Sign up for int’l football competition in Hangzhou!

Hey there, football fans! You're warmly welcome to join the exciting international football competition - "Zhejiang African Cup 2025" (AFCON). While AFCON has traditionally featured teams representing African nations, this year’s edition welcomes players and fans of all nationalities to participate. To be held in Hangzhou from April 19th to May 5th, the event is going to unite different cultures through the universal language of football.

After hosting the FIFA World Cup 2026 Asian Qualifiers (China vs. Australia), Hangzhou is proving itself as a top-tier football hub. So why not come experience the atmosphere? AFCON is your chance to soak up the passion, meet fellow fans, and be part of something special.

The competition is to offer:
An opportunity to      connect with sports enthusiasts worldwide;

Respectful      competitiveness

Professional      referees;

Live broadcast of      every game on "Hercules Sports"  platform;

A chance for you to      showcase your football talents;

A chance to be      featured on Hangzhoufeel, the official English media of Hangzhou;

Prizes      for the Champion, runner-up, third runner-up, fourth prize, and best      scorer individual award.

Competition details:
Date:April 19 : Opening Games

April 26 : 2nd Group Stage games

May 1st: last group Stage game

May 3rd: Semi-Finals

May 5th: Final and 3rd place games

Venue: 

Hangzhou Qiantang Roller Skating Center Football Field

Target audience: 

Teams and players from around the world

Organizer: 

Zhejiang Hercules Football Club

Co-organizer: 

Yufan Sports 

Media partners: 

Hangzhoufeel

Hangzhou Hercules Sports

Principles for inviting participating teams:
Foreigners from all over China are invited to participate in your country's team freely.

Your team should have no more than 25 players, with 1 team leader, 1 coach, and 1 sportsmanship supervisor；

There is a specific requirement for countries outside of Africa that want to join: the team must be identified as representing an African country, and at least a few players on the team must be from that country. For example, consider a team that uses the name Algeria. This team has a few players from Algeria, but  the rest of the players are from countries that are not in Africa；

The invitational tournament will be divided into two groups (see the table below for the specific schedule).

Fee and penalties:

The registration fee of each team is 2500 yuan, and if there is a red and yellow card in the game, it will be punished according to the yellow card of 50 yuan and the red card of 75 yuan.

Yellow cards and red cards are not cumulatively suspended. If the team abstains from the competition, the registration fee is non-refundable. If a team cancels a game, the remaining games are not allowed to be played again by that team. The team leader, coach, and the team will be banned for one year.
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