PRESIDENT MEETS BASKETBALL TEAM MEMBERS

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ President of Mongolia Kh.Battulga received trainers and athletes of the Mongolian basketball team on October 13. Present at the meeting were, S.Erdene, President of the National Basketball Federation of Mongolia (NBFM), Ts.Tseverbal, President of the Mongolian Basketball Association (MBA), S.Tulga, NBFM Secretary-General, B.Damba, MBA Secretary and members of the 3x3 World Cup team 'Ulaanbaatar Khangarid' and the national league, the winner of the 3x3 World University Cup. The President congratulate the members of the national them for 3x3 basketball on their achievements and encouraged them for the future accomplishments in the 3x3 category which has been included in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as an official event. Mongolian basketball players have made dramatic accomplishments in the past 4-5 years and are now raking in the 5th place in Asia and 35th place in the world, moving forward by 150 places in the world ranking. Mongolia is delighted to have accepted the honorable duty to host the FIBA 3x3 Asian Cup which is expected in Ulaanbaatar on October 27-29. The competitions will give qualification scores to winners of the 2020 Olympic Games. The competitions will be participated by Qatar, 2014 World Champion, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Kazakhstan Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Chinese Taipei, Malaysia, Lebanon, Bahrain and Mongolia. During the meeting, the coaches and basketball players invited the President to watch the competition. B.Tugsbilig