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1,791 kids enjoyed football in JFA Uniqlo Soccer Kids at the Kashima Soccer Stadium, Ibaraki

22 October 2014

1,791 kids enjoyed football in JFA Uniqlo Soccer Kids at the Kashima Soccer Stadium, Ibaraki

The JFA Uniqlo Soccer Kids is a series of fun football events where any children of age 6 and under can enjoy football. This year the event is held in 14 venues such as major domes and football stadiums all over Japan. 1,791 kids joined in this event which was held in Kashima Soccer Stadium on Sunday 19 October.

Comment

Ms. SUZUKI Hitomi, one of the parents of Meisyo Coconuts
I think it was a very good experience for our kids to play football in this stadium where you can’t usually enter. There are some young kids who do not understand the rules yet, but they looked as though they very much enjoyed running and chasing a ball in this event. We first got the information about this event from our nursery and we decided to join it for the first time. I was impressed by some of our girl players because they had not had particular chance to play football before, even though some of their older siblings play football, but enjoyed football as well as the other kids who already had football experience.

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Event Overview

Name of event JFA Uniqlo Soccer Kids in Kashima Soccer Stadium
Date Sun. 19 October 2014
Schedule AM session: Gate open 09:10 Opening Ceremony 9:30, Games from 10:00-11:55, Closing Ceremony at 12:05
PM session: Gate open 12:50 Opening Ceremony 13:00, Games 13:30-15:25, Closing Ceremony at 15:35
Venue Ibaraki Prefectural Kashima Soccer Stadium (26-2 Jinkouji Ushiroyama Kashima city, Ibaraki)
Form of game 8-a-side mini soccer festival
Size of pitch: 30m×15m (Total of 12 pitches)
Number of games per team: about 3 games
Duration of a game: 1st half 5 min, 2nd half 5 min
Target participants Preschool age children 6 years old or younger
Host organizations Japan Football Association and Ibaraki Football Association
Special sponsor Uniqlo Co., Ltd.
Associate sponsors The Ibaraki Prefectural Board of Education/Ibaraki Private Kindergarten
Association/Ibaraki Day Care Council/ The Ibaraki Shimbun/Ibaraki
Broadcast System/The Kashima City Board of Education/FM Kashima
Special guest Mr. AKITA Yutaka(former Japan International)

Soccer Families

 TeamsMenWomenTotal
AM Session 72 647 324 971
PM Session 72 546 274 820
Total 144 1,193 598 1,791
Spectators 3,761
Staff 190
Soccer Family Total 5,742

2014 Event Venue List

Sunday  8 June 2014 Fukuoka Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome  
Monda 21 July 2014 Aichi Nagoya Dome  
Monday 15 September 2014 Tokyo Tokyo Dome  
Sunday 5 October 2014 Iwate Iwate Sports Park Athletic Field  
Monday 13 October 2014 Toyama Toyama Athletic Recreation Park  
Sunday 19 October 2014 Ibaragi Kashima Soccer Stadium  
Monday 3 November 2014 Hokkaido Sapporo Dome For application
Sunday 16 November 2014 Miyagi Kesennuma Elementary School For application
Monday 24 November 2014 Saitama Seibu Dome For application
Saturday 29 November 2014 Kumamoto Kumamoto Sports Park Auxiliary field For application
Sunday 7 December2014 Okayama kanko Stadium For application
Sunday 21 December 2014 Yamaguchi Yamaguchi Kirara Memorial Park For application

Besides these events, the event in Osaka and Kanagawa is planned after January 2015.  The information will be available on JFA official site once the detail is fixed.

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