The '2023 World Football Festival' opened on the 1st and will be held until the 3rd at Ilsan KINTEX Exhibition Hall 1, Halls 1-2. A total of 310 teams are competing, and an exhibition featuring 87 companies across 287 booths is taking place.
This event is hosted by MindsGround Co., Ltd. and organized by SH Sports Agency, which has conducted various sports marketing and football development planning programs both domestically and internationally. The exhibition fair is managed by MindsGround. It was held to establish new sports culture infrastructure. It is the largest-scale single football tournament in South Korea. After the tournament was confirmed, recruitment for 310 participating teams was completed early due to high interest.
On the first day of the tournament, the 1st, 100 teams participated in a football league under the theme "More Joy Than Football with Teachers." Teams included middle school (boys), high school (boys), middle school (girls), high school (girls), and university (women) teams. On the 2nd, 104 teams will compete, including kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and university (men) teams. On the 3rd, 106 teams will enjoy the event, including 4th grade, 5th and 6th grades, women in their 20s-30s, women in their 40s-50s, overseas students, and multicultural-North Korean defector divisions.
In addition to football matches, the event also features sports ZONE, experience ZONE, camping ZONE, flea market ZONE, and lifestyle ZONE, all designed for people of all ages to enjoy. Various events such as talk concerts, event participation activities, dribbling events, and roulette events are also prepared for all visitors to join.
Moon Seong-hwan, CEO of SH Sports Agency, said, "Even though it is the first day of the tournament, we are grateful that more visitors than expected came to the festival venue. Seeing teachers and students sweat and run together with a single football is truly rewarding. I sincerely thank the 100 teams of players, coaches, and spectators who participated in today's matches."
© The Asia Business Daily(www.asiae.co.kr). All rights reserved.
