Attractive tournament of Vietnamese workers and civil servants opens in Ho Chi Minh City

The 2024 Vietnam Workers and Civil Servants Football Tournament is jointly organized by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor , the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and Tuoi Tre Newspaper. This tournament consists of 2 rounds: qualifying round and final round. The qualifying round is expected to take place from September to October 2024 in 4 regions: Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong , Nghe An, Bac Ninh. The 16 best teams in the qualifying round will win tickets to the national final round, taking place in November 2024 in Hanoi.

The 2024 Vietnam Workers and Civil Servants Football Tournament opened on the morning of September 27 at Ton Duc Thang University Stadium.

At the opening ceremony, the organizing committee of the 2024 Vietnam Workers and Civil Servants Football Tournament solemnly held ceremonies to officially launch the tournament, starting with the qualifying round of region 4 - Ho Chi Minh City. The qualifying round of region 4 - Ho Chi Minh City gathered 16 participating teams, including teams from provincial federations such as: Ho Chi Minh City Trade Union 1, Ho Chi Minh City Trade Union 2, Ben Tre Trade Union, Dong Nai Trade Union 1, Dong Nai Trade Union 2, Dong Nai Trade Union 3, Dong Nai Trade Union 4, Soc Trang Trade Union, Textile and Garment Trade Union, An Giang Trade Union, Dong Thap Trade Union, Ca Mau Trade Union. In addition, the tournament also had the participation of corporate football teams such as: Long An International Port, Coteccons, Rong Viet Securities, Biti's.

16 teams are divided into 4 groups (A, B, C, D), playing a round robin to determine rankings. The first and second-placed teams in each group will advance to the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals (according to the code diagram). The 4 teams that make it to the semi-finals will qualify for the national finals.

The Ho Chi Minh City regional qualifying round takes place from September 27 to 29 on two fields at Ton Duc Thang University and People's Police University.

Representatives of the referee force on duty and players took the oath at the opening ceremony.

The total prize of the 2024 Vietnam Workers and Civil Servants Football Tournament in the qualifying round of region 4 - Ho Chi Minh City is 130 million VND. Of which, the champion of the regional qualifying round receives 50 million VND, the second-place team receives 30 million VND, and the third-place team receives 20 million VND. In addition, the qualifying round also has many other secondary prizes such as: best player, player with the most goals, best goalkeeper, most fair-play team, most impressive cheering team, best referee team. Each secondary prize is worth 5 million VND.

In addition to football matches, the organizing committee also carries out supporting activities such as: free examination and consultation on sports medicine and musculoskeletal diseases, combined with prescription drug distribution; daily lucky draws; discount booths, recycling old clothes, etc. to take care of the cultural and spiritual life of workers, attracting spectators to the stadium to watch and cheer.

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