On March 26th, 2024 World University Futsal Championship Warm-up and 2023 University Futsal Invitational Tournament opened in the gymnasium on Songjiang Campus of SUES. President Yu Tao gave the opening speech, Wang Hao, Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, kicked off the opening game, Xue Mingyang, President of Shanghai University Sports Association, announced the opening of the tournament, and Zhu Xiaoqing, Vice President of SUES, presided over the opening ceremony. Chen Hua, Director and Shi Duo, Deputy Director of the Department of Physical Education, Health and Arts Education of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, representatives of Shanghai universities, heads of relevant departments of SUES, and players from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Hunan Normal University, East China University of Political Science and Law and SUES attended the event.
The opening game was played between Hunan Normal University and the Electronic Science and Technology University, with Hunan Normal University winning 8-3. In the second game, SUES played against East China University of Political Science and Law, who had respectively won the first and second places in the just-concluded Shanghai University Futsal League. In the end, SUES won 9-5, ending the first day of the invitational tournament.
As a warm-up game for the 2024 World University Futsal Championship, this invitational tournament aims to provide opportunities for domestic university players to exchange and compete, while also testing and gaining experience in competition venues and event organization, in preparation for the upcoming 2024 World University Futsal Championship.