'2023 World Football Festival' Participating Teams First-Come, First-Served Recruitment

SH Sports Agency, which has been showcasing domestic and international sports marketing and football development planning, is recruiting teams to participate in the '2023 World Football Festival' to be held this December.

2023 World Football Festival Promotional Poster. Photo by SH Sports Agency

The event, organized by SH Sports Agency and Mindsground Co., Ltd., will take place from December 1 to 3 at KINTEX Exhibition Hall 1, Halls 1-2 in Ilsan. As the largest football festival in Korea, it will feature matches of 280 football teams, an event match of 'Golttaerineun Geunyeodeul' (The Girls Who Score Goals), and various activities with the 2002 Legend National Football Team. The participation categories include youth division, overseas youth division, women’s division, university student division, overseas university student division, multicultural division, North Korean defector division, hearing-impaired division, middle school and high school divisions where teachers and students unite, allowing people of all ages and genders to join.

Matches will be held on six 40m x 20m (futsal standard) fields, played in a 5vs5 futsal format. The winning team will receive a prize of 300,000 KRW, the runner-up 200,000 KRW, and the third place team 100,000 KRW, along with trophies and souvenirs.

In addition to the matches, over 200 booths related to football equipment, sports, and food will be operated, and event booths such as face painting, cotton candy, photo booths, and lottery will be provided free of charge.

Moon Seonghwan, CEO of SH Sports Agency, said, "This event is a festival created with the purpose of harmony and hope, bringing together people of all ages and backgrounds as one." He added, "It is meaningful because we planned a festival where not only the players participating in football but also the spectators who come together can enjoy and heal."

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