AFC: Kuala Lumpur: The AFC U-13 Festival of Football for the South Asia region is set to kick off in the Iranian province of Yazd with a multitude of educational activities for grassroots football on May 10.
Nine teams -- Iran, hosts Yazd, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan -- will take part in the two-week annual youth extravaganza with each team to send 22 players and four officials.
Festival Project Manager Dr. Shamil Kamil said the Yazd province festival would be the fourth and better festival organised by Iran.
"Evey year, the festival keeps getting better-organised and expanding its activities. Learning experience from the previous festivals helps in organising a better one in the future.
"Iran FF and Yazd FA both have committed to achieving the festival objectives. The AFC Festival of football will help to build the foundation for football and work as an educational tool for the future development of football in South Asia," said the AFC Grassroots and Youth Development Officer.
A cornucopia of exciting activities has been planned, including a coaching course for 24 young coaches, referee course to be attended by 21 referees and a head coach workshop for nine head coaches.
The online S2S Programme will also be delivered to 21 coaches, while nine physiotherapists are set to attend a physiotherapy workshop, a new activity from this year’s festival.
Matches will be organised for the nine teams which consist of 198 players of 12 years of age and skill tests will be conducted for the team participants to evaluate their current playing and technical skills.
Two formats of matches will be adopted to give opportunities to all the players to play, enjoy and develop.
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