Reporter Chen Yong reported that a few days ago, the relevant work plan of the "China Youth Football League" was approved by the relevant departments, which means that the long-planned "China Youth Football League" will be officially landed. The relevant competition scheme of the China Youth Football League will be officially launched later.
The "China Youth Football League" will integrate the existing youth competition resources, implement the requirements of sports and education integration, and then form a unified, open, competitive and orderly national youth football competition system, in which young players from all over the country can participate. The tournament will be jointly organized by the Ministry of Education, the State General Administration of Sport and the Chinese Football Association, which will be specifically responsible for organizing and implementing the event, and the event office will also be located in the Chinese Football Association.
The landing of this tournament also means a major change in the national youth football competition system, or the Chinese football youth training system and the campus football system.
"Positioned as the top core event for Chinese youth, with multiple characteristics"
The "China Youth Football League" has been planned as early as two years ago; the name is first seen in the "Guiding Opinions on Encouraging Club Echelon Players to Integrate into the Campus Competition Platform and the 2021 Youth Men's Football Competition Plan Plan (Proposal Draft)" issued by the Chinese Football Association more than a year ago; the "2022 Work Points of the Ministry of Education" promulgated by the Ministry of Education in February this year once again mentioned the "China Youth Football League". The positioning and characteristics of the "China Youth Football League" are as follows:
1. This is the top and core competition of Chinese youth football
The tournament will implement the "Overall Plan for the Reform and Development of Chinese Football" and the requirements of sports and education integration, vigorously increase the football population, and then cultivate outstanding football talents with all-round development. It is reported that the event will have "four most": the widest coverage, the largest number of participants, the highest level of competition, and the greatest social influence. Priority will be given to the preparation of the race calendar, the participation of personnel, and the broadcast of the event. The competition establishes a reward mechanism system such as honor commendation, qualification evaluation, selection and storage.
2. The competition will break down the barriers in an all-round way, and the two parties will freely participate in the competition
This is also the biggest difference from the youth events of the sports system/FOOTBALL Association in the past, as well as the youth events of the education system, sports school representative teams, school representative teams, club youth training echelons, social youth training institutions and other teams can participate freely without any participation restrictions, while in the past, education system events and sports system events were carried out separately and there were certain barriers.
3. Coordinate local events and national events, coordinate competition time, and popularize and improve both hands
Taking the "China Youth Football League" as the benchmark, taking into account education, sports, football association and international and domestic invitational tournaments, the three departments coordinate the time to expand the number of basic competitions while ensuring high-quality events. The participating teams in the national finals of the China Youth Football League are selected through local qualifiers, which realizes the orderly connection between local events and national events, and the establishment of stable local youth events is of great significance for cultivating outstanding football talents.
4. Cultivate all ages, abandon the championship doctrine, and promote each other in competition and training
The "China Youth Football League" does not target special age groups, achieves full coverage of primary schools, junior high schools, high schools and universities (8-19-year-old teenagers), abandons the gnacism, and cultivates all-round talents with moral, intellectual, physical and aesthetic work, while providing outstanding talents for the national team as the core goal. At the same time, the combination of competition and training is promoted by competition, and the training level of Chinese youth is improved through the "Youth Training Outline of the Chinese Football Association", so as to achieve synchronous improvement of training and competition.
The highest level of competitions at the primary school level is the municipal level, and where conditions permit, provincial competitions can be organized, and national competitions are set up at the junior high school, high school and university stages; and the 2022 national event schedule is announced, of which the high school and university parts of the National Youth Campus Football League will start in June and August, and the junior high school part of the group will start in July. Specific competition groups and competition times of each stage Ministry of Education: The national youth football tournament will start as early as June, covering primary schools, middle schools and universities
5. Fully integrate existing events while retaining some brand events
After the launch of the "China Youth Football League", some brand events with strong ornamental and high popularity will be retained, such as the education system retaining the National Youth Campus Football League and summer camps, the sports system retaining the National Sports School Cup Football Tournament, the Football Association retaining the Chinese Football Association Youth Football Championship, and other events organized by the three parties will be integrated and cancelled. Some well-known international and domestic invitational tournaments are not regular events, but they are still an important part of the national youth event system. These competitions will closely focus on the Chinese Youth Football League and together form the "solar system" of the national youth football competition.
"Tripartite co-ordination, specific organization and implementation of the Football Association, the establishment of offices"
As we all know, if it is only the event of the education system, or the sports system, or the football association, the relevant coordination work is very simple, but the "China Youth Football League" involves the three major systems of education, sports and the Football Association, and the coordination work will naturally be very cumbersome.
The finalized "Chinese Youth Football League" is responsible for macro guidance, overall planning and supervision by the Ministry of Education and the General Administration of Sports, and the Chinese Football Association is specifically responsible for the organization of the event, and at the same time, the Chinese Football Association has set up an event office, and the members are selected by the Ministry of Education, the General Administration of Sports, and the Chinese Football Association, responsible for the formulation of relevant competition plans, rules and regulations, and the specific competition organization. Local event offices will also be set up to connect with national event offices.
It is reported that the director of the tournament office is Chen Shuyuan, chairman of the Chinese Football Association, the deputy director is Wang Dengfeng, director of the Department of Physical Health and Arts of the Ministry of Education, and Wang Liwei, director of the Youth department of the General Administration of Sports, the executive director is Gao Hongbo, vice chairman of the Football Association in charge of youth football, and the executive secretary is Qiao Daihu, director of the Men's Football Youth Training Department of the Chinese Football Association, and the members include the Ministry of Education, the General Administration of Sports and the Football Association.
At present, the relevant competition plan has not been officially launched, the reporter learned that the "China Youth Football League" will set up primary schools, junior high schools, high schools and universities, male and female 9 a total of 18 groups. The provincial finals are held at the primary school stage, the national finals are held at the junior high school and high school stages, and the university stage is realized to achieve the integration and communication of the university team and the club echelon players, and to achieve the goal of attaching equal importance to professional training and cultural education.