On July 27, as part of the business program of the International Sports Festival "Russia – Africa", a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the National Student Football League was held. The participants of the meeting discussed the role of sports in the education system and the development of international relations. The discussion platform was held in the main building of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. The rector of SSU Aleksei Chumachenko took part in the meeting.
Alexey Nikolaevich made a report on the preparations for the NSFL home tournament with the participation of students of the Luhansk People's Republic in Saratov.
"It is very gratifying that after the pandemic years we have returned to the previous format of holding away tournaments in participating cities. Thank you for entrusting Saratov with hosting one of these tournaments and hosting teams from Sevastopol and Lugansk. We will try to organize a real holiday. The city and the university have experience in holding major sporting events. Come cheer for the teams," Alexey Nikolaevich said. According to the rector, the tournament is supported by the regional authorities. "The program of the tournament and the stay of the university teams has been compiled. We will provide a holiday for fans, students, and all residents of the city," A.N. Chumachenko added.
Four teams will take part in the tournament in Saratov: N.G. Chernyshevsky Saratov University, P.A. Stolypin Volga Region Institute of Management, Sevastopol State University and V. Dahl Lugansk University. The competition will be held on September 11-13.
Alexey Nikolaevich emphasized the important connection between Saratov and Sevastopol, and especially the Luhansk People's Republic, whose Svatovsky district is sponsored for our region. N.G. Chernyshevsky SSU closely cooperates with Lugansk State Pedagogical University, with which the university signed a cooperation agreement in January 2023.
Recall that the International Sports Festival "Russia – Africa", within the framework of which a meeting of the NSFL Board of Trustees was held, is held in St. Petersburg from July 23 to 28. As part of this event, a football tournament is being held between the teams of the Russian Federation and Africa. Among the foreign participants are the student teams of the Methodist University of Ghana, the University of Lagos, the University of Jos (both teams are from Nigeria), the Royal University of Applied Sciences and Technology, the Higher Institute of Technology and Agronomy of Health Mbuda (both from Cameroon) and the Private Pan–African Polytechnic University of Bamako (Mali).
