Launching the 2nd Vietnamese Student Youth Football Tournament

Under the direction of the Central Youth Union, the Central Vietnam Youth Union, with the slogan "Play Fairly - Win Fairly - Cheer Beautifully", the first Vietnam Youth Student Football Tournament - 2023, organized by Thanh Nien Newspaper in collaboration with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), has left a truly strong impression. Following the brilliant success of the first season, the second Vietnam Youth Student Football Tournament - 2024 is worth looking forward to.

Chuyên nghiệp hơn, bài bản hơn - Ảnh 1. — The semi-final match between the University of Water Resources *(12)* and Ton Duc Thang University at the 1st *Vietnam* Youth Student Football Tournament - 2023 was very exciting.

Regulations in accordance with AFC regulations

On October 19, 2023, VFF General Secretary Duong Nghiep Khoi, co-Head of the Organizing Committee, signed and issued the regulations for the 2nd Vietnam Youth Student Football Tournament - 2024. What is noteworthy in this year's regulations? The regulations on competition registration are stated very carefully and in detail. The Organizing Committee (OC) allows teams to register up to 7 officials (with the positions of team leader, head coach, assistant coach, professional staff, media staff, doctor, caregiver). Of which, there are 3 positions that must be registered including team leader, head coach and doctor or caregiver.

Vietnam Youth Student Football Tournament makes a strong impression

These are requirements that are close to the standards of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs or national teams in international competitions. For student football competitions, setting high standards requires teams to invest more in both human resources and organization, but is necessary for the tournament to have increasingly higher professional quality. The tournament is only professional when the teams are truly professional and methodical, in many aspects such as image building, foreign relations, interaction with fans, compliance with the rules of the game and logistics issues.

Why are there mandatory registration titles?

Mr. Duong Nghiep Khoi explained: "This year's tournament regulations are strictly reinforced. The team's leadership must have 7 officials, including a team leader, coach, and doctor or caregiver. The regulations of the first Youth Student Football Tournament - 2023 only require the number of officials but do not require the required positions to register. Tightening the terms related to competition registration helps teams ensure the purpose of participation, sportsmanship as well as professional factors. The team leader will take care of logistics, costumes, and training; the head coach and assistants take care of professional matters. In addition, when the team travels, there must also be a team to take care of accommodation and manage the team like a professional team. The more professional requirements are set, the more organized and stable the organization of the teams will be.

Each team can register an additional fitness coach, the Organizing Committee does not prohibit it, because it will contribute to improving the professionalism in training and competition. The regulation that teams have media staff (in clause 7.2, article 7 of the tournament registration regulations) is a very new and necessary feature. With more media staff, the team will have more conditions to create a good effect in terms of image, interact more strongly with fans, and spread more deeply and widely the image of the team in particular and the tournament in general to the public and audience."

Player Tien Linh (right cover) appeared at the award ceremony at the final match of the tournament for the first time.

Mr. Duong Nghiep Khoi also said: "The fact that each team is required to register a doctor or caregiver clearly shows that issues related to health care and physical fitness for players are promoted and given special attention, to ensure safety during competition and training. When an athlete is injured, if well cared for, they can recover quickly. If an unfortunate injury occurs, the doctor or caregiver will be responsible for initial first aid and depending on the severity of the injury, there will be appropriate follow-up treatment."

Strict regulations on subjects and qualifications for participation

The regulations of the 2nd Vietnam Youth Student Football Tournament - 2024 provide very clear regulations on the eligibility of players to participate in the tournament that teams need to pay special attention to. Clause 5.1, Article 5 clearly states: Players are male students, studying in a long-term full-time program. Football students majoring in sports training at universities, colleges of physical education or players who have registered or are registering to compete in U.21, second-class, first-class tournaments and V-League 2021, 2022, 2023 are not allowed to participate (the first tournament, the regulations do not clearly state that players who have registered or are registering to compete in second-class tournaments and U.21 tournaments are not allowed to participate).

Regarding the age of participating students, the regulations also clearly state: from 18 - 28 years old (born from January 1, 1996 - December 31, 2006), compared to last year, only over 18 years old. In particular, this year's regulations add a provision: students studying at a school can only compete for the representative team of that school, students studying at a school with a main headquarters cannot compete for a branch school in another locality and/or vice versa. The regulations also add a provision on the subjects participating in the tournament: teams of academies, universities, and colleges nationwide. In case an academy or university has many member schools or affiliated schools, only one team can be registered to participate in the tournament, to ensure fairness.

"The Organizing Committee has clear regulations at the registration stage. Players who have participated in professional competitions will no longer compete with amateur players so that this competition is purely for students. However, players who previously practiced in the gifted team, but are currently students, can still compete. The more professional the organization, the better the quality of the tournament, the image of student football will also be raised, bringing the most beautiful and cleanest playground for the players. The Organizing Committee has experience in processing and reviewing registration documents, so it will strictly ensure the input stage for the tournament. In Japan and Korea, student tournaments are organized very systematically and systematically. The teams and players participating in the tournament have almost reached the professional level, thanks to which the student tournament has produced many talented players. Looking back at Vietnam, the student football playground may become a fulcrum for many non-professional players to step into the second-class, first-class or V-League in the near future," Mr. Duong Nghiep Khoi emphasized.

The qualifying round of the 2nd Vietnam Youth Student Football Tournament - 2024 takes place from January 6 to March 9, 2024; the final round takes place from March 16 to 31, 2024 at Ton Duc Thang University Stadium (HCMC). The deadline for receiving the list and registration documents of the teams is November 15, 2023.

KEEP THE PRIZE HIGH

According to the regulations of the 2nd Vietnam Youth Student Football Tournament - 2024, the prize structure remains unchanged compared to the first season. Specifically, the champion team will receive a trophy, a plaque, a gold medal and a prize of 300 million VND; the runner-up team will receive a plaque, a silver medal and a prize of 150 million VND; the third-place team will receive a plaque, a bronze medal and a prize of 80 million VND; the style-winning team will receive a plaque and 40 million VND.

The best player of the final round will receive 15 million VND; the best goalkeeper of the final round will receive 10 million VND; the player who scores the most goals of the final round will receive 10 million VND (in case 2 or more players score the highest number of goals, the prize will be divided equally among those players); the referee team that excellently completes the final round task will receive 10 million VND; the best player of each match in the group stage of the final round, quarter-finals will receive 1 million VND/match, semi-finals 2 million VND/match and finals 3 million VND.

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