The ‘2023 Yanggu Peace Cup North Korean Defectors and Multicultural Football Festival’ was held on the 4th at Yanggu Sports Complex in Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do.
On the first day of the tournament, a total of 32 teams from North Korean defectors and multicultural families participated and were divided into 8 groups to play the preliminary round of the full league group stage. Of these, 16 teams advanced to the main tournament. The final tournament will be held on the 5th. The 1st and 2nd place teams in each group will play in the round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and finals.
The winning team will be given 2 million won, the runner-up 1.5 million won, the third place 1 million won, the fourth place 500,000 won, the fair play team 300,000 won, the best team 200,000 won, and the touching piece team 100,000 won (Yanggu Love Gift Certificate) 토토사이트. As for the individual awards, the best manager, best coach, best player, best player, MVP, top scorer, best attack, best midfielder, best defense, best GK, best goal, best fight, and Resfax awards will be awarded.
This competition is held for two days on the 4th and 5th with the purpose of helping new members of our society, such as North Korean defectors and multicultural families, adapt to their adaptation and contribute to global society. It is hosted and supervised by SH Sports Agency (CEO Moon Seong-hwan), which is working hard to develop soccer in Korea and build and support soccer infrastructure for the socially underprivileged. Sponsored by Yanggu-gun, Yanggu-gun Sports Foundation, Pocheon Ginseng Farming Association, Haha Mask, KBS Academy of Sports Arts and Sciences, HIGHSOL, Football List, Sun Medical Center, Arco Balleno Wonju, AIRDOME_SH, Gopchang Shop, and Mongolian Wangju.
Kim Tae-wook, head of Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do, said, “I am very happy that the 2023 Yanggu Peace Cup North Korean Defectors and Multicultural Football Festival was held in Yanggu, the very center of the country.” We will do our best to further develop the festival.”
Moon Seong-hwan, CEO of SH Sports Agency, said, “I am grateful to Yanggu-gun for its material and spiritual support so that it can host a festival that the underprivileged North Korean defectors and multicultural people can enjoy. It is located in the symbolic geographical location of the center of the country and is enjoyable for the underprivileged. Thank you again to the Yanggu-gun Sports Foundation for providing this.”