Original title: Thousands of people staged an aerial football feast in Sai Rongcheng
The National Drone Football Competition Finals is the first drone football event in the world where thousands of people can compete together.
On February 7, the finals of the Geely Holding·Ablefly National Drone Football Competition kicked off at the Chengdu Airport International Conference Center. This science and technology sports feast brings together 1,116 domestic and foreign teams, and for the first time achieves the participation of tens of thousands of people around the world. In the unique form of aerial competition, it plays the strongest voice of the integration of science and technology and sports in Sichuan for thousands of years, and has become an important window for observing the pulse of urban innovation and low-altitude economic prospects.
Thousands of people compete together
“Aerial team battles” are unprecedented
After the opening ceremony, in the opening match, TEAM SINGAPORE from Singapore had a fierce confrontation with Chengdu Shuangliu District Lightning Meteor Team and Chongqing Yuanmeng Flying Team. The sense of competition and excitement of drone football shuttles, sharp turns, and interceptions in the air instantly infects on-site and online audiences. In various venues of the Chengdu Airport International Conference Center, hundreds of drones took off at the same time, and an unprecedented “aerial team battle” officially began.
As the first drone football event in the world with a scale of 10,000 people, this finals broke through the scale limit of traditional events, with 1,116 teams participating in this carnival of technological sports. The event adopts a step-by-step promotion and elimination system. From the group stage to the cross-elimination round to the final battle, 242 professional certified referees escort the entire process to ensure that the event is conducted in a fair and orderly manner.
At the scene, science and technology sports enthusiasts, young people and citizens from all over the country gathered together to experience the unique charm of this emerging sport up close and immersively experience the infinite possibilities of technology empowering sports.
Thousands of teams competing
The power of youth interprets the spirit of sports
In this grand event where thousands of people compete together, Sichuan local teams have become the absolute main force. The lineup of 1,046 teams demonstrates the deep mass foundation of drone football in Sichuan. As the first registration team, the Chengdu Electronic Information School team has grown all the way from the 2024 World Championships China Trials to the 2025 Shuangliu District Competition, witnessing the movement from a spark to a prairie fire.
The TEAM SINGAPORE team from Singapore has competed in many international competitions in recent years. This time they came to Chengdu with a father and son team. They said that Chengdu has a strong drone football atmosphere and they are very happy to be able to compete in Chengdu and meet new friends.
From teenagers to technology enthusiasts, from local elites to international powerhouses, players of different ages and regions gathered in Chengdu for drone football, sweating on the green fields in the sky, chasing their dreams, and using the power of youth to write a new chapter in technological sports.
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Chengdu Drone Games expected to be launched this year
Yesterday, at the National Drone Football Competition Finals, the main person in charge of the Chengdu Municipal Sports Bureau revealed that Chengdu is actively planning a Drone Sports Games and plans to launch it this year.
The main person in charge of the Chengdu Municipal Sports Bureau said that the National Drone Football Competition Finals deeply integrated sports rules and technological elements, which not only cultivated children’s interest in technology, but also verified the huge potential of the emerging industry track and mass sports. On the basis of hosting the National Drone Football Competition, Chengdu has set its sights on a broader field of drone sports. In addition to the drone football and drone racing that have already been implemented, the Drone Games that Chengdu is planning will launch more innovative projects, and new gameplay such as drone basketball and drone fencing are under preparation.
Exhibition and delicious food
The finals are equally exciting off the court
During the National Drone Football Competition Finals, a series of themed exhibitions were simultaneously unveiled: “Smart Sports·Rong Yao Future – Chengdu Smart Sports Construction Achievements Exhibition” systematically presented the technical support of smart sports data platforms and the practical implementation of diverse application scenarios; the host Shuangliu District, with the core theme of “Smart Airport, Happy Park City”, showed the dazzling report card of gathering more than 30 low-altitude economic enterprises and forming an industrial cluster of about 4 billion yuan, intuitively demonstrating the strong momentum of regional industrial development.
In addition to thematic exhibitions, this event also attracted active participation from representative companies in sports, technology, culture and other fields. Exhibiting companies span multiple industry tracks such as smart equipment, sports training, cultural tourism and consumption.
In addition, the event organizing committee also carefully created an exclusive “Food Carnival” activity area on the south side of the competition venue, gathering 21 high-quality catering and cultural and creative merchants to bring a double feast of taste and vision to the audience, and also added a different kind of warmth and vitality to this technological sports event. (Chengdu Daily Jinguan News reporter Chen Hao, Cheng Qilin, Lu Jiali, photography Zhang Qingqing)
date: 2026-02-08 00:54:00
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