1st Bac Ninh Provincial Workers' Football Tournament opens

04/03/2024 09:00

(BNP) - On March 3, the Provincial Labor Confederation organized the opening ceremony of the 1st Bac Ninh Workers' Football Tournament in 2024 (Tournament) at the stadium of the University of Physical Education and Sports.


Chairwoman of the Provincial Labor Confederation Nguyen Thi Van Ha awards souvenir flags to teams participating in the tournament.

The tournament is a playground for workers, officials and laborers to show their talents. It attracted the participation of more than 800 athletes from 46 teams (including 32 men's teams and 14 women's teams) belonging to grassroots unions under the Provincial Labor Confederation. Teams compete in a group format with round-robin matches. The first and second teams of the group will advance to round II of the knockout match.

At the end of the tournament, the organizing committee will award one first prize, one second prize, one third prize, and one fair-play prize in each category. In addition, individual awards are also awarded, including Outstanding Goalkeeper, Outstanding Player, and Miss Universe (for women's football).

The football tournament is an activity organized by the Provincial Labor Confederation in response to Workers' Month and the campaign "All people exercise their bodies following Uncle Ho's example". At the same time, it create a healthy and useful playground to encourage and motivate workers to practice sports, improve health, and interact and exchange experiences, thereby, strengthening solidarity and unity, and building an increasingly strong trade union organization.

According to the rules, the tournament takes place every Sunday; the closing ceremony is expected in mid-April 2024.

By P.H