Live broadcast bar, July 17 -on July 17, Beijing time, the opening ceremony of the national finals of China Life Insurance NYBO youth basketball open in the 2022-2023 season was held in Xianghe Sports Park Rizhao city in Shandong province. The total number of participating teams in this national finals is 442, with more than 4,000 players from all over the country, creating a new high number of participants in the competition. The scale of participation and the excitement of the competition can be called “less BA”.
Lu Hao, initiator of NYBO youth basketball Open, Roger, vice chairman and secretary general of China sports goods industry federation, Zhang Yong, director of training department of China Basketball Association, Song Xiaobo, director of Youth Committee of China Basketball Association, Fang Liang, general manager of China region of International Basketball Federation, han Qi, vice president of NBA China, chairman of Fujian Basketball Association, Liu Yudong, president of basketball association of Shandong province, Gong Xiaobin, vice president of National Basketball Institute, and Liu Xinyan, general manager of sports division of Shandong Langchao Wisdom Tourism Industry Development Co., Ltd; zhang Jinmei, member of the Party group and vice mayor of Rizhao municipal government, Lu Wei, secretary and director of the party group of Rizhao Municipal Sports Bureau, Changsheng Yuxiang, secretary of the Party Committee and director of Rizhao city investment group, secretary of the Party Committee of China Life Rizhao company, general manager Dou Shiquan and other leading guests attended the opening ceremony of the national finals. Liu Yudong, the first member of China’s Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame youth basketball open, announced the opening of the national finals of NYBO youth basketball open.
The theme of this national finals is “big scene, peak see”, which aims to create a grand scene of small basketball matches belonging to teenagers, allowing basketball teenagers from all over the country to show their skills and communicate with each other in the finals, grow together. The opening lighting show was brilliant, and the diabolo acrobatic performance was amazing. Chinese, the title sponsor, came to CBA midfield show with the same RAP performance longevity decoration stripe.
Zhang Jinmei, vice mayor of Rizhao city, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony. Welcome to the beautiful seaside city Rizhao! In recent years, with the care and support of China Basketball Union provincial sports bureau, the 25th Shandong provincial games and the 2023 International Basketball Federation three-person Basketball National League and other major events have been successfully held, and basketball has become the “new business card” of dynamic sunshine “. NYBO youth basketball open “to educate people through competition”, Rizhao city will present a successful, wonderful and unforgettable basketball event with first-class venue facilities, first-class competition organization and first-class service guarantee, make every effort to create a platform for teenagers across the country to show their talents and realize their dreams!
Lu Hao, the initiator of the NYBO youth basketball open, introduced that this was the largest number of participants in the NYBO national finals over the years. He said: “The organizing committee advocates safe competition, civilization competition, civilization competition and civilization competition, let’s work together to build a safe and civilized competition, so that basketball teenagers can gain growth in the stadium.” Lu Hao said: at present, the development of basketball and various basketball events in China is in full swing. NYBO should also seize the opportunity to strive to promote the development of “less BA” and expand the youth basketball population.
Zhang Yong, Minister of Training Department of China Basketball Association, said in his speech that he was glad to see the Chinese youth basketball competition showing a thriving scene. He hoped that NYBO would let more teenagers who love basketball participate in the competition, enjoy the happiness brought by the basketball game!
Song Xiaobo, director of the Youth Committee of China Basketball Association, initiated the initiative of civilized competition and civilized competition. She strongly agreed with NYBO’s concept of “educating people through competition and witnessing growth” and emphasized returning the youth field to the children. Children abide by the rules on the court, so as to learn to obey the law and respect the rules. The competition also enables children to learn to face winning and losing correctly, especially how to face failure with dignity and dignity, which is a valuable experience that cannot be learned from books.
As a partner of FIBA China, NYBO and FIBA China are working together to promote youth basketball. Before the opening ceremony, CBA players Zhang Zhaoxu, Shangping, Zhang Zhennan and small players experienced the FIBA skill challenge together, they completed five tasks in the form of a team, including stable passing, efficient layup, fengshui ball skills, short-distance projection, and accurate long-shot.
At the opening ceremony, NYBO All-Star performance competition (U10 group) was set up for the first time. More than 10 small players came from all over the country. This season, they have achieved good results in the competitions in each division, “scoring king”, “Top ten balls” and “rebounder”, everyone is a small star. During the half-time break of the performance competition, guests such as Song Xiaobo, Liu Yudong and Lu Hao also participated in the shooting assistance of the All-Star game.
The national finals are divided into 8 groups including U6, U7, U8, U9, U10, U11, U12 and U14. There are 4049 small players in 442 teams, including 100 teams in U10 group, u8 group has a total of 91 teams.
The small players will play a seven-day battle in four venues of Xianghe Sports Park, Donggang District Sports Center, Rizhao Experimental Senior High School and Rizhao No. 1 Middle School on July 18-24. The competition will be divided into two stages, more than 2000 games are expected to be held.
In recent years, Rizhao city has always adhered to the people-centered development thought, devoted itself to building a “modern coastal Sports City”, and newly renovated 22 large-scale stadium such as Kuishan sports center, tennis center and Xianghe Sports Park, the per capita area of sports venues reaches 4.79 square meters, which is located in the advanced ranks of the country. It has successively undertaken more than 200 national and provincial sports events and successfully established it as a national model city for national sports fitness, a national pilot city for sports consumption and the top ten destinations for China’s sports tourism. Since this year, it has successfully held high-level competitions such as the three-person basketball U23 National League and the National Track and Field Grand Prix of the International Basketball Federation, and the business cards of sports events have become increasingly polished. Sports have been deeply integrated into citizens’ daily life and become an important cultural symbol of sunshine.
The grand curtain of the national finals of China Life Insurance NYBO youth basketball open in the 2022-2023 season has been opened, and small players from all over the country will learn from each other and grow together here. The final and closing ceremony will be held on July 24, and the award ceremony for each group of champions and individual awards will be held. Let’s wait and see who the champions of each group will fall!
About NYBO junior basketball open:
NYBO Youth Basketball Open (National Youth Basketball Open) was founded in September, 2017, and came into being under the guidance of the National Sports General Administration’s Youth Sports “the 10th Five-Year Plan” and the Chinese Basketball Association’s “small Basketball Rules, it was jointly supported by the youth sports department of the State General Administration of Sports and the Chinese Basketball Association. The event adheres to the purpose of “Let children who are not the school team also have formal competitions to play”. Through the competition every weekend and the arrangement of events lasting throughout the year, build a complete amateur basketball tournament system for Chinese basketball teenagers aged 4-16, promote the development of students’ body and mind and personality, and practice the integration of sports and education in depth.
Over the past six years, NYBO junior basketball Open has covered more than 170 competition areas nationwide. This season, NYBO has expanded the competition areas to Hong Kong and Macao, providing more than 70000 event services for more than 230000 teenagers. Yao Ming, chairman of China Basketball Association, sent a message to NYBO: “We all know that competitions are the best way to cultivate talents. We hope that more youth competitions like NYBO will emerge nationwide, I hope more children can get happiness and confidence from basketball matches. I hope to see the future national players take off from here.”
