The Lion City Cup, organized by the Football Association of Singapore is one of the oldest and most prestigious youth competitions, international football. The FIFA tournament inspired to introduce the youth of the world under-17 and under 19 championships.
Founded in 1977 as the only under-16 soccer tournament in the world, he invited the participation of the youth teams of professional clubs such as Everton FC, England, Newcastle United FC, England; CR Flamengo, Brazil, the SL Benfica, Portugal and Juventus in Italy. Youth national teams from countries such as Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Australia, Taiwan and Hong Kong also participated.
The game against teams from the club to the top of the top 50 countries in the world cup LionCity place makes young players to different types of Singapore football opponent to play the most powerful and under difficult conditions. Recently formed the Singapore national youth soccer team, two teams that give under-16 and under 15 years, the opportunities for more boys to gain such exposure. Fandi Ahmad, V. Sundramoorthy, Indra Sahdan and recently Hazim Hassan Faiz were among the football stars of Singapore, whose career paths took off after the football game for the Under-16 national team.
Tournament Format
There are two steps, the group and knockout stages.
In the preliminary round, teams are divided into three groups. Each team plays a round robin within the group. Is zero, the loss – and ahead of the top two teams to the knockout stage, two points for a win, one draw – teams within a group are rated by points.
The knockout stage is a single elimination tournament, where teams compete in one-offs, with the extra time and penalty shoot-are used to determine the winner, if necessary. The final is at the Jalan Besar Stadium, home of the Singapore soccer.
A tournament for all
The tournament affordable discount prices for students, seniors and packages at all AXS machines throughout the island and in all respects Ticket Booth are sold. Singaporeans from all walks of life are encouraged to “The Beautiful Game” played by world-class youth.
Organization and media coverage
Red Card Pte Ltd and the Football Association of Singapore is co-organizer of the Lion City CuO and Singapore Sports Council promotes the tournament. StarHub, the official television partner, screens live televised matches only super sports arena, which is a clear channel of sport for all StarHub TV customers. Canon Singapore has always given money for the teams in Singapore through a donation of money and held football clinics and for the lovers of sports photography of the Singapore Lion City Cup.
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