Country for PR: China
Contributor: Xinhua News Agency
Monday, August 24 2020 - 19:48
AsiaNet
The 6th "Peace Cup" International Youth Football Invitational Tournament opened in Shenyang, 2020
SHENYANG, China, August 24, 2020 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--

The opening ceremony of the 6th "Peace Cup" International Youth Football 
Invitational Tournament was held at the No. 2 stadium of the "Peace Cup" World 
Football Park in Shenyang on the afternoon of August 21.

The "Peace Cup" International Youth Football Invitational Tournament was 
awarded as the only "National Sports industry Demonstration Project" in 
northeast China this year. The "Peace Cup" competition is still adhering to the 
theme of "One Belt and One Road connects the world with peace and friendship". 
It is sponsored by Shenyang municipal people's government and undertaken by the 
people's government of Heping district and Shenyang sports bureau.

Representatives from several professional football clubs from the U13 echelon 
domestic, four foreign student teams and youth teams from all over the country 
attended the entrance ceremony. The international students from universities 
have strong strength, with players from more than 20 countries including 
Russia, Ghana, Nigeria, Morocco, Mexico and so on. This is the first time for 
the football team of international students from universities to participate in 
the "Peace Cup", which greatly improves the enjoyment of the competition.

The Tacheng Football Team of Shenyang Sister City has sent teams to participate 
in the past five competitions in Shenyang. Due to the impact of the epidemic, 
the Tacheng football Team regretted its absence. However, Tacheng football Team 
sent a video blessing to the sixth "Peace Cup", which became a popular promo 
film on the Internet.

It is worth mentioning that in order to let more people watch the contest with 
better sense, the organizing committee adopted the Liaoning mobile joint Huawei 
VR cloud under 5G 360-degree of VR live experience, which is also the first 
time "Peace Cup" innovation to connect large bandwidth, low latency, wide 
mobile 5G communication technology application in the opening ceremony, which 
bring the audience a more liberal view, new 360-degree have a bird's eye view 
of the experience.

The song "My Family Lives in Shenyang" by Zhu Xiaohong, a national first-class 
actor, enables the audience to relive the classic songs. The constantly 
flashing pictures of Shenyang on the screen also enables the participating 
teams to have a more intuitive understanding of Shenyang. Chinese and foreign 
singers sang the song "I will come in the future", which pushed the opening 
ceremony to the climax.

"The Peace Cup" International Youth Football Invitational Tournament is based 
in Shenyang and open to the world, showing the health, happiness, friendship 
and peace that football gives children.

Source: Shenyang Municipal People's Government

Image Attachments Links:

   Link: https://iop.asianetnews.net/view-attachment?attach-id=369805

   Caption: The 6th "Peace Cup" International Youth Football Invitational 
Tournament opened in Shenyang, 2020.

Attachments
2020 Peace Cup.JPG