National U19 Tournament 2021 finals set in Binh Duong

After being suspended due to the Covid-19 epidemic, recently, Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) announced the official time of the 2021 National U19 Finals in Binh Duong. Accordingly, the tournament finals will take place from March 30 to April 15.

Becamex Binh Duong U19 squad will compete as home team. Photo: Ba Duy

It is known that, after the government has decided to allow many activities to return to a new normal state, local authorities depending on the actual situation have considered at different levels for competition and practice activities and sports tournaments. The 2021 National U19 Finals are no exception as its organizers must wait for the approval of the local leaders to organize. Specifically, in the afternoon of March 15, the official information that the leaders of Binh Duong province had allowed the tournament to take place was available.

Currently, the organizers are rushing to complete basic preparations such as professional work, transport, and accommodation as well as expenditures of the teams. It has been more special than the previous season as this year the finals of the tournament will include 12 teams (compared to 8 last year). Therefore, the organizers are working with Binh Duong to do their best to ensure the thorough tournament.

Due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, many Vietnamese football tournaments were suspended, so during the 2021 National U19 Finals, V.League will also be in parallel matches of the tournament. To reduce the load on the Go Dau Stadium, except for the opening day of March 30, the matches will be played on the main field; the remaining days will be for matches on both the main and auxiliary field to ensure the grass surface maintenance for the matches of V.League.

For the first time the tournament had the participation of 12 best names in the finals from Hanoi, PVF, SLNA, NutiFood Academy, Quang Nam, HAGL, Binh Dinh , Becamex Binh Duong, Saigon, Khanh Hoa, Dong Thap and An Giang. The teams will be divided into 3 groups of 4 teams competing in a round-robin round to select 8 first and second teams of the 3 groups and 2 third-placed teams of the best results in the quarter-finals according to a set number. The drawing ceremony to divide the table and schedule the competition will take place on March 29.

Being experienced in organizing many tournaments at many different levels, Binh Duong is making the final preparations for the successful 2021 National U19 Finals.

Reported by Thai Hai – Translated by Vi Bao