On January 11, 2026, the final showdown of the "Huafa Cup 2025 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao University Football Championship" ended at the Soka Sports Training Base in Pingsha Town, Jinwan District, Zhuhai City.

After 90 minutes of peak competition, the University of Macau defeated City University of Hong Kong with a score of 2:1 and successfully won the overall championship of this tournament, and City University of Hong Kong won the runner-up. The third and fourth finals of Beijing Normal University Hong Kong Baptist University and the University of Hong Kong were also full of suspense, and the two sides drew 2:2 in regular time, and finally the University of Hong Kong won 4:3 on penalties and won the third place.

With the successful holding of the award ceremony, the football feast that lasted nearly five months and spanned Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao officially came to an end, writing a new chapter in the integrated development of youth in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area with "sports" as a bridge.

At 14:30 p.m. on the same day, the Soka Sports Training Base was full of people and flags fluttering, and offline audiences and online netizens focused on this ultimate showdown. In the championship and runner-up finals, the University of Macau and the City University of Hong Kong launched an "offensive and defensive feast": the University of Macau continued its strong performance in the semi-finals, controlling the rhythm of the field with accurate penetration in the middle and efficient wing cooperation, while City University of Hong Kong was not to be outdone.

At the final whistle, the University of Macau sealed the victory 2:1 and successfully stood on the top podium, and the arena instantly became a sea of joy and glory, and the players held high the trophy to celebrate, sending the most hardcore blessings to the 45th anniversary of their alma mater.

In the third and fourth place finals, Beijing Normal University Hong Kong Baptist University and the University of Hong Kong met again, although the two teams missed the championship, but still went all out to show their competitive style, the two sides had a tight offensive and defensive rhythm, wonderful cooperation emerged one after another, and the two sides drew 2:2 in regular time. In the penalty shootout, the University of Hong Kong players withstood the pressure and hit accurately to win the third place with a total score of 4:3, bringing a successful end to the tournament journey.

At the award ceremony, representatives of the organizers presented awards to the champions, runners-up and third team and individual award winners such as the best player and the best scorer.

The captain of the University of Macau could not hide his excitement after the game:

"This championship honor belongs to the persistence and dedication of every teammate, and it is inseparable from the support of teachers and students of my alma mater and fans in the three places! Today coincides with the 45th anniversary of the University of Macau, and we are honored and proud to win the championship for our alma mater on this special day.

From the group stage to the finals, Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao have the same roots, and football has made this connection closer. In the future, we will continue to convey the spirit of sportsmanship with this glory and unity, and contribute to youth exchanges in the Bay Area. ”

As an important youth sports exchange platform connecting the 15th National Games jointly organized by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, this year's Huafa Cup carries the mission of promoting regional cultural and sports integration and uniting the unity of young people, and is in line with the original intention of the first Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao University Science and Technology Achievements Investment and Trading Conference - scientific and technological achievements trading is a "hard-core" industrial connection, and football events are "soft" humanistic bonds, which complement each other and jointly inject momentum into the coordinated development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

The event is guided by the Guangdong Football Association, co-sponsored by the Zhuhai Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports, the Zhuhai Municipal Education Bureau, the Zhuhai Municipal Bureau of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs, the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, the Education and Youth Development Bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government, and Zhuhai Huafa Group Co., Ltd., supported by the Hong Kong University Sports Association, organized by the Zhuhai Sports Federation and Zhuhai Huafa Sports Operation Management Co., Ltd., and co-organized by the Zhuhai Campus Football Association. Since its launch in September 2025, the event has spanned three places and lasted for nearly five months, witnessing the running and hard work, laughter and growth of young students on the green field, which has not only become a stage to show the high-spirited style of young people in the three places, but also a vivid practice to promote the deep integration of culture, sports and education in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Coinciding with the first time that the 15th National Games was jointly hosted by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, with the theme of "Passionate National Games, Vibrant Greater Bay Area", writing a new chapter in the innovative practice of sports under the framework of "one country, two systems", the youth friendship and integration power accumulated by the Huafa Cup is a vivid echo of the concept of "hard connectivity, soft connectivity, and heart connectivity" of the National Games, injecting a vivid youth footnote into this national sports event.

In the future, in this vibrant hot land of the Bay Area, more young people will gather together because of love and cooperation, deepen their national identity and sense of belonging to the Bay Area under the inspiration of sportsmanship, and use the power of youth to write a wonderful answer sheet of "one family in the Bay Area", contributing to the construction of a sports power.