The Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Sport Benefits Corporation and Tokyo Football Association will be hosting the "Tokyo International Youth Football (U-14) Tournament 2013" to contribute to the enhancement of competitive skills and the cultivation of the next generation of football players through international exchange.

Organizers

Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Sport Benefits Corporation,Tokyo Football Association

Supported by

Japan Football Association, Setagaya  Ward, Setagaya Ward Board of Education,Tokyo Amateur Athletic Association,
Tokyo Junior High School Physical Culture Association,Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee,
Sports Festival in Tokyo 2013 Executive CommitteeThe Yomiuri Shimbun,TV TOKYO

Cooperation by

Setagaya Football Association, F.C.Tokyo, Tokyo Verdy,Instituto Ronaldinho Gaucho,Japan Table Soccer Federation,
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Sponsors

Ambassador

Profile of Tsuyoshi Kitazawa

Director of Japan Football Association (JFA)
Assistant COO of F. League
Official supporter of JICA
Symbol member of Supports Masters Japan
Supporter of STAND UP TAKE ACTION campaign
SPORTS JAPAN Ambassador
Guest professor at Kokugakuin University
President of the volunteer group “THE FOOT”

Message from Mr. Kitazawa

Greetings. My name is Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, the Tokyo International Youth Football Ambassador.

As we celebrate Golden Week, what can epitomize its name better than the Tokyo International Youth Football Tournament?

All of the strong boys participating from countries around the world will become rivals on the pitch and engage in fierce battles. And when they take a step off the pitch, they will engage in social exchanges as friends.

I welcome all of you to come and see this worldview at the Tokyo International Youth Tournament.

Right now, Japan’s national team is fighting hard to make it to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

In 2011, Nadeshiko Japan won the World Cup. The next year, they won silver in the 2012 Olympics. The Japan national youth soccer team placed 2nd in international tournament. These achievements have brought us the palpable joy of sports.

This year, we are waiting with excitement at the possibility of hosting the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

The 2013 Tokyo International Youth Tournament will foster friendship that transcends differences in language and culture through sports exchange. The players’ consciousness as athletes even in their junior high-school years will send a message of “directness” and “purity” to everyone.

I want you to receive the power of sports from these players, who range from boys to young men. I wish you will be able to feel firsthand the vitality of these young men who bear responsibility for the future.

I thank you for your warm support of this international tournament, which the people of Tokyo are proud of.

Tsuyoshi Kitazawa
Tokyo International Youth Ambassador

Schedule

Venue

Komazawa Olympic Park General Sports Ground,
Athletic Field, Supported Sports Ground, No.2 Ball Sports Ground

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Composition

Juniors aged under 14 years (16 players), Team officials (4 persons)

Composition Cities

13 cities and 16 teams

Cairo,Jakarta,Moscow,New South Wales,Paris,Seoul,São Paulo,Buenos Aires
Iwate,Miyagi,Fukushima,Ibaraki,Tokyo

(Tentative) Participating cities or teams may be changed or updated without notice.

Related events

Football attractions and other events are planned at the Central Plaza.