General Outline
This tournament serves to enhance the technical skills and mental fortitude of young aspiring football players as well as deepening their mutual understanding that transcends national borders through the games. And contributes to the enhancement of competitive skills and the cultivation of the next generation of football players.
Junior athletes from the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake will be invited to the tournament to participate in friendly matches with the teams from foreign cities and other prefectures in order to offer encouragement toward their recovery efforts again this year.
Organizers
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Sport Benefits Corporation, Tokyo Football Association
Supported by
Fukushima Prefecture, Fukushima Prefecture Board of Education,
Hirono Town, Naraha Town, Japan Football Association,
JAPAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, J-VILLAGE Inc.
Sponsors
Ambassador
Message from Mr. KITAZAWA
It has been decided that in 2022, the Tokyo U-14 International Youth Football Tournament will be taking place after a three-year blank. This year’s tournament will be held at a different venue: the reborn National Training Center J-Village, a symbol of recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake.
The tournament’s original feature is matches and cultural exchange with overseas teams. While they will unfortunately not be here this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament is still not only about technical growth, but also experiencing different styles of football and different cultures, understanding and respecting each other as human beings regardless of differences such as gender, nationality, age, personality, education, and handicaps. We aim at growing players that will succeed internationally with a global perspective!
We are expecting great playing with feeling from all of you.
You are the ones that will build the future!
KITAZAWA Tsuyoshi
Tokyo U-14 International Youth Football Tournament Ambassador
The former Japan National football player
Director of Japan Football Association(JFA)
Chairman of Japan Inclusive Football Federation