In the spirit of advocating the concept of healthy life, activating the cultural life of the community, and the purpose of making friends and strengthening the body, it is sponsored by the Canadian Alumni Association of Harbin Institute of Technology, co-organized by the Heilongjiang General Chamber of Commerce in Canada, and the International Youth UAV Association. It has won three levels of government, Supported by the Consulate General, numerous alumni associations, chambers of commerce, fellow associations, media, and volleyball hobbies, Maple Leaf Real Estate Canada’s first Lilac Cup Volleyball Tournament was successfully held on January 13 and 14, 2018 in York University Stadium.
On January 13, 2018, the opening ceremony of Maple Leaf Real Estate Canada’s first Lilac Cup Volleyball Tournament was held at York University Tait McKenzie Centre. Shaan Jinjun, president of the Canadian Alumni Association of Harbin Institute of Technology, said in his welcome speech that the Canadian Alumni Association of Harbin Institute of Technology hopes that through this Lilac Cup volleyball game, it can use the ball to meet friends, strengthen the communication, exchange and collaboration between local Chinese in Canada, and showcase Canada. The Chinese have a positive image; at the same time, we are particularly grateful to the three-level government, consulate general, sponsors, alumni associations, chambers of commerce, fellow associations, media, community volleyball fans and many volunteers for their support. The title sponsor, Maple Leaf Real Estate President Wang Zhu, said in his speech that as a Harbin Institute of Technology alumni, I am very happy to be able to name the Lilac Cup Volleyball Tournament. Maple Leaf Real Estate is very willing to do its best to enrich the community and serve the community; thanks to the active participation of the alumni associations and the hosting Fang’s hard work, I wish the Lilac Cup Volleyball a complete success. Subsequently, the chief referee of this volleyball match Zhang Qi read the rules of the game and swore an oath. He hoped that everyone would have friendship first, the game second, play style, and enjoy happy volleyball. Finally, with warm applause, all the guests jointly announced the start of the first Lilac Cup Volleyball Tournament of Maple Leaf Real Estate.
In this lilac cup volleyball match, there were 24 college alumni association teams from the Canadian Chinese college alumni association and 7 Open teams from local communities and colleges, a total of 31 teams participated. In order to allow all participating teams to fully enjoy the game, the organizing committee and the participating teams have fully communicated and arranged a schedule with the highest density and tightest schedule, which is called the most intensive schedule in history. In the entire 2-day schedule, 31 The teams compete for the championship of the Alumni Association Group and the Open Group respectively through round-robin matches.
At 10 am on the 13th, the first round of the round robin kicked off on time in 6 venues. The group round-robin schedule is intensive, and all teams need to use multiple round-robin points to determine whether they can enter the top 8 finals. After fierce competition in the round robin on the 13th and the morning of the 14th, the Taishan Panshi TV University team, the Dalian University of Technology team, the Tongji University team, the Nankai University team, the Peking University team, the Xi’an Jiaotong University team, the Tianjin University team, and the Jilin University team passed all the way. Reached the top 8 in the college group. The Four Seas Team, Lijia Real Estate Guangdong University United, Taishan Youth Team and China University United entered the top 4 of the Open Group.
In the final competition on the afternoon of the 14th, each of the top 8 teams in the college group was strong, and the competition was extremely fierce. After the round of finals, the Taishan Panshi TV University team won the championship and the Dalian University of Technology team won second place.
The Ji University team won third place. The fourth to eighth places are Nankai University, Peking University, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Tianjin University, and Jilin University. In the Open group championship, the Four Seas team won the championship, the Lijia Real Estate Guangdong University United team won second place, the Taishan Youth Team won third place, and the China University United team won fourth place.
At 4 pm on the 14th, the first Lilac Cup Volleyball Tournament of Maple Leaf Real Estate held a warm award ceremony. In the first Open group awards, Shi Ying, vice president of the Canadian Alumni Association of Harbin Institute of Technology, presented trophies and medals to the third runner-up Taishan Youth Team in the Open group. This time, A Liang, the general manager of the diamond sponsor Evergreen Decoration Company, was the runner-up in the Open group. The Guangdong University United Team of China Buying Property presented trophies and medals. The Consul of the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Toronto, Yang Baohua, who came to participate in the Lilac Cup volleyball match, presented trophies and medals to the Open Group champion Sihai Team. In the subsequent awards of the college group, Zou Yuefeng, vice president of the Harbin Institute of Technology Canadian Alumni Association, awarded the third place trophies and medals to the Tongji University team, and Shan Jinjun, the president of the Canadian Alumni Association of Harbin Institute of Technology, awarded the trophy to the college group runner-up Dalian University of Technology team. And medals, the title sponsor of this volleyball match Wang Zhu, president of Maple Leaf Real Estate, awarded trophies and medals to the college team champion, Taishan Panshi TV University.
The first Lilac Cup Volleyball Tournament was sponsored by Maple Leaf Real Estate; HP Flooring and Evergreen Decoration Company Diamond sponsors; Jadekey International Wellness, Bestshipper.ca Gold sponsors; Tina Li House Trading, Sportika, Rentfang.com Silver sponsors; CBS (CanedaBusinessService.com) Print sponsorship; Sponsorship of New Era Chinese School and Global Education Site; Special support from Canadian International Education Group, Y+S Plan-Design-PM, Heilongjiang Association. The event received strong support from Canada China Times, Canada China Online, North America Finance Network, Easy Canada, Star Life, Worry-Free Canada, WOWTV, Finance Weekly, Canadian Business Media, New Era TV and other media, as well as many hardworking volunteers. Thanks for this!
The first Lilac Cup Volleyball Tournament of Maple Leaf Real Estate was a complete success. While everyone enjoyed volleyball, met friends with the ball, and kept fit, there were too many touching stories in the game. For example, Li Yipeng, the original sponsor of the Renmin University team of Jiahua Automobile, has had volleyball experience on the university campus many years ago. However, with his love for the alumni association, he still took up the burden of forming the Renmin University volleyball team and trained before the game. Learned to serve and pass, learn to smash, save and block in official games, and lead the Renmin University team tenaciously to complete all the games with the captain Gong Yanwen, which fully reflects the spirit of active participation and exercise. Another example is the Dalian University of Technology team that won the runner-up in the college group. The main player Simon suffered an ankle injury on the first day. Lying on the nursing bed in the corridor, he did not forget to explain the details to his teammates for the rest of the game. For example, the cheering of the Peking University cheerleading team from start to finish resounded throughout the audience, becoming the most beautiful scenery in the stadium. For another example, in order to accurately check the placement of each ball, the young volunteers stood on the side of the stool to complete all the competition assistance. There are too many moving moments. The organizing committee tearfully thanked all the organizations and individuals who participated and supported it. Let us look forward to the second Lilac Cup Volleyball Tournament together!