The 2021 Hunan Football Association Annual Work Conference was held in Changsha. Photo by Yang Huafeng
Changsha, February 24 (China News Network) (Reporter Yang Huafeng) The 2021 Annual Work Conference of the Hunan Provincial Football Association was held in Changsha on the 24th. Yi Wendi, secretary general of the Hunan Football Association, said that in addition to continuing to retain and continue to host existing events this year, Hunan plans to benchmark the age group setting of the national youth football tournament, hold corresponding related events, and create a unified event system, and the relevant events are expected to be fully launched in the second quarter.
It is understood that Hunan will open the registration work of the Hunan Super League and the provincial unit football tournament this year, hold the opening of the first group and the first group of men and women in the First And High School of the Football Association Cup, the Xiang Super League and the provincial unit football competition, as well as the Marilai Cup National Youth Elite Challenge, the FA Cup Boys' and Women's Junior High School And The Youth Club League, and the FA Cup High School Two and High School Group. In addition, in September this year, the Hunan Provincial Games will be held in Yueyang.
The 2021 Hunan Football Association Annual Work Conference was held in Changsha. Photo by Chen Fang
2021 is the year of the National Games, and Hunan has completed the registration of relevant groups of football projects in this National Games. Among them, the U18 men's and U18 women's groups were sent in the competitive competition, and the U18 women's team entered the rematch with the third place in the group and finally won the twelfth place in the country, making a historic breakthrough. In the mass competition, a total of 7 teams signed up to participate, winning a total of two silver medals and a national fourth place.
In terms of youth competitions, Hunan has successively hosted the FA Cup Men's and Women's First Division and youth football club leagues. In the FA Cup competition, the Changde city representative team once again broke into the provincial competition final four after many years, and the Zhuzhou representative team won the women's first division championship. "This is also the first time that the representative team of non-Changsha City has won the championship in this event, which shows that the level of football competition in some cities and prefectures has been significantly improved, and we are full of confidence in the development of youth football in Hunan Province." Evandi said.
Awards. Photo by Yang Huafeng
The registration of referees and coaches is an important management tool for talent training and promotion. By the end of last year, Hunan had registered 3218 players, 390 referees, 733 coaches, 125 clubs, and 13 second-level member associations. Hunan has carried out 22 coach training courses and 14 referee training courses. (End)