SCBC ranks top 8 in “Governor’s Cup” Youth Campus Football League
Co-sponsored by the Department of Education and the Sports Bureau of Guangdong province, the 2020 “Governor’s Cup” Youth Campus Football League ran from November 5 to 28 at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center. Going through fierce competition in the group match and the knockout stage, SCBC’s football team, coached by He Miaoxian, had made it to the top 8 in Category B of men’s game, the best result ever in SCBC’s history of playing provincial varsity football league.
This year’s “Governor’s Cup” saw 112 football teams from 85 colleges and universities playing in 264 matches within 25 days. The contenders had to fight through the group phase, round-robin match, knockout round, and additional match to reach the final. Every boy in the men’s team of SCBC, showing the spirit of solidarity and perseverance, had tried his very best till the last second in each game. In the eight-finals, the team beat their opponent 4-2 in the penalty shootout and made it to the top 8. This unprecedented achievement has not only brought great honor to SCBC, but also served as proof of the strength and competitiveness of the men’s football team.
SCBC has attached great importance to physical education. In recent years, it has made a great effort to boost the development of SCBC’s sports undertaking. For example, measures have been taken to reform physical education to build a balanced pedagogical system between in-class and out-of-class sports practice, specialized sports education and mass sports activities, competitive sports training and bodybuilding/fitness campaign. Moreover, more sports facilities have been built for a variety of sports activities.