Opening of the 18th Korea Youth Baseball Federation President's Cup and Storm Cup National Youth Baseball Competition

2019-10-30 13:31:29

2,000 players from 145 teams participated in two stadiums including Jangchung Little Baseball Stadium, Seoul, Korea.

It is opened at the same time.

Organized by the Korea Youth Baseball Federation (President Lee Sang-keun), this tournament is the most prestigious and long-standing competition in youth baseball, aiming to “learn baseball, baseball in everyday life, and enjoy playing baseball” while promoting youth living sports and baseball prospects.

It was created to cultivate the foundation for the development of youth baseball by continuously discovering and nurturing it.

Sponsored by baseball baseball company StormBaseball and the Seoul Baseball Softball Association, 2,000 athletes from 145 teams from all over the country participated in the competition for 9 days. The sprout league (U-9) and dream tree (U-11)

), Youth league (U13), junior league (U-15), and five league championship cups will play an exciting game.

In addition, all matches will be held in a tournament format, with less than three budding leagues (U-9) of less than three hundred players and papa's leagues that will be held in parallel with the event.

It is gaining great popularity as a baseball festival.

Sprout League is also a kindergarten student to enjoy the fun of baseball.

Cheong Chang-hwan, the hero of Jeju's Heroes Youth Baseball Team, who participated in the tournament for the first time, said, “We are looking forward to seeing our athletes in Jangchung Children's Stadium, which is the same as the youth baseball grounds.

As much as this tournament, I want to make good memories for all of our athletes who have participated in a friendly manner.

Chairman Lee Sang-keun of the Korea Youth Baseball Federation said, “Based on the baseball games we have studied and enjoyed through club baseball, we hope that many youth baseball tournaments will be realized at the same time.

It is a breeze.

KBO and the existing baseball associations need to pay attention to youth baseball, which is the most important time to expand the base of baseball, away from professional baseball. ”