Between October 3 and 7, the first part of the German-Chinese football-exchange was held in Hennef, Germany, ending with a lot of culture, football and many new friendships.

For six days, the team of the Beihang University Beijing was in Germany and during these days played against teams of the German Sport University Cologne and a team by University of Marburg and University of Frankfurt.



"It was a great experience to see how the students interact with each other. On and off the court they have learned a lot of the other culture," Mr Christoph Fischer, Secretary General of the German University Sports Federation (ADH), explained. In addition to a reception of Colognes mayor Andreas Wolter, there were also a workshop of the national anti-doping agency and common trainings.



At the beginning the football team of the German Sport University Cologne played against the Chinese guests. The hosts won the match 5:1. In the second match, the teams of Frankfurt and Marburg met the players of Beijing. It took only nine minutes until the Germans were 2:0 in the lead, which topped up the Game for Chinese, resulting in the end result 4:4. The exchange was closed by a match against SSV Bornheim, also ending in a draw - 0:0.



The exchange program was realized in the context of the German-Chinese year of exchange and the International Day of University Sports. In December, there will be the second part of the exchange, when the German delegation will travel to China.

For more information, please see www.adh.de and www.sports.edu.cn.