Hanover, May 22, 2024 - The Wolfsburg United Cup, which is organized annually by VfL Wolfsburg, took place for the third time in mid-May at the Shanghai Jing'an Sports Center. A total of 19 teams took part in the tournament, including Linglong Tire with employees from China, Thailand and Europe, who only had to admit defeat to the FAW-Volkswagen team in the final after a great fight.
The Wolfsburg United Cup is organized by the VfL Wolfsburg office in Shanghai for the partners based in China, including Linglong Tire and numerous teams from Volkswagen Group China. In addition to the active athletes, the small-field tournament also attracted several hundred spectators, including Wang Feng, the CEO of Linglong Tire.
Wolfsburg United is a joint project between Volkswagen AG, terre des hommes and VfL Wolfsburg, which has been running this globally unique project in the football business since the beginning of the 2012/2013 season. With the help of the Wolfsburg United project, football concepts have been promoted in China and Germany in recent years and the sporting and cultural exchange between the two countries has been promoted.
Linglong Tire has been involved with VfL Wolfsburg since 2014 and is currently a top partner, official tire partner and sleeve sponsor for the former German champion and cup winner. As an official climate team partner, climate protection measures are implemented together with other partners to keep global warming below the critical limit of 1.5 degrees. As a Wolfsburg United Partner, Linglong Tire supports further national and international CSR projects of VfL Wolfsburg.