(MENAFN- Arab Times) Team Egypt and Team Lebanon line up for their final game.
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 28: The British Academy of Sport (BAS) and the Romanian Embassy in Kuwait organized the Third International Basketball Tournament between various Embassies in Kuwait on Friday 25 November at the BSK Campus.
A total of 12 teams represented their countries: Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Great Britain, Greece, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Philippines, Romania, Serbia and USA. The opening ceremony saw the teams parade with their flags and mascots dressed in national costume past the reviewing stand of VIPs, seven Ambassadors, including HE the British Ambassador Matthew Lodge and the Patron of the Tournament HE the Romanian Ambassador Daniel Tanase. The captains drew the numbers, the games began and the spectators from the various communities spurred on their teams with a great sense of national pride.
It was an amazing day with very strong teams and challenging matches. The semifinals were played between Lebanon and Serbia and Egypt against Jordan. The winners of the 'Challenge Cup' were the Egyptian Team who won 4 rounds including the final game against the Lebanese Team.
The Director of British Academy of Sport, Lucian Anisia, the HR Director Adam Al Saleh joined HE the Romanian Ambassador on stage and the special Guest Faisal Buressli representing FIBA for a lively Presentation Ceremony when medals and gift bags were distributed to everyone. There was a tremendous roar of celebration from the partisan Egyptian supporters when Captain Ahmed Saqer held the Challenge Cup aloft.
The event was sponsored by: Platinum Sponsor ITL World Travel; Gold Sponsors KIA Motors, ABK and Decathlon and Silver Sponsor XA Athletics.
Since 2014 it has become a tradition at BAS to organize high caliber community sports events and invite all the Embassies to participate every February in a Volleyball Tournament and every November in a Basketball Tournament. Full details of all BAS courses, trips and events are available on Facebook at thebas.co or you can contact the Academy at 99458013. Be active, Be strong with BAS.
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