a basketball feast at home! 2024 "belt and road" china-europe basketball championship cup ignites chongqing
2024-09-03
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on the evening of august 31, with the final whistle, the three-day 2024 "belt and road" china-europe basketball championship cup came to an end at the yubei gymnasium.
starting from august 29, liaoning shenyang sansheng flying leopards club (liaoning bengang) and zhejiang chouzhou jinzu club, croatia osijek basketball club, and russia vladivostok dynamo club launched six fierce competitions in three days, allowing more than 15,000 fans from all over the world to experience the high-level head-on collision between cba league clubs and european professional basketball clubs up close.
the event is jointly hosted by chongqing sports bureau and yubei district people's government, and undertaken by chongqing basketball sports management center, chongqing yubei district sports development center and handong sports media (beijing) co., ltd. it is the highest-level intercontinental club basketball event currently held in china. it is of great significance to promote exchanges and cooperation in china-europe basketball, promote the sustainable development of urban regional economy, and boost the development of basketball in the city and even the whole country. the event has been successfully held twice in 2019 and 2023. this year is the third time that chongqing has held this event.
▲the competition scene. photo taken by reporter yang xiao and intern xu qian
in the first two days of the game, the players shuttled around like cheetahs. every game was full of collisions of power and speed. every accurate shot and every fierce confrontation made the audience excited.
this tournament is a points system. after the first five fierce matches, zhejiang chouzhou golden leasing has two wins and one loss, croatia osijek has one win and two losses, liaoning bengang and russia vladivostok dynamo both have one win and one loss. in other words, the match between liaoning bengang and russia vladivostok dynamo on the evening of august 31 will determine the final champion.
at 7:30 that evening, the yubei gymnasium was bustling with activity. on the sidelines, fans in green jerseys had already gathered into a sea of energy, holding uniform cheering flags and looking forward to the start of this exciting match.
in this game, liaoning bengang was 4 points behind the opponent in the first quarter. in the second quarter, they started to exert their strength from the inside. players li xiaoxu and han dejun scored consecutively, and zhao luzhou made a quick layup... in a single quarter, they launched a 29-13 offensive wave and won by 16 points. at the end of the half, liaoning team had already surpassed the opponent by 12 points and the team had the initiative. however, in the last quarter of the game, liaoning team failed to withstand the opponent's fierce counterattack and finally lost the game with a score of 75:80.
▲the competition scene. photo taken by reporter yang xiao and intern xu qian
in the end, dynamo vladivostok of russia won the championship of this tournament, while zhejiang chouzhou financial leasing, liaoning bengang and croatia osijek took the second, third and fourth place respectively.
despite the loss, many liaoning bengang players performed well in the game and left an impressive impression. for example, zhao luzhou scored 13 points in the second quarter, showing his excellent scoring ability. another player, zhang junhao, also performed well on the offensive end. when he made a three-pointer worth a thousand golds to celebrate, the fans in the audience imitated his signature celebration.
when the russian dynamo vladivostok won the championship, the whole stadium was boiling. fans stood up and waved their cheering items, not only to send the warmest congratulations to the championship team, but also to feel proud of the competitive spirit shown by liaoning bengang.
after the game, liaoning bengang player yan shouqi expressed his deep gratitude to chongqing fans in an interview: "i started the game three days after resuming training. although my personal condition has not yet been adjusted to the best, there are so many fans supporting us at the scene, and their warm cheers gave us great motivation. chongqing is a beautiful city and the fans are enthusiastic, which makes me want to do it again."
it is worth mentioning that in addition to the exciting games, this china-europe basketball championship cup also planned a series of colorful sports exhibitions and fan interaction sessions. during the halftime break, fans enthusiastically took to the court to show off basketball skills such as dribbling, dribbling, and three-step layups, creating a basketball event full of passion and joy.
▲the competition venue was packed. photo by reporter yang xiao and intern xu qian
on the evening of august 31, the reporter also saw that mr. deng, a citizen, imitated the hook action commonly used by liaoning team's no. 55 player han dejun with his companions on the basketball court at the entrance of the stadium after watching the game. he said that he was very happy to see such a high-level game at his doorstep, and even the hot weather could not stop his ignited passion for sports.
in addition, during the event, hotels, restaurants, transportation and other related industries in yubei district all welcomed a peak in passenger flow. zeng rui from zigong, sichuan, said that he came for his favorite team and for chongqing: "after knowing that the game was held in chongqing, i bought the tickets in advance. i was so happy to be able to witness the wonderful performances of the players on the spot and eat all kinds of delicious food."
"as the link between the belt and road initiative and the yangtze river economic belt, chongqing has always been committed to building an open and cooperative platform to promote cultural exchanges and economic and trade exchanges. sports, as a universal language, can serve as a bridge for cultural exchanges and people-to-people exchanges." the relevant person in charge of the organizer said, "in the future, we will strive to build chongqing into a training and competition base for china-europe professional basketball clubs."
