Asia’s largest youth football tournament is set to welcome the greatest number of teams in history – a record 500 registered teams from 16 nations.
Venue: Across 5 locations in Singapore
Date: 28 to 31 Mar 2024
Time: Various timings
Fee: TBC
JSSL Singapore Professional Academy 7s Returns For The 10th Year - With Its Biggest Edition Yet!
The JSSL Singapore Professional Academy 7s will celebrate its 10th anniversary in style with its biggest edition yet. Asia’s largest youth football tournament is set to welcome the greatest number of teams in history – a record 500 registered teams from 16 nations will participate in the event held across five venues in Singapore from 28 to 31 March 2024. All teams will also get to play more matches and enjoy increased game time this year.
Pro Teams
Photo Credits: JSSL Singapore Professional Academy 7s 2023
Defending champions in both the boy’s and girls’ Pro categories Valencia CF will return to defend their crown, but they face fierce competition along the way from teams hailing from all over the world including Portugal, Spain, Australia, Japan and Thailand.
The pro teams competing in this year’s tournament are:
Boys
- Everton FC
- Sporting Lisbon
- Valencia CF
- Melbourne City
- Urawa Red Diamonds
- Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT)
- JSSL FC
Girls
- Valencia CF
- Sporting Lisbon
- Villareal
- Omiya
- Chonburi FC
- Persib Bandung
- JSSL FC
Tournament Rules & Regulations
Promising youth footballers aged six to 16 from around the world will take part in the tournament, which comprises four girls’ and 11 boys’ age groups. Teams are divided into groups of seven/eight teams, where all teams play each other once.
Following that, the top four teams of the group will qualify for “Cup Knock Out”, while the remaining teams in the group will qualify for the “Plate Knock Out” stages.
The tournament is played under all applicable FIFA rules. All matches are 25 minutes each with no half-time.
All finals will be played at HQ Arena in Woodleigh on 31 March 2024 with Guest-of-Honour and former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy present to hand out the trophies.
