On October 24, the 2026 Dongrun Cup National Youth Football Finals and Award Ceremony concluded successfully at the Beijing Workers' Stadium. As the top strategic partner of the Dongrun Cup, BYD witnessed campus football youths pursuing their dreams on the green pitch at a national-level professional venue.
A total of 22 campus teams selected from more than 20 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities and 352 schools gathered in Beijing to begin intense single-elimination matches, with each team fighting hard to charge toward a place in the final. That evening, the highly anticipated final kicked off at the Beijing Workers' Stadium, where Tsinghua University High School and Shijiazhuang No. 2 Middle School Experimental School went all out, with tight attacking and defensive rhythms, staging a high-quality campus football showdown. At the final whistle, Tsinghua University High School won 2-0 to claim the championship of this year's Dongrun Cup.
As the tournament concluded, the award ceremony began immediately. A referee representative read out the competition results, and awards were presented in sequence for Best Goalkeeper, Best Scorer, Best Player, as well as the championship, runner-up, and third-place trophies and prize checks. Kong Dongmei, founder and chairwoman of the Dongrun Foundation, and Li Yunfei, general manager of BYD Brand and Public Relations, attended to present awards to the winning teams and individuals, jointly witnessing the glorious moments of the youths.
"We cannot play on their behalf, but we can bring them to the venue." Li Yunfei, general manager of BYD Brand and Public Relations, once said at the signing ceremony between the two sides that the Dongrun Foundation's decade-long long-termism in deepening youth public welfare aligns perfectly with BYD's philosophy. Football has no boundaries, and the pitch does not distinguish between big or small; we hope Chinese football youths can see a bigger world, and we also strive to build a local stage for them to showcase their passion.
Previously, BYD has continuously supported youth training projects such as Chinese Football Young Players and Open Trials for the Future, organizing more than 200 football youths to travel around the world, visit overseas powerhouse clubs, and attend international tournaments such as the European Championship and the World Cup, helping promising football youths go abroad and broaden their international horizons.
This time, partnering with the Dongrun Foundation to host the Dongrun Cup is another practice by BYD in supporting the development of youth football. It aims to build a competitive stage for the vast number of football youths across the country's campuses, giving more young people who love football the opportunity to showcase themselves. Following the patterns of youth football development, BYD is willing to invest for the long term and continue to provide support, looking forward to more football youths continuing to grow on the green pitch and heading toward farther football fields.
