Players compete during the men's football competition at the 15th Sports Games of Inner Mongolia. [Photo/Ordos Daily]

The men's and women's U17-18 football competition of the 15th Sports Games of Inner Mongolia came to a successful close.

After intense group stage matches, the teams from Hohhot city emerged as champions in both the men's and women's categories.

A total of 379 athletes from 11 teams participated in the U17-18 football tournament.

It observed a single round-robin format, followed by elimination matches based on the teams' rankings. The U15-16 competition is taking place from Aug 3 to 8, followed by the U13-14 competition from Aug 9 to 16, meaning the entire thing takes 19 days.