The
3x3 World Champions Basketball Tour Finals kicked off on Friday in the presence
of Deputy Sports Minister Badr Al-Qadi.
The
organization of the event, which falls under the "Quality of Life"
program, is part of a series of international sports events and tournaments
hosted by Saudi Arabia in various games and sports, in order to achieve the
objectives of the Kingdom's Vision 2030, and to increase interest in various
games.
The
start of the tournament on its first day witnessed the presence of Hamani Niang,
President of the International Basketball Federation, and Dr. Ghassan
Tashkandi, President of the Saudi Basketball Federation, in the presence of
Ignesu Serrano, Head of the 3x3 Activities Department at the International
Basketball Federation, where the matches of the first day enjoyed an exciting
and strong competition between the teams. Participation in the four groups to
reserve the qualifying seats for the playoffs of the tournament, which will be
played on Saturday.
According
to the tournament system, the first and second places in each group qualify,
and the Jeddah team, the representative of Saudi basketball, will compete in
the finals in the second group, along with the Serbian Ob and San Juan of
Puerto Rico, while the first group included the Riga team from Latvia, the
defending champion, the American team Princeton, and the Swiss Lausanne, The
Serbian Lehman, Lithuanian Shakai and Russia's Gagarin came in the third group,
and the fourth group included the Belgian teams Antop and Amsterdam.
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