LIG 2023 National Disabled Football Championship Kicks Off in Mokpo

Improving Awareness and Harmony Sponsored by LIG Since 2007

The Largest Single Sport for Disabled Athletics

The LIG 2023 National Disabled Football Championship opened on the 8th and will heat up the Jeonnam Mokpo International Football Center until the 10th.

This tournament, the largest single-sport event in disabled sports, is hosted and organized by the Korea Disabled Football Association, with support from the Korea Paralympic Committee, Mokpo City in Jeollanam-do, LIG, and KB Insurance.

The National Disabled Football Championship has been held since 2009 as a harmony event with local residents to improve awareness of people with disabilities and to enhance understanding of disabled football.

Goo Bon-yeop, President of LIG (second from the right), and other attendees are performing the ceremonial kick-off at the Mokpo International Football Center, where the LIG 2023 National Disabled Football Championship opened on the 8th.

About 350 players from 19 teams nationwide are participating, competing in categories including 4 teams in the totally blind division, 3 teams in the low vision division, 4 teams in the cerebral palsy division, 4 teams in the intellectual disability division, and 4 teams in the hearing impairment division.

The event proceeded in the order of an opening address by Kim Gyu-jin, President of the Korea Disabled Football Association, an encouragement speech by Jeong Jin-wan, President of the Korea Paralympic Committee, and a congratulatory speech by Gu Bon-yeop, President of LIG.

In his congratulatory speech, Gu Bon-yeop, President of LIG, said, “It has been 16 years since LIG and disabled football formed a connection,” adding, “We will make various efforts to provide more interest and support to further develop disabled football.”

The relationship between LIG and disabled football began when LIG started sponsoring the Korea Disabled Football Association, established in 2007 at the suggestion of Gu Bon-sang, Chairman of LIG. In April this year, on the occasion of Disabled Persons Day, LIG and KB Insurance jointly donated 130 million won to the ‘Disabled Football Development Fund.’

Since the establishment of the Korea Disabled Football Association, the development funds delivered together with major affiliates such as LIG Nex1, LIG System, and Huseco, as well as employees, have totaled 1.5 billion won over 16 years up to early this year.

Kim Gyu-jin, President of the Korea Disabled Football Association, said, “I hope this tournament will be an opportunity to unfold dreams with courage and challenge without giving up until the end,” and added, “We will make sure that disabled football grows to the next level.”

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