China News Service Client, Beijing, June 1st. On the afternoon of June 1st, the official website of the Chinese Football Association released the notice of the Ministry of Education, the General Administration of Sports and the Chinese Football Association on the issuance of the "China Youth Football League Competition Organization Work Plan (2022-2024)". (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice").
The China Youth Football League is aimed at all young people, and provides training for outstanding youth football talents discovered and selected, and provides outstanding talents for the national team of all ages.
The China Youth Football League is to implement the "Overall Plan" and the requirements for the integration of sports and education, achieve a substantial increase in the youth football population, and cultivate outstanding football talents for all-round development. The top youth football competitions are given priority in terms of calendar compilation, personnel participation, and event broadcast.
The competition is aimed at all young people, breaking the barriers to participation, taking into account the popularization and improvement, and is divided into four age groups: primary school, junior high school, high school, and university.
Sports school teams, school teams, club youth training echelons, social youth training institutions and other teams can participate freely without any restrictions on participation.
Through the China Youth Football League, the outstanding youth football talents discovered and selected will be improved and trained, and excellent talents will be delivered to the national teams of all ages.
Data map: Youth football game.
China News Agency reporter Chen Wenshe
The "Notice" clarifies that, at the same time, in order to meet the more competition needs of different youth teams, brand events with strong viewing and high reputation can be appropriately reserved, such as the National Youth Campus Football League and summer camp, the National Sports School Cup Football Competition, the Chinese Football Association Youth Football Championship.
At the same time, the China Middle School Football Association Cup, the China High School Football Championship, the China University Football Association Cup, the China University Football League, the Chinese Football Association Youth Super League, and the Chinese Football Association Youth Social Branding events have been integrated and cancelled.
The competition composition of the Chinese Youth Football League is divided into four parts according to the participating age groups. There are 18 groups of men and women, including ten groups of men and women of primary school age U8-U12; men's junior high school age group U13, U15 group, men's high school age group U17 group; women's junior and high school age group U13, U15, U17 group; men's college age group U19 group, women's college age group (see the attachment for the competition plan of each group).
The national final is the highest stage of the China Youth Football League, and participating teams are selected through local qualifiers.
In addition, the China Youth Football League has set up a competition office, which is located in the Chinese Football Association.
The director of the office is the chairman of the Chinese Football Association, and the members of the office are selected by the Ministry of Education, the General Administration of Sports, and the Chinese Football Association. They are responsible for the formulation and interpretation of the competition plan, the organization of competition work, the formulation of rules and regulations, and the selection of outstanding players.