Indigenous Peoples Champion League

February 26, 2022

Indigenous Peoples Champion League

An indigenous peoples champion league's logo (designed by Mr. SEV Bai)

IPC League is the most popular football league and the best-watched sports league in the indigenous communities. There are 12 football clubs are part of the league and they play more matches in home and away match format. According to the Indigenous federation, the Indigenous Peoples Champion League season runs from February to May for every year.

The Indigenous Peoples Champion League-IPCL is local competition, is known as an indigenous football tournament, which was established on 5 August 2020 in Oyadav district, Ratanakir province, Cambodia. The game was initiated by a group of indigenous guys as well as Mr. Romam Blen, Mr. Don Ratanak, Mr. Romam Fon, Sev Bai, Rocham Samoeun, and Romam Menh were co-founder of IPCL. This game is a football event that conduct by mixing indigenous peoples from different Jarai communities.

First football champion competition in 2020 in history of Jarai

The event was first held on 16-17 August 2022 at the Pa-Ar stadium base in Oyadav district. Therefore, there were only four football teams such as Chrong Village, Pate Commune, Borkham Commune and Porknhai Commune. Fortunately, Pate Commune Club was the champion and Chrong Village Club was the second good team in 2020.

Second season, was planning to conduct in 2021 at the Pa-Ar Stadium, but the federation of league has delayed because of Covid-19 was high spreading in the community. However, the second competition is starting conduct on 19 February 2022 at the Kongthom Stadium.

The purpose of game is to promote cooperation, understanding, solidarity, and engage relationship among indigenous community.

Committees and authorities were attended in the first day of competition in 2022

Recently, indigenous football (soccer) is the most popular in the Jarai local commuity. On the holidays, every young player, they usually play football to improve team solidarity and build strong connection with other communes. Football is very benefit for local people to improve mental health and physical health. Football not only to build communication and benefits for health, and it is also good thing for young people to avoid from drugs or do bad habits in the rural community.