The 2019 Basketball ** Cup qualifier draw ceremony will be held in Guangzhou Tower from 20:00 to 22:00 on May 7, 2017. This is the second basketball grand ceremony after the expansion of the Basketball League ** Cup, and its popularity is close to that of the Football ** Cup. .
Yesterday, the reporter interviewed the behind-the-scenes planners of this basketball festival to decipher the little-known inside story of the "Giant Conference". According to reports, basketball giants including FIBA Chairman Muratrey, Basketball Federation Secretary-General Bowman, Chairman of the Basketball World Cup Coordination Committee Shipley, the new Chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association Yao Ming and other basketball giants, as well as NBA star AK47 Kirilenko , Australian legend Andrew Gates and two mysterious active NBA star guests will appear in the draw. It can be said that this is the most influential sports-themed event undertaken by Guangzhou in recent years.
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In 2014, the Basketball World Cup replaced the World Championships as the top-level event of the Basketball Federation. Inspired by the Football Federation, the Basketball Federation is determined to make the Basketball World Cup a more inclusive, authoritative and influential basketball event, and it is imperative to expand the army. The 2019 China National Cup is the "first year of military expansion", and 32 teams will enter the finals.
Li Zhiqiang, vice-chairman of Guangzhou Sports Federation and executive vice-chairman of Guangzhou Basketball Association, said that the draw for the World Basketball Championships in the traditional sense is to group 24 teams according to the procedure. Although it is simple and clear, it lacks a sense of ceremony and lacks mystery and cultural entertainment. element.
The draw ceremony for the 2019 Basketball ** Cup qualifiers will be held at the Canton Tower from 20:00 to 22:00 on May 7, 2017. At that time, nearly 400 people from 75 countries and regions will attend the lottery ceremony. At the same time, this lottery ceremony will also be broadcast and publicized to all parts of the country through TV and online live broadcast. The Basketball World Cup is the most outstanding basketball event hosted by the Basketball Federation, representing the highest level of this event. On August 7, 2015, the Basketball Federation announced that China has won the right to host the 2019 Basketball World Cup, which will be jointly hosted by eight cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Foshan and Dongguan. This is the first basketball tournament held in China, and it is also held in 8 host cities at the same time.
According to reports, a total of 80 teams from around the world participated in the lottery, and 75 representatives of the Basketball Federation have been confirmed to attend the ceremony. Li Zhiqiang said that this is the draw ceremony of the competition sponsored by the Basketball Federation that was attended by the most member units in history. Basically, they are the chairman of each member unit, and the specifications are quite high. The holding of the draw ceremony also marks the beginning of the 2019 World CupMove, the World Cup qualifiers will be held worldwide from November 2017 to February 2019.
2019 drones create basketball matrix
From the layout of the Basketball Federation to the ingenuity of the Chinese Basketball Association, it can be seen that Guangzhou plays an important role in China and even the national basketball map. In fact, many cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, are interested in hosting the ** Cup drawing ceremony.
In the end, both Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou are the big winners. In March this year, the basketball ** Cup emblem release ceremony was held in Shanghai, and the lottery ceremony was held in Guangzhou. The quarter-finals will be held in Guangzhou and Shanghai, and the semi-finals and finals will be held in Beijing. According to industry insiders, this also reflects the status of Guangzhou as a central city.
Bowman believes that the development of basketball is inseparable from China. To build the Basketball Cup into a top-level competition with the same influence as the Football Cup, it also requires China to have the most dynamic economy and the largest basketball population. , The future development of more potential support.
In order to welcome the Basketball World Cup, Guangzhou basketball people have done their homework. In addition to building the NBA Arena (Guangzhou Performing Arts Center) before the 2010 Asian Games, Guangzhou has also hosted the Stankovic Cup and the three-person basketball world championship. Now it has a CBA team, creating a strong basketball atmosphere.
According to reports, the event was arranged at the landmark building in Guangzhou - Canton Tower. The lottery ceremony will be held at 8:00 pm on May 7th, and activities will be arranged on the Pearl River Photography Platform outside the hall. Guests and friends from all over the world are welcome.
At the first coordination meeting of the World Cup, Guangzhou brought a bold display of creative designs, including the 2019 drones in the air to complete the basketball-themed matrix show, which was quite shocking.
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The lottery ceremony boldly adopts the form of drama. The lottery will be carried out in the order of Africa, Europe, America and Asia. In the gap between the lottery draws in each continent, the whole lottery ceremony will be connected into a complete story line through different performances. Show it to the guests.
The Basketball Federation specially invited the planning members of the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games to create the script of the lottery ceremony.
In addition, at this lottery ceremony, the newly designed basketball trophy cup, which has not yet been announced to the public, the Naismith Cup will be grandly unveiled in Guangzhou. It is worth mentioning that two weeks ago, the Basketball Federation sent a letter to the Guangzhou Organizing Committee, hoping to present more Chinese culture and Guangzhou elements in this lottery ceremony. According to reports, the Basketball Federation will send a live broadcast team to produce signals for the draw ceremony, which will includeCCTV, Guangdong Sports and Guangzhou Competition and 80 countries and regions will broadcast this basketball feast.
The lottery ceremony was attended by a large number of people. According to the current statistics, the chairman of the CBA Muratri, the secretary general of the CBA Bauman, representatives of many CBA member associations and nearly 100 domestic and overseas media people will attend the qualifier draw ceremony held in Guangzhou in May.
Before the lottery ceremony, the CBA will also hold the CBA mid-term congress in Hong Kong, China on May 4th and 5th. After the meeting, the participants of the mid-term congress will arrive in Guangzhou from Hong Kong, China to attend the drawing ceremony.
In order to attract more people to pay attention to the lottery ceremony and create a good basketball atmosphere, the organizer will also specially organize a three-person basketball challenge for Guangzhou colleges and universities. More than 80 teams will compete on the same stage in Guangdong University of Technology (University City Campus). , each team will represent a participating team in the 2019 Basketball World Cup Qualifiers. At that time, basketball stars will also go to the game to participate in the interaction and award awards. In addition, the organizer will also carry out promotional activities on the top of Guangzhou - the 450 viewing platform on the top of the Canton Tower, and invite basketball stars to show their skills on the top of the Canton Tower. Please look forward to it.
As one of the host cities of the 2019 Basketball World Cup, Guangzhou is eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the World Cup, and at the same time hopes to dedicate the wonderfulness of Guangzhou to China by holding a successful lottery ceremony.
