2024 Shanghai Rising Star Basketball Championship will start in August
The 2024 Shanghai Rising Star Basketball Championship will be held from August 6th to 11th, and the Chinese National Youth Team will compete with youth teams from the United States, Japan and other countries.
There are 8 teams participating in this tournament, which will be divided into two groups, A and B. The top two teams in the group stage will advance to the semifinals, and the winner will compete for the championship. Yang Yibin, chairman of Shanghai Jiushi Sports Industry Development Co., Ltd., and Li Qiuping, a famous Shanghai basketball player, announced the group draw results of this tournament at a press conference on the 28th. The Chinese National Youth Team is in Group A with the Canadian League Honey Badgers, the Japanese B League U18 Elite Team, and the Shanghai Student United Team. The four teams in Group B are the Australian U18 Elite Team, the Utah Preparatory Academy Team, the Serbian Iguca Club, and the Shanghai Sharks Elite Team.
Yao Ming, chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, said in a video that this tournament brought together outstanding young players from many countries. It was a valuable opportunity for learning and exchange, as well as an opportunity to showcase basketball culture and enhance sports friendship.
Xu Jicheng, vice chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, said that such events provide a platform and window for young Chinese players to communicate with the world. Modern basketball is a sport that combines speed, skills and brains. Through the events, everyone can further explore the basic rules of basketball and inspire thinking.
A strategic cooperation agreement on "Building Xujiahui Basketball Ecosystem with Shanghai Stadium as the Core" was also signed at the press conference. Shanghai Jiushi men's basketball players Wang Zhelin and Li Tianrong were hired as event ambassadors. During the event, the Shanghai Basketball Association will also join hands with the basketball associations of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces to hold the Yangtze River Delta Basketball Association Summit and the Yangtze River Delta Children's Basketball Invitational Tournament.
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