More than 700 players, selected in the provincial preliminaries, will compete in basketball, volleyball, tennis and track and field events.

An opening ceremony took place at the Sariwon Indoor Stadium on Tuesday.

Present there were Ri Il Hyok, secretary of the North Hwanghae Provincial Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, officials concerned, officials of the youth league, players and university students in Sariwon City.

Pae Chung Il, vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League, made an opening address.

Then, followed a women's volleyball game between North and South Hwanghae provincial teams.