teams with the host team Ton Duc Thang University to compete in the final round from March 16 - 31, 2024 in the following format: current U.19 and U.21 tournaments.

The total prize of the tournament is up to 700 million VND. Of which, the champion receives 300 million VND, second place 150 million VND, two third place teams each receive 70 million VND. In addition, the Organizing Committee also awarded other prizes such as style prize 40 million VND, beautiful cheer prize 40 million VND, impressive cheer prize 30 million VND and other individual prizes.

THANH PHUONG

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