2023 Peace Yanggu Cup National Youth Soccer Club Festival Ends on the 26th

by Kim HyeongMin

Published 26 Feb.2023 22:10(KST)

The 2023 Peace Yanggu Cup National Youth Soccer Club Festival has come to an end.

The tournament opened on the 25th, with the main matches held on the 26th.

Based on the preliminary match results for grades 1 through U12 held on the 25th, the 1st and 2nd place teams in each group advanced to the Classic division, while the 3rd and 4th place teams moved to the Challenge division. On the 26th, both the Classic and Challenge divisions played group stage round-robin matches, with the 1st place team in the Classic division winning the championship, the 2nd place team finishing as runner-up, and the 3rd place team taking third place. In the Challenge division, the 1st place team also won the championship, and the 2nd place team was the runner-up.

2023 Peace Yanggu Cup National Youth Soccer Club Festival <br>Photo by SH Sports Agency

2023 Peace Yanggu Cup National Youth Soccer Club Festival
Photo by SH Sports Agency

Prizes were awarded as follows: 500,000 KRW for the Classic division champion, 300,000 KRW for the Classic division runner-up, 200,000 KRW for the Classic division third place, 150,000 KRW for the Challenge division champion, and 100,000 KRW for the Challenge division runner-up (all in Yanggu regional gift certificates). Various individual awards and other prizes were also given.

Seo Heung-won, Mayor of Yanggu County, said, "I was amazed by the outstanding skills of the young youth players participating in this tournament. It was also very heartwarming to see them enjoying playing soccer. Thank you for visiting Yanggu County with great interest. Yanggu has many tourist attractions full of memories and delicious food. We will spare no support to help this soccer festival grow into a cultural tourism sports festival."

Moon Seong-hwan, CEO of SH Sports Agency, said, "We are grateful to have successfully concluded the tournament. This soccer festival went beyond sports to plan various events linked to regional economic revitalization and local tourism products, and I believe it has laid the foundation to develop into a cultural tourism sports festival, which is very meaningful."