THE CHINESE COMMUNITY CHALLENGE CUP
The Chinese Community Challenge Cup was founded in 2009 by Alan Lau. It was a one-day tournament that pits teams from across London's diverse communities in a 5-a-side competition against each other to win the coveted Chinese Challenge Cup.
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Initially, there were only 16 teams but it has since grown to a record 32 teams and 3 ladies teams.
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In 2017, the tournament expanded outside of London and held the first ever tournament within Manchester, with all profits raised going to the Manchester Chinese Centre. In 2018 this grew to include Birmingham, with all profits raised going to the Birmingham Chinese Community Centre.
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The tournament ceased to exist as of 2024.
The first tournament started in 2010 and had only 16 teams. It has grown every year and in 2016 there were 32 teams with over 350 participants and spectators involved. In 2015 the first ever Ladies tournament was held and was a major success! With the rise in popularity, the tournament had to be split up into several trophies, akin to The Champions League and Europa Leagues. We now also have the CCC Saucer and the CCC Ladle trophies. In 2017, the tournament spread to other parts of England! We will had two tournaments, one in London and the other in Manchester. The Cup semi-finalists of each tournament (a total of eight teams) competed against each other in one ultimate Super Cup! Think of this as The Confederations Cup and the London and Manchester tournaments are the regional championships. Every year we invited a special guest to present the winning award; so far we have had representatives from our sponsors & media partners, Miss China UK and Miss Pearl of Asia invited. In 2018, two senior representatives from the Chinese Embassy, Lu Hai Tian and Wang Xiao Wei, came and met the finalists at the London tournament. They then presented the trophies and prizes to the winners and runner-ups. Counsellor Lu Hai Tian said this after the final "I was very impressed with the event today and the teams played very well. It was great to come and see this". We do not believe in barriers in sports, so there is no limit to nationality, race or creed. Anyone and everyone is welcome to either take part, volunteer or simply just to watch!
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OUR CHARITY PLEDGE
The Chinese Community Challenge Cup is hosted and run by the Frank Soo Foundation.
We are dedicated to promoting Chinese and East Asian culture through sport and the CCC Cup is an annual charity football tournament designed to raise both money and awareness for the charities that we support.
Our pledge:
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To donate the profits from the CCC Cup events to the charities that we support.
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Raise awareness and promote these charities at all events.
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Raise the profile of Chinese and East Asian footballers in the industry and support them in their journey to follow Frank Soo's footsteps.
THE CHARITIES WE SUPPORT
Click on photo or text for more details on each charity.
