High expectations at the international TNSV tournament
Speaking at the closing ceremony of the THACO Cup 2025 Youth Student Championship on March 16, journalist Nguyen Ngoc Toan, Editor-in-Chief of Thanh Nien Newspaper, Head of the tournament's organizing committee, emphasized: "In less than a week, the champion team will join the host team Ton Duc Thang University to embark on a new journey at the regional level, with a completely different level, the 2025 International Youth Student Championship - THACO Cup. The organizing committee hopes that the two teams representing Vietnamese students will continue to show the beautiful image of the country's youth to international friends."
Mr. Tran Quoc Tuan, Chairman of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), the unit providing professional support to Thanh Nien Newspaper in the international TNSV tournament, said: "Football is a popular sport with a very high level of connectivity. The first international TNSV tournament is very meaningful, helping domestic and international universities to exchange, learn, support each other and promote the development of student football and school football. VFF highly appreciates the efforts and dedication of Thanh Nien Newspaper and its accompanying units to form this meaningful tournament."
Expert Doan Minh Xuong, Head of School Football Department of Ho Chi Minh City Football Federation, shared: "After the success of 3 domestic tournaments, the international TNSV tournament is a new step forward in terms of expertise, meeting the needs of a large number of fans, when many people want to know how the level of Vietnamese student football is compared to regional friends. Thereby, it also encourages and promotes the school football movement.
The champion of the 2025 THACO Cup Youth Volunteers, Thanh Hoa University of Culture, Sports and Tourism, is one of two Vietnamese teams participating in the international Youth Volunteers tournament.
In the first organization, the guest group included 4 teams in the region and 2 domestic teams, which was appropriate. Hopefully in the next times, the tournament will have more strong teams, possibly expanding to the continent, inviting teams from Japan and Korea. In my opinion, domestic teams, in addition to the champion team, should also have a team to select excellent players from the teams participating in the final round to have a strong force."
Suitable format, attractive prizes
The 6 teams participating in the 2025 International Youth Student Tournament - THACO Cup have been determined to include: Ton Duc Thang University (host), Thanh Hoa University of Culture, Sports and Tourism (champion of the 2025 THACO Cup Youth Student Tournament), Life University (Cambodia), Lao University, Malaysian University and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore).
According to the regulations, 6 teams were drawn into 2 groups, played a round robin to calculate points, ranked and selected the first and second teams of each group to enter the semi-finals. The duration of the match is also suitable for the age of students, 40 minutes per half. In the semi-finals, third place matches, and finals, if the score is tied after the official match time, a penalty shootout will be held to determine the winning team. This is considered a suitable competition format for student football.
In the first organization, with the support of THACO Group and other accompanying units, the organizing committee covered all expenses for food, accommodation, and travel for the teams participating in the tournament. In addition, the prize structure was also attractive with 6,000 USD for the champion team (with championship trophy, gold medal), 4,000 USD for the second place team (with silver medal), 2,000 USD for the third place team (with bronze medal), 1,500 USD for the team winning the style award. In addition, the organizing committee also awarded many secondary prizes such as Top Scorer (500 USD), Best Player (500 USD), Best Goalkeeper (500 USD), Best Player of each match (100 USD/match), and Best Referee Team (500 USD).
Regarding the participants of the tournament, the organizing committee also stipulates that players must be students studying at universities in participating countries; aged 18 - 25 (born from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2006).
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/ky-vong-san-choi-dang-cap-cho-sinh-vien-185250317215909521.htm
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