According to the official news of Evergrande Football School, on August 2, the Evergrande Cup Youth Football Championship officially opened, and 4 foreign teams and nearly 40 domestic teams gathered at Evergrande Football School to compete in the next 10 match days.
This year's Evergrande Cup Youth Football Championship is divided into four groups: U9, U10, U11 and U12, with 4 international teams from Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand participating, and domestic teams, in addition to the host Evergrande Football School, also include Wuhan Three Towns and other echelons.
The Evergrande Cup Youth Football Championship will be held from August 2 to August 14, Evergrande Football School U10 echelon kicked off the opening game, and Hefei Element U10 echelon showdown, and finally Evergrande Football School U10 echelon won the opening game.
The competition is divided into two phases, with the U9 and U10 teams competing from 2-6 August, and the U11 and U12 groups from 10-14 August.
Since the opening of Evergrande Football School in 2012, it has continued to run the school for 12 years, and has sent nearly 700 players to national teams at all levels, and currently has 110 players from Evergrande Football School who are competing in the Chinese Super League, China A and China B three-level professional leagues, and Zhang Linyan has also become the first Chinese player trained by Evergrande Football School to win the Golden Ball Award in overseas leagues.
Since its establishment, Evergrande Football School has created a number of youth football competitions, and the original intention of the International Invitational Tournament is also to build opportunities for domestic teams and exchanges with foreign teams.
The opening ceremony of this year's Evergrande Cup Youth Football Championship, including relevant leaders of Qingyuan City, chairman of Guangzhou Football Club and president of Evergrande Football School Liu Qian were all present.