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original title: guangzhou football association will hold "four events and one activity" to create a new ip for bay area city football

on september 20, the press conference for the 2024 bay area city football series was held at tit shuangyu cultural and sports industrial park. zhou mingxian, a first-level researcher of the guangzhou sports bureau and chairman of the guangzhou football association, liu xingwei, party branch secretary and secretary-general of the guangzhou football association, yang guohui, deputy director of the guangzhou sports lottery management center, ou chuliang, vice chairman of the guangzhou football association, and mai chao, vice chairman of the guangzhou football association, and other leaders and guests attended the press conference.

in order to implement the work arrangements of the municipal party committee and government, the spirit of the 2024 guangzhou sports work conference, expand the supply of event services, optimize the event linkage mechanism, create a regional football brand that reaches the masses and the whole people participate, and fully promote the deep integration of cities in the guangdong-hong kong-macao greater bay area and the coordinated development of the regional sports industry, the guangzhou football association has made every effort to create a new ip - the bay area city football series events. it is hoped that more football populations at different levels in the greater bay area will be focused on this platform, and a model benchmark for the innovative development of key football cities across the country will be created.

the 2024 bay area city football series consists of "four events and one event". the first event is the guangzhou youth football league (guangzhou youth tournament) and the guangzhou-hong kong-macao youth invitational tournament. the event will be held from september to december this year, with five groups including u10 (mixed 8-a-side for men and women), men's u12 (8-a-side), u15 (11-a-side), u18 (11-a-side), and women's u12 (8-a-side). 86 teams have registered for the competition, with about 2,000 participants. the teams will be formed by professional or amateur football clubs registered with the guangzhou football association, social training institutions, primary and secondary schools in guangzhou, and secondary vocational schools, and the winning teams in each group will be determined by grouping and a circular points system. the winning teams in each group will have the opportunity to represent guangzhou in friendly exchange matches with teams from hong kong, macao and other cities in the bay area. at present, the three groups of u10 and men's and women's u12 have already started.

the second event is the guangzhou football league and guangzhou-hong kong-macao invitational tournament (11-a-side). this is the highest-level amateur football tournament in the city hosted by the guangzhou football association and is an important link between guangzhou football and the chinese football association champions league. the tournament has set sail again after five years, re-establishing a high-level competitive and communication platform for guangzhou football fans. this city league has 11 teams formed by 11 district football associations as participating units, and a total of 286 athletes from various districts in guangzhou participated.

in order to better connect with the china league one, this city league is divided into two stages with reference to the china league one competition system. the first stage is the south and north division competition, hosted by the panyu district football association and the conghua district football association. 11 teams will enter the two competition zones according to their geographical locations. from september 22 to october 19, a single round-robin competition will be held in the panyu mingda football base and the conghua rhine football stadium. the top two teams in the group will advance to the second stage of the championship competition. the championship competition will kick off in late october. the four qualified teams will compete with teams that have never played against each other, and the championship will be decided based on the final points. the winning team will be qualified to participate in the 2025 chinese football association china league one qualifying tournament, and will have the opportunity to represent guangzhou in competition exchanges with teams from hong kong, macao and other bay area cities, and strengthen the deep integration of football culture between bay area cities.

the third event is the guangzhou workers football tournament and guangzhou-hong kong-macao invitational tournament. the tournament adopts a 7-a-side system and is scheduled to be held from november to december this year. it is expected that 32 teams will participate. teams from government agencies, public institutions, and enterprises in guangzhou, as well as government agencies, public institutions, and enterprise teams from the bay area cities such as hong kong and macao will participate in the competition and exchange.

the fourth event is a high-level bay area football match. it is scheduled to be held in december this year or january next year, and will invite high-level professional teams from the province, hong kong and macao to participate. at the same time, football veterans and referees from the three places will be organized to exchange ideas on the game.

the event is the guangzhou-hong kong-macao football carnival, which is scheduled to be held in november this year. the carnival includes youth exchange competitions, social club exchange competitions, youth training seminars and other contents.

at the same time, in order to further purify the political ecology of guangzhou football and create a clean and upright guangzhou football environment, the guangzhou football association actively responded to the call of the guangdong provincial sports bureau and the guangdong provincial football association to inherit and promote the "zhixing style" currently being carried out throughout the province. it plans to add the "zhixing style award" during the 2024 bay area city football series of events, calling on guangzhou football practitioners to fully recognize the contemporary significance of inheriting and promoting the "zhixing style", promote guangzhou football to take a new long march, and strive to revitalize southern football.

at the briefing, the organizers also held a joint meeting and draw ceremony for the u15 and u18 groups of the guangzhou youth football league (guangzhou youth tournament) and the guangzhou, hong kong and macao youth invitational tournament.

the head of the guangzhou football association said that since the association changed its leadership, the association has been committed to making all-round work arrangements for professional football, youth football, social football, football culture, etc. in the new cycle. last week, the guangdong guangzhou leopards team received good news in the china league two and qualified for next year's china league one five rounds ahead of schedule. this is exciting news for guangzhou football. next, the guangzhou football association will take the 2024 bay area city football series events as an opportunity to further promote the high-quality development of guangzhou football.

zhu jiangwei, reporter of nanfang.com and yuexuexue