The inauguration ceremony of Chenzhou Football Association was held on December 16, 2012, which marked that Chenzhou Football Association was officially founded and the football industry in Chenzhou stepped into the stage of better systematization and specialization. The first “FA cup” of football game kicked off on the same day.

15 football teams attend this game, and it will last for one month. Most of the matches will be held on weekends. The 15 teams were further divided into 3 groups to compete the first phase of group circulate round and second phase of knockout matches. According to the arrangement of the two phases, 38 matches would be carried out, among which 30 are first phase group matches and 8 second phase knockout matches.