February 17, 2022 Shandong Amateur Football Super League will be in Tai'an Zulai Mountain Wenhe Scenic Area Football Park, from the province's eight teams, the Tai'an River and Zibo Beacon, Zaozhuang 80 Athletics, Dongying wind grouping, Coach Zhang Ming said, "This game we Tai'an River as a team, absorbed a lot of Tai'an amateur soccer's best players, we mainly learn, and try to show the Tai'an amateur soccer level and style."
Shandong Amateur Football Super League, referred to as "Shandong Amateur Super League", was established in 2015, since nine years, the scale of Shandong Amateur Super League has been gradually expanding, and the tournament system has been gradually improved. As the highest level of amateur soccer in Shandong, "Shandong Amateur Super League" has been committed to providing a good platform for amateur soccer enthusiasts in the past nine years, and has successfully built a bridge from amateur soccer to professional soccer, which is the only exit for amateur soccer teams to enter professional soccer league, and recommends the champions to participate in "China Football Association Member Association Champions League". It is the only outlet for amateur soccer teams to enter the professional soccer league, recommending the champion to participate in the "China Football Association Member Association Championship League", and then enter the second division of Chinese soccer.
The first professional soccer team in Tai'an, Tai'an Tianfu, has participated in the "Shandong Industrial Super League" many times and qualified for the Champions League, and in 2021 successfully entered the B. Now, the "Shandong Industrial Super League" comes to Tai'an, eight teams compete for the championship, and compete for the qualification of the Champions League in 2023. In the afternoon of 16th, the match draw ceremony was held, 8 teams are divided into two groups, specifically: Shandong University A group, Yantai Hengkun, Shandong Qingze, Linyi Red Arrow, Tai'an Dahe B group, Dongying chasing the wind, Zaozhuang 80 Athletics, Zibo Lighthouse.
According to the arrangement, the tournament was held from February 17th to 22nd, with a cross-elimination tournament after the group stage, and the champion was decided on the 22nd. In response to the highlights of the tournament, Dai Yige, Deputy Director of the Social Soccer Department of the Shandong Football Association, said, "Shandong University's soccer team is the first university soccer team since the Industrial Super League of all times. We also hope that more high-level college soccer teams will participate in future tournaments and then open the way for colleges and universities to participate in professional leagues through the Industrial Super League. In addition, in terms of referee selection, it includes three active Chinese Super League referees and five Chinese League A and B referees to ensure the fairness and impartiality of the matches."
The game was arranged in Taian Zulai Mountain Wenhe Scenic Area Football Park, which is also the first time Taian organized "Industrial Super League". Talking about the game, Ma Dengfeng, Minister of Culture and Tourism Development Department, said: "As the future of the city's popularity gathering place, sports parks to sports complex transformation is a trend, cultural scenic area to industrial super league as an opportunity to further accelerate the construction of the national sports base, the introduction of high-quality businesses such as Tai'an Huawei, the sports park upgraded, to become a sports center, public sports parks, and strive to become a permanent venue for the industrial super league. permanent venue for the Industrial Super League. We have also explored a sustainable development model to promote the Tai'an sports industry on the road to long-term development."
