lion dance performance hot field, rural basketball team "fighting", villagers' roofs watching the game... On the evening of September 17, the "Village BA" event in Quanzhou, Fujian Province started again, and the "Rural Basketball Championship Cup" started the final competition. Two rural basketball teams from Quanzhou , Jinjiang Chidian and Gangtang teams, held a fierce and wonderful showdown at the Shishi Dongdian Village Lighting Stadium in Quanzhou. In the end, Chidian team defeated the Gangtang team 94-83 and won the championship.
"Village BA" became popular this summer, and grassroots basketball events across the country have received widespread attention. The basketball atmosphere in Quanzhou, located on the southeast coast, has always been very strong, and almost every village has its own basketball court and basketball team.
It is reported that the competition was held from the 16th to the 17th. The participating teams are local powerful rural basketball teams in Quanzhou, including Jinjiang Chidian Village, Shishi Dongpu Village, Shishi Dongdian Village and Shishi Gangtang Village.
On the same day, there was a host who switched freely between Mandarin and Minnan on the side of the field. There were special online live broadcasts, professional referees, technical statistics personnel, and basketball baby cheerleaders... The event was very popular, attracting many fans to watch online and offline.
"My grandma was 84 years old. She also liked playing basketball when she was young. She still liked watching football games very much. She is an 'old fan'." "I started playing basketball since the second grade of elementary school. This time I drove a car from Jinjiang for more than an hour to watch the football game."... The fans on the scene praised it repeatedly.
In addition to the "hot" of the competition itself, the championship prize is also eye-catching. In addition to the 30,000 yuan championship bonus, the prize also includes a tractor, reflecting the folk characteristics of "village BA" and "down-to-earth".
For this grand prize, Li Fuxing, the leader of the Chidian Village basketball team, said that when everyone knew that the prize was a tractor before the game, everyone felt it was very special. "Happy tractor" became the common goal of the whole team. "In the past, the prizes were usually basketball equipment, etc. The first time I saw the tractor as a prize, I felt very down-to-earth."
Source: People's Daily-Fujian Channel