Pocari Sweat "3 on 3" Basketball Tournament 2008

A match of the Pocari Sweat  "3 on 3" Basketball Tournament 2007 in  Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou. (Sohu.com)

When: July 26 and 27
Where: Tianhe Sports Center, Tianhe Road, Guangzhou

Categories: Men's, Women's, Junior middle school students and Senior middle school students
Awards: Cash and prizes

How to participate: Those who are interested can pick up registration forms at the Basketball Club at Tianhe Sports Center or at any OK stores in Guangzhou. Registration forms are due by July 18.

Co-organizers: The Guangdong Basketball Association and Tianhe Sports Center
Sponsor: Otsuka Sims (Guangdong) Beverage Co., Ltd.

Crowds of participants come in the venue of  the Pocari Sweat  "3 on 3" Basketball Tournament 2007 in Guangzhou. (Sohu.com)

This popular annual event now heads into its third year since its inception in 2006. Over 1,000 people and more than 250 teams took part in each of the previous two sessions.

Basketball is a favorite local sport in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, which boasts the Guangdong Hongyuan Team, professional champions of China's Basketball Association (CBA).

The Tianhe Sports Center is the most popular venue for both Chinese and foreign basketball lovers in Guangzhou.

"3 on 3" basketball matches originated in the United States in the 1990s but have since boomed in China, mainly in big cities, in recent years. The first "3 on 3" basketball tournament in the country was held in Guangzhou in 1995.

(By Ronald Li and Stephen Roach)

Source: Lifeofguangzhou.com

Editor: Ronald Li