Doha: Several outfits with a flavour of Qatar’s top-notch players will be seen in action at the 3x3 Basketball tournament to be held on a special portable basketball court inside the 01 Mall in Ain Khalid starting this weekend.
QSports and Qatar Basketball Federation (QBF) are once again collaborating to host a unique tournament scheduled from March 10-12.
Organised by QSports, “The 01 Mall Novo Cinemas 3x3 Basketball Tour” has been created as part of series of Doha 3x3 tours that will be organised throughout the year.
The 3-day tournament is open to the general public and will feature up to 32 teams in each of the 3 divisions—Open, Classic and Women’s.
The Open division is for the competitive players while the Classic division has a height restriction of 5’ 11”.
Players from the Qatar National Women’s basketball team are also participating with one professional women player allowed in any women’s team. Games are expected to begin at 7:00pm on the first day of the event while the finals will start at 8pm on the concluding day.
“With technical assistance from the QBF, the tournament will be uploaded on the FIBA 3x3 Planet and teams will be ranked based on their participation levels” says Issam Al Sarout of the Qatar Basketball Federation.
The tournament’s popularity is growing as over 30 teams have already registered in the first week of registrations.
Plenty of activities and surprises await the spectators, especially kids and families, with prizes and special discounts at the 01 Mall. On lookers can compete in free throw and short competitions and win gift vouchers from Mall shops such as Dominos, Kebabs N Curries, Mega Mart and Suleiman Jewellers. Kids and families
One of the highlights will be 3 exhibition games on Saturday that will feature kids from the QSports Basketball Academy, QB Hoops Academy and BE Basketball Academy.
Coach Yusef Aziz of QSports Basketball Academy says: “It’s a great opportunity for young players to witness such competitions for motivation and learn valuable skills by being a part of such tournaments.”
Wassim Soubrawa, Chief Operations Officer of 01 Mall further said: “We are excited to promote grass roots sports in Qatar and are delighted to host the 3x3 basketball at 01 Mall.”The Peninsula
