KFA Holds Official Opening Ceremony of Korea Football Park 'South Korean Football Korea Power' "U-18 Champions Cup" commemorative game will be held

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Korea Football Park, which will be a new driving force for Korean soccer, will finally be unveiled.

The Korea Football Association announced on the 26th that it will hold the official opening ceremony of Korea Football Park, which will establish itself as a new growth engine for Korean soccer, on April 7.

The opening ceremony, which starts at 2 p.m., is a venue to announce the completion of the entire facility, including the stadium, lodging building, training ground, and indoor soccer field. The event, which declares that Korea Football Park will be reborn as a mecca for Korean soccer, will be attended by people from all walks of life, including domestic and foreign soccer figures, as well as key officials from Chungcheongnam-do and Cheonan-si. At the site, various programs such as live video space tours will be prepared to introduce major facilities.

The highlight of the opening ceremony is the final of the "Korea Football Park U-18 Champions Cup," a commemorative game to be held at KFA Stadium at 3 p.m. on the same day. The competition will be held in the form of a king-of-the-king battle where the best high school soccer teams that swept the winter national championship in February clash.

The side of the participating team is spectacular. Professional youth and traditional academy names such as Busan MBC Cup winner Jang Hoon High School, Baek Un-gi winner FC Seoul U-18 (Seoul Osan High School), Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister's Cup winner Jeonbuk Hyundai U-18 (Jeonju Yeongsaeng High School), and Chungye Federation winner Chungnam Sinpyeong High School will compete.

According to the results of the draw, the semifinal match between FC Seoul U-18 vs. Seoul Jang Hoon High School and Chungnam Sinpyeong High School vs. Jeonbuk Hyundai U-18 will be held first at the Korea Football Park Artificial turf first on the 31st. Here, the two winning teams will face off in the final on the opening day. The match will be broadcast live on the KFATV LIVE YouTube channel.

Through this opening ceremony and commemorative game, the Korea Football Association plans to check its capabilities for hosting international games, attracting team training, and operating domestic tournaments in the future.

The Korea Football Park, co-founded by the Korea Football Association and Cheonan City, is an ultra-large complex with a total area of about 145,000 pyeong and a construction cost of about 400 billion won. It consists of 11 soccer fields, 4 futsal stadiums, and 5 tennis courts, including small stadiums and indoor soccer fields. The sports center being built by Cheonan-si on the site is set to open this summer, and the Football History Museum is aiming to be completed in December 2028.

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