Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 25 (reporter Li Bowen) Yingfang China, the exclusive market partner of the China Basketball Union competition, jointly announced the competition plan of the 2018-2019 China three-person Basketball Challenge competition and the “I want to go to the Olympics” trials, with the comprehensive upgrade of brand promotion and digital registration system, both sides aim to build challenge competition as the only selection platform for China’s three-person basketball national training team.
Bai Xilin, secretary-general of the Chinese Basketball Association, said: “Thank you for the strong support of the provincial and municipal basketball associations and Yingfang China for the Chinese three-person Basketball Challenge competition and the” I want to go to the Olympics “trials. We hope that by building challenge competition into the only selection platform for China’s three-person basketball national training team, we will continue to practice basketball reform in the three-person basketball project, and truly promote the construction of a powerful basketball country with national fitness, in order to achieve the goal of “national fitness, national Olympics”, establish the connection from “national” to “Olympics”, and push the development of Chinese three-person basketball into a new era.”
It is understood that the challenge competition Competition Period in the competition system will span the whole year and be divided into two relatively independent national trials and a national finals. The first stage trials started from the provincial level competition in November, 2018 to the final of the component area competition and stage in May, 2019, with the participation of 29 fixed players organized by the Chinese Basketball Association. The second stage trials started from the provincial competition in June, 2019 to the final of the constituent area competition and stage in October, 2019. On the basis of the 12 fixed participating units organized by the Chinese Basketball Association, they fully mobilized social forces, open the entrance of the competition division, increase the coverage of basic competitions, provide promotion channels and participation opportunities for all kinds of three-person basketball competitions, and integrate them into the selection system of China’s three-person basketball national training team. The top three in each group of the two-stage trials will participate in the national finals. The champion team will receive a cash reward of up to 150000 yuan, and the individual single champion will also receive a cash reward of 10000 yuan.
At the press conference on the same day, the WeChat mini program “China three-person Basketball Challenge competition”, a digital registration system built by Yingfang China and China Basketball Association, was also unveiled. For the three-person basketball game, this is the first online customized digital registration system with social attributes. It only takes a few steps for the contestants to complete the registration. In addition, the system provides many rich functions with social attributes, such as player invitation, team formation, sign-in, team management, data query, exclusive data poster generation, entry certificate, picture display, social interaction, etc, provide users with new digital experience and services.
Zhao Feng, general manager of Yingfang China, said: “Yingfang China will devote its efforts to three-person basketball for a long time, hand in hand with all sectors of society, and jointly promote the development of three-person basketball in China under the leadership of China Basketball Association, to build a powerful basketball country.”
The predecessor of this event was the “I want to go to the Olympics” national three-person Basketball Challenge competition launched by the Chinese Basketball Association in 2017. After the three-person basketball became the official event of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Chinese Basketball Association was launched in accordance with the new situation. The competition is divided into male and female open groups and male and female youth groups according to age. All basketball enthusiasts can sign up for the competition.