vox888 Over 30 years of commitment to developing Thai football by “Chang Natural Mineral Water” through “Chang U-Champion Cup Year 2”, one of the biggest university football competitions, competing for exclusive prizes and flying to experience world-class events in England as a team. vox888

For nearly 30 years, Chang Mineral Water has supported Thai football in various forms and continuously. Through continuous and systematic support for football competitions to raise the standard of Thai football and develop new players to strengthen the War Elephants team, along with creating football campaigns that meet the needs and create a cheering experience for football fans of all groups nationwide. The latest is the awarding of prizes that money cannot buy to inspire self-development into professional footballers in the campaign “Chang Sends the Chang U-Champion Cup Champion to England Year 2”, taking the Rattana Bundit University team, the champions of the “Chang U-Champion Cup Year 2”, to experience world-class football in England, such as training with coaches and playing against the U-21 team of Leicester City Football Club, watching 2 world-class matches on the sidelines, and rubbing shoulders with world-class players such as Jamie Vardy, etc., further emphasizing the commitment to strengthen the foundation and raise the standard of university football competitions to continuously increase in popularity, with the goal of pushing for it to become a national tournament in 2025.

Mr. Songwit Sritham, Senior Director and Chief Executive Officer of Chang Natural Mineral Water, said, “For almost 30 years, Chang has been committed to being a part of supporting and developing the football industry in order to raise the standard of Thai football to be recognized on a global level and to open up a football cheering experience that meets the needs of football fans in all groups, similar to the adjustment of the format of the “Chang U-Champion Cup” competition to be more fun and intense continuously, including giving the exclusive Dream Prize to the champion team to fly to experience world-class football in England, which helps raise the standard of university football competitions and creates good experiences and inspires university football players to become new blood War Elephants in the future. The goal is to expand the “Chang U-Champion Cup Year 3” competition, which will be held during January – March 2025, to be a national tournament ready to support university football teams from all over the country.”

For the “Chang Sends the Champion of Chang U-Champion Cup to England Year 2” award, Chang Natural Mineral Water has upgraded the exclusivity of the Dream Prize from last year to another level to welcome Leicester City’s return to play in the Premier League again. More than 50 players from Rattana Bundit University joined a trip to experience world-class football in England with influencers in the sports and entertainment industries. They had an exclusive meet-and-greet with world-class players from Leicester City Club, led by Jamie Vardy and coaches, and got to tour every corner of Leicester City’s stadium. They also got to train with Leicester City’s coaching staff and compete with the U-21 team at Seagrave Training Ground, the training ground of a top 3 club in England. This was a valuable experience that the whole team gained and brought back to further develop.

In addition, we also got to tour Anfield, home of Liverpool Football Club, and cheer on 2 popular football leagues in full force, including the Premier League match between “Leicester City”, who made a comeback to the top league again and is a world-class club supported by Chang, and “Everton”, which is also a world-class club supported by Chang. And the big match between champions of the UEFA Champions League between “Manchester City”, the champions of the English league, and “Inter Milan”, the champions of the Italian league. Finally, we had a London City Tour, checking in and taking impressive photos on the London Eye, a popular landmark for viewing from a high angle in London, including Big Ben, and tasting famous Chinese food at the “Gold Mine” restaurant. This was a dream prize and a truly valuable experience.

 Mr. Sarawut Ta-ae, sports lecturer and football coach of Rattana Bundit University, said, “I would like to thank Chang for organizing a great campaign to support young athletes by giving us a great opportunity. I feel that it was worth the wait and the hard work we put into training. The kids have opened their eyes to many new perspectives and had the chance to play at Seagrave Stadium, one of the top 3 training grounds in England, which is beautiful and excellent. I got to see it with my own eyes, and it was bigger and more magnificent than I had imagined. I got to experience and learn about other facilities from the perspective of professionals who helped with training, preparation, recovery, and nutrition for all the athletes. It was a very impressive trip.” 

 “Toomtam” Methee Sarakham, captain of Rattana Bundit University and striker of Lampang FC, said, “The experience I gained from competing with the U-21 team, some of whom are about to play in the senior team of Leicester City, is that they think fast and act fast, which makes them have to adjust their game all the time. We will definitely take this experience back to apply to develop the strength of the team, including the opportunity to cheer for two world-class leagues. I must say that this trip gave me a lot of football experience that money cannot buy. Thank you Chang for bringing our entire team to England this time. I would like to invite other university teams to join the competition in the third year to train hard. Next year, which is the third year, we will expand the competition nationwide. I must say that the Rattana Bundit team must come back to defend the championship.” 

Lastly, Leesaw-Teerapat Winothai, “Legendary War Elephants and owner of the “Man of The Match” channel, said, “This is the first year that I have joined the trip with the champion team of the Chang U-Champion Cup Year 2.” Let me tell you, I was excited even before the trip because each activity that Chang has prepared is an experience that every football player would definitely want to experience. Even I couldn’t resist and went down to join the Rattana Bundit team who were playing against the U-21 team of Leicester City. I would like to tell university football teams nationwide that “Chang U-Champion Cup Year 3” will be exciting. Please come and apply. I guarantee that it will be even more exciting. Follow more information on Facebook: Chang World.”

The path of determination of Chang Natural Mineral Water for almost 30 years has helped raise the level and drive Thai football to become the number one sport in the country by creating activities and campaigns with the Football Association of Thailand under Royal Patronage and partners from various sectors, from youth level, national level, including club teams in world-class leagues, including:

• Youth level: Chang Junior Cup competition, the biggest youth football competition in Thailand, which is an important foundation for developing the football industry into professional footballers, has been continuously organized since 2012 for the 13th consecutive year.

• University level: Chang U-Champion Cup, the greatest university football competition in Thailand, to inspire university footballers with an exclusive Dream Prize as a bridge to becoming professional footballers at club level, to the War Elephants, and to play abroad.

• Club/Professional level: Chang FA Cup, a knockout tournament with Thai clubs competing nationwide. Chang also supports over 30 football clubs in Thailand, such as Buriram United, Ratchaburi FC, Chonburi FC, etc. 

• National level: The Thai national team, the War Elephants, have continuously shown their outstanding skills and playing ability and have performed excellently in the Asian Football Championship, the Asian World Cup Qualifiers, etc. 

Until winning the hearts of Thai people all over the country. At the same time, Chang would like to invite Thai people to cheer on the new blood of the War Elephants competing in the King’s Cup, which will be held in Songkhla Province on October 11 and 14.

• International level: Supporting Leicester City, one of the world’s leading league teams, for the 6th consecutive year. ( vox888 )