On May 30, I went to Guangzhou to see the "Football Flower"

Reporter Wang Wei reports From May 30th to June 10th, the women's U16 group of the 15th National Games football event will be held in Guangzhou, and the U16 women's football match is the first competition of the National Games and the first official competition in Guangzhou.

On the afternoon of May 20, the Executive Committee of the Guangzhou Division of the 15th National Games and the Paralympic Games held a press conference to introduce the preparations for the U16 Women's Football Competition and the overall preparations for the Guangzhou Division.

According to Wang Guilin, vice chairman of the Guangzhou CPPCC and director of the Football Competition Committee of the Guangzhou Executive Committee of the 15th National Games and Paralympic Games, a total of 12 teams participated in the competition, and about 460 players, referees and staff gathered in Guangzhou. Except for the host Guangdong team, which automatically qualified for the finals, the remaining 11 teams all stood out through a fierce qualifying competition.

According to the competition rules, the 12 teams will be divided into three groups, and then the final ranking will be determined through a group single round robin + qualifying round-robin. Previously, the results of the grouping have been released:

Group A: Guangdong, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Ningxia

Group B: Sichuan, Shanghai, Yunnan, Hubei

Group C: Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Liaoning

From May 30 to June 10, 12 teams will compete in six days of fierce competition at Provincial Stadium, Celestial Stadium, University City Stadium and Yuexiu Mountain Stadium, with the opening match and final match in Celestial Stadium scheduled to be broadcast live on television.

It is worth mentioning that this is the first time in the history of the National Games that the U16 women's football tournament has been set up, and the event also shoulders the important mission of excavating reserve talents for the Chinese women's football team and building a national team echelon training system. Among the contestants, there are many "hope stars" who have stood out in the national youth competitions in recent years.

In order to facilitate the public to watch the games and cheer for the players, the U16 Women's Football Tournament has created a precedent for large-scale multi-sport games in China since the Sixth National Games - all competitions are open with real-name registration and free reservation tickets.

Citizens can register and receive tickets through the "online + offline" dual channels. This innovative measure is a vivid practice of Guangdong and Guangzhou to practice the concept of "people's sports run by the people, people's sports for the people".

Online appointment channels include: Guangdong Post WeChat service account, Jingdong APP, etc., which are convenient and efficient to operate; Citizens can go to the south gate of Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center, 16 postal outlets and 3 JD.com outlets to make an appointment to pick up tickets offline. Watching the Games for free can not only enhance the public's attention, but also make the achievements of sports development benefit the people, fully embodying the purpose of the National Games of "sharing by the whole people".

Wang Guilin said that in the preparation process of the U16 women's football competition, "benefiting the people and benefiting the people" has always been put in the first place. In addition to ticketing innovation, the event reception, security, medical and other security work are implemented in accordance with "high standards and refinement". Two designated hotels provide exclusive services for athletes and technical officials, 118 transportation vehicles ensure the safe arrival and departure of participants on time, and the medical security of the venues is fully covered. A total of 1,383 university student volunteers from universities in Guangzhou will provide professional services in 40 types of positions. In addition, more than 300 registered journalists participated in the on-site coverage of the event.

Among them, the Celestial Bodies have just successfully hosted the World Athletics Relay Championships, which have been praised by all parties; The renovated provincial system deeply integrates Lingnan culture and runs through the red axis; Yuexiu Mountain has been renovated and upgraded, with a beautiful image and a strong football heritage; The University Town Stadium highlights the characteristics of "youth-friendly" and has become a sports ecological park that college students yearn for.

During the U16 Women's Football Tournament, which coincides with the Dragon Boat Festival + Children's Day holiday (May 31 to June 1), the Guangzhou Division will carefully create a national carnival atmosphere of "sports + festival", inviting the public and football lovers from all over the country to bring their families and friends, enter the four football halls, and cheer for the "football flowers".

Tan Aiying, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Guangzhou Municipal Sports Bureau, Deputy Director and Deputy Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Guangzhou Division of the 15th National Games and the Paralympic Games, said that as the opening of the National Games enters the 173-day countdown, the Guangzhou Competition Area is making every effort to promote various preparations with a high-spirited attitude.

In terms of competition organization, the Guangzhou competition area actively establishes a new model. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the event, since May, 15 test matches for competitive sports events for the 15th National Games and 9 test matches for the Paralympic Games have been carried out in batches and in an orderly manner, building a test system of "all elements, all processes, and all scenes". On May 30, the whistle of the U16 Women's Football Tournament marked the phased results of the preparations for the 15th National Games and the Guangzhou Paralympic Games.

At the same time, the competition area strictly controls the competition style, discipline and anti-doping work, and 19 doping inspection stations have achieved full coverage to protect the purity and fairness of the competition.

The renovation of the venue demonstrates "Guangzhou speed" and "Chinese quality". All 30 venues in the Guangzhou competition area make use of the existing old venues, of which 23 venues need to be upgraded. In the face of tight time and heavy tasks, as of the end of April, except for one temporary venue that was built before the competition, the rest of the venues have completed the joint acceptance of completion as planned.

Not only that, Guangzhou is actively building a green competition system, and is committed to all renovated venues to meet at least one-star green building standards, Celestial has become the country's first near-zero-carbon large-scale stadium renovation project, and the University Town Sports Center rock climbing field has achieved zero-carbon transformation.

Guangzhou adheres to the combination of hosting the competition and "camping the city", comprehensively beautifying the image of the city as a "gateway", and comprehensively improving the environment and improving the quality of roads in important areas such as airports and high-speed rail stations and 60 event support channels, so as to achieve "two-way smoothness" in Cyberjaya. Around 30 venues, 17 exquisite blocks have been upgraded in tandem, and many of the exquisite blocks around the stadiums have been completed or will be completed soon, which will become a new landmark of public fitness culture after the games.

After the renovation, the venue has realized smart butterfly transformation, and the cloud platform for smart venue operation and management has given it new vitality. At the same time, 5G communication network and electromagnetic environment monitoring have been fully implemented.

In terms of volunteer service and reception services, the Guangzhou competition area plans to recruit more than 14,000 volunteers for the competition, and the pre-recruitment list has entered the review process, 80 designated hospitals, 23 first batch reception hotels and the "one game and three stations" guarantee team have been put in place, and the "one-stop" service model ensures seamless service.