The route and venues for the new Chinese Super League (CSL) season have been up in the air due to the epidemic. Recently, there is news that Kunming has lost interest in hosting this season's Chinese Super League due to the pressure of epidemic prevention and control. To this end, the relevant personnel of the Chinese Football Association urgently went to Rizhao, Shandong Province to investigate the venue, and strive to finalize the new season as soon as possible, the three major competition area.
According to the latest news from Sohu Sports, the two tournaments in Meizhou and Dalian have been basically finalized. Meizhou has shown great enthusiasm for hosting the tournament, and with a little remodeling and packaging, the venues can be put into use. Dalian has first-class facilities and experience in organizing matches, so it is likely that Dalian will host both the Chinese Super League and Super League A this season. Kunming, which was originally scheduled to host the third tournament, has been a concern for the local government due to the pressure of epidemic prevention. After many rounds of negotiations, no consensus was reached, and the CFL had to find another way.
It is reported that the Chinese Football Association (CFA) and the Chinese Football League (CFL) have recently made a field visit to Rizhao, Shandong Province. Shandong Rizhao has remodeled a number of stadiums for the purpose of hosting the Shandong Provincial Games and has built the first professional soccer stadium in Shandong Province. In addition, the city has other soccer venues that meet the needs of training and competition.
In August this year, the 25th Shandong Provincial Games held in Rizhao, for which Rizhao has built a new main venue Kueshan Sports Center and professional soccer stadium Rizhao International Soccer Center, but also equipped with the Rizhao International Soccer Center training base, the National Forest Park Soccer Training Base and so on. Among them, Kueshan Sports Center and Rizhao International Football Center are equipped to host 11-a-side soccer games.
As the first professional soccer stadium in Shandong Province, Rizhao International Soccer Center can accommodate 12,000 spectators and adopts a mixture of natural grass and artificial grass planted turf, which is at the international leading level. In addition, it is equipped with a professional training ground. 2021, Rizhao International Football Center has successfully hosted the National Games soccer preliminaries and Youth Super League matches.
