Nearly 1,500 athletes compete at the 2025 Youth Tug of War Championship

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The 2025 Rockstar Youth Tug of War Championship takes place from October 14 to December 5, including 8 competition stages, with 7 regional qualifying rounds and 1 final round, bringing together more than 100 teams, nearly 1,500 athletes and about 20,000 spectators at the competition venues.

This is the first time Vietnam has had a large-scale playground dedicated to students, workers and laborers - the core youth forces of society, with the message "Connecting youth - Enduring will" to spread the spirit of sports training, active living and community connection. At the same time, promoting traditional national culture through the tug of war game, one of the traditional rituals and games of Vietnam recognized by UNESCO as a representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity (in 2015). The game also aims to honor physical strength and spread team spirit, steadfast will and .

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Pham Ngoc Tuan - representative of the Organizing Committee said: "The tournament is not only a sports competition, but also an opportunity for young people to affirm their will, courage, solidarity and aspiration to rise up of Vietnamese youth. We hope that the tournament will become a real sports festival for Vietnamese youth in the near future."

The qualifying rounds will take place at Dai Nam University, University of Commerce,FPT Polytechnic College, Noi Bai Industrial Park (Soc Son), Tien Lang Stadium (Hai Phong), My Hao Cultural and Sports Center (Hung Yen) and Thai Nguyen University of Industry, which will also host the final round and closing ceremony.

The total prize value of the season is up to 540 million VND, along with more than 1.2 billion VND in gifts for the audience and sideline activities. Not only a competition venue, each stop is also a youth festival - where students and young workers can exchange, experience, and spread the spirit of "strength - perseverance - solidarity" of the new generation.

The Organizing Committee hopes that the tournament will become the largest annual mass sports activity in the country, contributing to preserving traditional cultural values while elevating tug of war to become a symbol of youth in the new era of the nation.