The picture shows a pupil practicing shooting. China News Agency reporter Jia Tianyong photo
shows a primary school student practicing shooting. Photo by China News Agency reporter Jia Tianyong
China News Service, Beijing, May 9 (Chen Hang) On the 9th, it was hosted by the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau and the people's governments of various districts, undertaken by the Dongcheng District People's Government and the Beijing Sports Federation, and the Beijing Sports Federation The opening ceremony of the first Beijing Community Cup Eight-a-side Football Tournament (hereinafter referred to as the "Community Cup") co-organized by the secretariat of the association, the Beijing Football Association and the Sports Bureau of each district was held at the Tiantan Sports Center. The
picture shows the first game after the opening ceremony. Photo by China News Agency reporter Jia Tianyong
This Community Cup is the first football event held in the city after the Beijing Municipal Government issued the policy of implementing the normalization measures for the epidemic on March 16. The number of participants reached 5,582, including women, compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and foreigners. They came from 16 districts, 10 townships, 57 towns, and 78 streets. 262 balls team. The
picture shows the opening ceremony. China News Agency reporter Jia Tianyong photo
As the organizer and host of this event, the Dongcheng District competition has the largest number of participating teams, and a total of 48 teams signed up.
From March 27th to April 25th, through the fierce competition of 355 games in the district-level preliminaries, 32 teams from the youth group and the middle-aged group were selected. Changying Sports Center and Tongzhou Olympic Sports Center will compete in the final stage, and the championship, second and third runner-up teams will be decided on May 30.
In order to allow more people to participate, before the opening ceremony, the Organizing Committee of the Community Cup set up facilities such as live table football, football nine grids, football darts, etc., which greatly increased the public's interest in participating in football. At the opening ceremony of
, the official promotional video of the Community Cup "Football Makes the City More Exciting" was played.With the cheerful opening song "Leaping Youth", Beijing football legends Shao Jiayi and Liu Ailing led the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics mascots "Bing Dun Dun" and "Xue Rong Rong", fancy football players, cheerleading team , Dongcheng District campus football players rushed into the stage and lawn with the ball, and sang songs together, pushing the atmosphere of the scene to a climax.
The picture shows Gao Hongbo, vice-chairman of the Chinese Football Association, showing his shooting technique. Photo by China News Agency reporter Jia Tianyong
At the opening ceremony, Zhang Jing, secretary of Dongcheng District Sikuaiyu Community, told her football story. Zhang Jing, who grew up in the College of Sports Committee, comes from a "football family". Both her lover and her son love to play football, and her son chooses to work in the Beijing Youth Football Club. Zhang Jing and her family have injected their passion for football into their work and contributed to the development of the football career.
Gou Zhongwen, Director of the State General Administration of Sports, Du Zhaocai, Deputy Director of the State Sports General Administration, Xia Linmao, Member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Committee, Secretary of the Education Working Committee, Secretary of the Dongcheng District Committee, and Zhang Jiandong, Deputy Mayor of Beijing attended the opening ceremony. (End)
Source: China News Network