JAKARTA – The International Youth Championship (IYC) tournament will be held April 13-19 2022 after being delayed due to COVID-19. This championship will be a series of Soft Launching Jakarta International Stadium (JIS).
The IYC event is a continuation of the International Youth Cup event which in 2019 had been held in Bali. For this year, Barcelona U-18 and Atletico Madrid U-18 will enliven the IYC event with the local Bali United U-18 team and Indonesia All-Star U20.
"Hopefully this international-scale activation can be a sign that Jakarta is ready to host international events again", said Director of the Jakarta Experience Board (JXB), Novita Dewi, in a press statement received by VOI.
The IYC event and the Soft Launching of JIS Malam #StadionKita are a series of events aimed at introducing the Jakarta International Stadium as a new symbol of collaboration, inclusiveness, sustainable urban regeneration, and the economic revival of the city of Jakarta.
Soft Launching JIS Malam #StadionKita with International Youth Championship will be the first activation at Jakarta International
Stadium. The stadium which is managed by Jakarta Properti (Jakpro) is a FIFA standard stadium with a capacity of 82,000 seats.
Novita said that the Soft Launching of JIS Malam #StadionKita is a good signal for the tourism industry. The pandemic situation in Jakarta, which is getting better, also supports this activity as well as being a sign that Jakarta is ready to host international events again.
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"This event is also a form of our participation to prove Indonesia's readiness to host the U-20 World Cup in 2023. Thank you for the trust given to us to organize this international event", he said.
Jakarta International Stadium is part of the transformation of the city of Jakarta which offers a new experience for all elements of society. The existence of JIS as a new icon in Jakarta is expected to attract tourists and business actors in the field of performances and sports.
JIS is equipped with several excellent features, such as two training fields with the same grass quality as the main field, namely hybrid grass, 52 corporate box rooms, a 70-meter sky view deck, press conference & media room, home & away player changing rooms, to a concourse that has the motive towards the Qibla to make it easier for Muslims to still be able to worship while in the stadium.
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