FIBA Asia - Fiba Asia to help Laos in organizing basketball for ’09 SEA Games
Laos will be getting a huge help in organizing the basketball event for the 2009 Southeast Asian Games after Fiba-Asia agreed to take care of the operational expenses of the sport. Fiba-Asia’s decision was welcome news especially to the Philippines, which is one of the SEA Games member countries pushing for basketball’s inclusion to the 2009 calendar. A multi-purpose venue will be used for basketball by the hosts.
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Laos will be getting a huge help in organizing the basketball event for the 2009 Southeast Asian Games after Fiba-Asia agreed to take care of the operational expenses of the sport.
Fiba-Asia’s decision was welcome news especially to the Philippines, which is one of the SEA Games member countries pushing for basketball’s inclusion to the 2009 calendar. A multi-purpose venue will be used for basketball by the hosts.
Laos has finally agreed to officially include basketball as among the sports to be played in the 2009 Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane.
Laos earlier had wanted to scrap the country’s favorite sport since they have problems regarding the venue and financial resources for the operation of the Games.
But Philippine Olympic Committee sports and rules committee chairman Go Teng Kok worked hard and successfully got the support of the other SEA Games member countries to endorse basketball during the General Assembly meeting of the SEAG Federation Council last Friday. –