Professional innovation
Football tournament Adolescent The 3rd Vietnamese Students – 2025 THACO Cup (TNSV THACO Cup 2025) will bring new features, in which the focus is the presence of players playing for the U.19 and U.21 teams.
Specifically, in the 2025 season, teams are allowed to register up to 3 players who have played in the national U.19 and U.21 tournaments from 2022 to present. In addition, each team can register up to 5 additional foreign students (who have never competed in national tournaments organized by VFF).
Each match can only be present on the field with a maximum of 2 out of 3 players who have played in the U19 and U21 tournaments and a maximum of 3 foreign players.
The Ho Chi Minh City University of Physical Education and Sports team (pink shirt) is the defending champion of the football tournament Adolescent Vietnamese students
The tournament regulations stipulate that the exception is for students specializing in football in the sports training major of universities, colleges, sports colleges or players who have registered to play for teams participating in second and first division tournaments. and national championship from 2022 to present, the remaining players who meet the standards can participate in the tournament.
The criteria include: being a male student, attending a long-term, full-time program; Students studying at any school can only play for that school’s representative team; Students with a health certificate issued by a district-level health agency or higher certifying their eligibility to play soccer will be included in the team’s registration list to compete according to the regulations of non-professional soccer regulations.
The wave of young players who have been pursuing the professional football field will increase both quality and quantity for THACO Cup 2025, helping the tournament to not only ensure fair playing opportunities for students, but also increase Try to achieve professional level in each match. This is the direction of the organizing committee in the early days, with the expectation of creating a tournament rich in entertainment and dedication, a place where the best student players gather.
However, this year’s tournament rules have narrowed the “age range” of the players, only allowing players from 18 – 25 years old to participate (born from January 1, 2000 – December 31, 2006), in order to be suitable. than with formal training time at universities, colleges, colleges or academies.
This is also different from last season, when the organizers agreed to let players from 18 to 28 years old participate in the tournament.
The tournament will be attractive right from the qualifying round
This requires teams to continuously purify the squad, replacing old generations with new players. Only teams with a systematic team building strategy and developed football movement can gather talent and ensure stability through each season.
Attractive from the qualifying round
The heat of TNSV THACO Cup 2025 will start right from the qualifying round, with 67 “talented” players divided into 6 groups according to geographical area from December 28, 2024 to January 18, 2025, to prepare to compete for tickets together. to the final round (finals).
Specifically, the matches within the qualifying round will take place in the northern region (from December 30, 2024 – January 10, 2025 at Thuy Loi University stadium); Central Coast region (from January 6 – January 12, 2025 at Military Region 5 yard – Da Nang); South Central and Central Highlands regions (January 10 – January 18, 2025 at Nha Trang University yard); Southeast region (January 4 – January 12, 2025 at Bau Thanh Stadium, Ba Ria – Vung Tau); Southwest region (January 8 – January 17, 2025 at Can Tho Stadium) and Ho Chi Minh City region (December 28, 2024 – January 15, 2025 at Ton Duc Thang University Stadium). The qualifying phase will select 11 teams along with the home team Ton Duc Thang University to compete in the final round of the tournament from March 1 – 16, 2025.
With a fierce competition rate in all regions when the number of teams participating in the qualifying round is large but tickets to the finals are limited, TNSV THACO Cup 2025 promises to be fierce and worth watching in each match, with each competition. all contain the determination of the teams to be present in the finals.
The host Thuy Thuy (red shirt) is not easy to appear in the final round
For example, in the 2024 season, the Hue University team was then the defending champion, but could not pass the qualifying round. The fall of the defending champion, or later the heroic performance in the northern qualifying round between Thuy Thuy University and Bac Ninh University of Sports and Sports, was tense until the last seconds, when the host Thuy Thuy had to strain. Resist the suffocating pressure of the away team from Bac Ninh in a vital match.
The explosive celebration of coach Vu Van Trung and his team when the final whistle sounded contained the essence of student football: the spirit of fiery determination, dedication, youthfulness and dedication.
These unique colors have created a unique beauty for the TNSV THACO Cup playground, and after each season, the tournament has even greater attraction, creating resonance in the student community.
The ceremony to announce and draw the qualifying round of the TNSV THACO Cup 2025 will take place at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow (December 17) in Ho Chi Minh City.
After the end of the qualifying round, 11 excellent teams include 2 representatives of the Northern region, 2 representatives of the Central Coast region, 4 representatives of the Ho Chi Minh City region, 1 representative of the South Central – Central Highlands region. , 1 representative of the Southeast region, 1 representative of the Southwest region and the home team Ton Duc Thang University will attend the final round of TNSV THACO Cup 2025.
