Ghana to host FIBA Africa Zone 3 U-16 Championship

GHANA is set to host the International Basketball Federation(FIBA)Africa Zone 3 U-16 Boys and Girls Championship at the Multipurpose Hall of the Borteyman Sports Complex in Accra from November 15 to 21.

The competitors, which is anticipated to offer a platform for emerging basketball skills from getting involved nations to display their abilities, will include 7 federations from FIBA Africa Zone 3(FAZ3), specifically Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo and host country Ghana.

Each group will make up 12 gamers, 3 group authorities and an accompanying referee, with age eligibility checks and compliance with FIBA’s worldwide basketball guidelines forming part of the competitors plans.

In all, the competition is anticipated to include 14 groups and bring in more than 250 gamers, coaches, referees, authorities and administrators for the five-day occasion.

A member of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the champion, Madam Aurora Commodore, informed Times Sports the other day that her attire was working together with the FIBA Africa Competitions Department to guarantee the effective organisation and shipment of the competition.

“In June 2023, we effectively hosted the FIBA Africa U-16 Boys and Girls Zone 3 certifying competition at the Eden Heights Sports Complex in Weija, and we are anticipating structure on that experience with this champion,” she stated.

According to her, basketball is acquiring momentum in Ghana, with growing youth involvement, broadening competitors and increasing global direct exposure. She revealed the hope that the upcoming competition would even more improve the development of the sport in the nation.

She likewise exposed that getting involved nations were anticipated to get here on November 15, with the technical conference set up for the early morning of November 16.

Madam Commodore even more kept in mind that a FIBA Africa Zone 3 General Meeting and Congress would be hung on November 21, bringing the Zone’s administrative activities into focus.

“The conference will combine agents of basketball federations and crucial stakeholders to talk about the sport’s administration, advancement and future instructions throughout Zone 3, leaving a long lasting effect on young gamers and the broader African basketball neighborhood,” she showed.

BY RAYMOND ACKUMEY

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