Espanyol, let's go! K League's youth international exchange venue opens the International Youth Cup in Incheon on the 24th of 2025
Oct 17, 2025
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The Youth Cup, which marks its third anniversary this year since its first hosting in 2023, will be hosted and organized by the Korea Professional Football Federation and the Incheon Football Association, and sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the National Sports Promotion Agency, and Incheon Metropolitan City.
There are a total of 12 teams, including four K-League teams (Gwangju FC, Suwon Samsung, Seongnam FC, Pohang Steelers), six overseas teams (RCD Espanyol, KAA Hent, Gamba Osaka, Oita Trinita, Hanoi FC, and Real Salt Lake), and two teams invited by the Incheon Football Association (Incheon Namgo and Bupyeong High School).
The age of participating players is U-17 (born after January 1, 2008), and the tournament method is divided into groups A and B of six teams to play five group games per team, and the first team in each group advances to the final.
Group A is composed of RCD Espanyol, Real Salt Lake, Oita Trinita, Suwon Samsung, Gwangju FC, Incheon Namgo, and Group B is composed of KAA Hent, Hanoi FC, Gamba Osaka, Seongnam FC, Pohang Steelers, and Bupyeong High School.
The group stage will be held in Incheon from the 24th to the 29th, including the Southeast Asian Rugby Stadium, Incheon Asiad Auxiliary Stadium, and Songdo LNG Sports Town Football Stadium. The final match will be held at 1 p.m. on the 30th at the Southeast Asian Rugby Stadium.
Following this competition, the federation plans to hold the 'K League Asian Youth Championship Jeju 2025" in November, involving the K League and Asian club youth teams. The federation plans to continuously expand the experience of international competitions of youth players to increase their competitiveness and strengthen exchanges with advanced overseas leagues.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
