Mannheim, July 2 -- A German-Chinese under-16 football tournament will take place in Mannheim this August, with about 10 teams expected to participate, organizers announced Tuesday.
The 8th German-Chinese U16 Football Tournament is scheduled for August 19-23 at the Seppl-Herberger Stadium, located within the grounds of local club SV Waldhof Mannheim, according to a press release from the Society for German-Chinese Friendship in the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region.
Organizers expect four to five Chinese teams and five German teams, including sides from Heidelberg and Stuttgart, to compete in the tournament. Felix Kurz, chairman of GDCF MRN and one of the project's initiators, said the event aims to promote "personal encounters between peo...