China Youth Daily Client News (China Youth Daily·China Youth Daily reporter Guo Jian) The 2024 “National Fitness and Healthy China” National County Football Championship began on November 30 at the Haigeng training base in Kunming, Yunnan across the country 21 teams will compete here for five days.
On November 30, the 2024 “National Fitness and Healthy China” National County Football Championship began at the Kunming Haigeng Base. Photo courtesy of the event’s organizing committee
The first 2024 “National Fitness and Healthy China” National County Football Championship is guided by the Mass Sports Department of the State Sports General Administration and the Chinese Football Association, hosted by the China Football Development Foundation, and hosted by the Yunnan Provincial Football Association.
Previously, the event was held for 4 consecutive years and it was upgraded to the “Championship Tournament” this year. The tournament held grassroots competitions in 880 counties in 28 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in total 10,216 teams and 186,087 amateur players participated, and 36,705 counties grassroots competitions are held (excluding the provincial championship finals). ) competition.
In order to further improve the standardization, systematization and branding of grassroots football events, the China Football Development Foundation will make an initial attempt to support some qualified provinces and cities to hold provincial finals based on grassroots competitions from August 2024. , and invite everyone. province and city to The championship and runner-up teams will participate in the first 2024 National County Football Championship hosted by Yunnan. The Yunnan Provincial Football Association has carefully prepared for this to promote the coordinated development of local culture, sports and tourism, so that participating teams can feel the joy of “traveling with the event”.
The organizer stated that the China Football Development Foundation will continue to accelerate the implementation of the “General Plan for the Reform and Development of Chinese Football Under the guidance of the Group Department of the General Administration of Sports, in conjunction with Chinese Football”. The Association, the China Football Development Foundation will continue to promote county-level competitions, provincial finals, regional competitions, and the national football competition system, continue to expand the coverage of county football events, and to gradually achieve the goal of no less than 1,000 county-level administrative districts participating each year, achieving full coverage each year, and establishing county-level football associations in 100% of the county areas participated in the event, to build a social football “Hundreds of Cities, Thousands of Countries” goal Contribute to the county” standard.
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