Organized by the Macao Sport Development Board, with the association of the Guangdong Province Sports Bureau, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong S.A.R., and the Macao Football Association, the “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Youth Football Exchange Activities” were a two-day event which commenced on October 28th and was held at the Miniature Football Fields of the Multipurpose Zone of the Macao Olympic Sports Centre.
The President of the Macao Sport Development Board, Mr. Vong Iao Lek, a representative from the Guangdong Province Sports Bureau, Mr. Lu Shaohua, a representative from the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of Hong Kong S.A.R., Ms. Leung Man Yuk, the Chairman of the Administrative Board of the Macao Football Association, Mr. Chong Coc Veng, the Chief Executive of the Macao Jockey Club, Mr. Thomas Li, the Vice-Presidents of the Macao Sport Development Board, Mr. José Tavares and Mr. Pun Weng Kun, as well as members of the Sports Commission attended the kick-off ceremony.
This year’s Youth Football Exchange event marks the 4th year of the activities. The organisers hope that the event will allow young players to improve their football skills by learning from their peers, establish deep bonds of friendship and promote the development of youth sports via football matches and competitions under the framework of the “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Sport Exchange and Cooperation Agreement”. The matches were played in a round robin format, with teams playing each other once. As in the past, Macao sent students from the Football Youth Academy to compete for the Male Group A (13-14 years old) and Group B (11-12 years old) titles with six rival teams from Guangdong and Hong Kong.
