Fire up the New Year! The 2026 “Changhong Cup” Youth Lunar New Year Football Match concluded, and a new youthful style was played by the canal
2026-01-03 10:09
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The new year brings new harvests. On the evening of January 2, the 2026 “Changhong Cup” Youth Lunar New Year Football Game and the Hongyun Youth Football King Finals concluded successfully at the Grand Canal Sports Culture Park in Wangjiangjing Town, Xiuzhou District. 33 youth teams and 550 young players from the cities along the Yangtze River Delta competed fiercely in the FIFA-certified professional arena. In the end, the Yiwu Anzhi team in the second and third grade groups and the SKH-A team in the fourth and fifth grade groups successfully won the championship. The top scorer, best goalkeeper and best goalkeeper were also selected in the competition.
“Changhong Cup” is a “sports + cultural tourism” IP innovatively created by Jiaxing Canal Cultural Provincial Tourism Resort. Relying on the newly completed Grand Canal Sports Culture Park platform and under the unified title of “Changhong Cup”, this youth New Year’s football match is also another regional event after the Yangtze River Delta Football Invitational Tournament in November.
New IP and new platforms have brought new friends and new excitement to the resort. On the field, the young players have high morale. During the offense, they constantly perform wonderful moments such as dribbling breakthroughs, tacit passes and passes, and precise shooting. They cooperate closely when defending, and never give up when falling behind. The scene of catching up and encouraging each other is moving. Outside the stadium, the parents who accompanied the competition and the spectators cheered for the wonderful performance of the young players. In addition to the competition, a special market consisting of more than 40 stalls around the competition venue and the resort’s rich scenic spots have attracted new customers to come for the competition, stay for the scenery, and remember the culture.
The new stadium brings a new experience of playing football. The much-anticipated final is scheduled to take place during the New Year’s Day holiday. As the cold wave hits, the young players are not afraid of the cold wind and challenges, actively running on the field and trying to create scoring opportunities. “Being able to compete with my friends from the Yangtze River Delta on such a great venue not only improved my skills, but also made new friends. This is the most special New Year gift!” Yang, the top scorer of the Shaoxing Keyang Youth Training Blue Team, said excitedly.
New events bring new opportunities for cooperation. “The Grand Canal Sports Cultural Park has good venue facilities, high grade, and convenient transportation, which is conducive to hosting regional events.” Yang Menglin, the person in charge of Zhejiang Province of Red Fortune Sports, said that this Lunar New Year football match is also the “Red Fortune Youth” Football King finals, and the participating teams are all championship teams from various cities. “We hope that in the future, the ‘Youth Football King’ can carry out in-depth cooperation with the ‘Changhong Cup’, hold joint events, and have a long-term landing in Wangjiangjing.”
According to reports, the Grand Canal Sports and Culture Park is making every effort to create a new sports and cultural tourism IP with “events every month and competitions every week.” According to the plan, the “King of Kings” football match will be held in the city in January, the Xiuzhou home match of the Zhejiang Intercity City League will be held in late February, the 7-a-side match will be held jointly with Wugou Football Club in March, and the Zhejiang Provincial Football Association Youth Championship will be hosted in three categories in April. The summer vacation will usher in a series of youth matches with a scale of 3,000 people. In addition, the 2026 “Changhong Cup” series of events and high-level professional football matches and training camps will also be carried out according to the annual plan.
The relevant person in charge of Wangjiangjing Town said that in the future, it will continue to upgrade the “Changhong Cup” event IP, improve the “elite + national” dual-track event system, so that professional sports resources can benefit more teenagers and young people, and use football as a link to connect and introduce more cultural tourism and sports resources in the Yangtze River Delta to the resort.
New gameplay is building a new pattern for resort development. “To make the resort younger and more fun, in recent years, we have focused on the two key customer groups of young people and families. On the one hand, we use the cultivation of event IP as a starting point to make friends with young people. On the other hand, we continue to update and iterate the tourism industry to refresh the travel and vacation experience for young people and build a new pattern of resort development.” Wang, General Manager of Jiaxing Wenchuan Tourism Development Co., Ltd. Zhiliang said that at present, not only does the Grand Canal Sports and Culture Park have a vibrant competition venue, but it is also surrounded by trendy landmarks such as Kaisen Tribe, Qianliji, Taocang Ideal Village, and Pipa Island ALOKA Coffee, as well as natural and cultural attractions such as the National Wetland Park and the Millennium Canal Scenery. He hopes to use the competition as a medium to effectively expand the regional influence of the resort amid the national fitness craze.
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