Mongolian teams rank 5th and 9th in 'FIBA 3X3 Goyang Challenger'

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2018-04-16 16:18:32
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Two teams from Mongolia have competed in the new season of FIBA 3X3 challenger  took place in Goyang, South Korea and  'Ulaanbaatar Garuda' team ranked at the 5th place and 'Khovd'  at the 9th place.

'Khovd' team was included in the top 12 teams of the 3x3 Challenger by winning Japanese team by 20:17 and Russian team by 21:19. 
In the quarterfinals, team 'Khovd' won the Serbian team by 16:17, but was defeated to the Canadian team by 21:10. 

Mongolia's second team 'Ulaanbaatar Garuda' played their first match against South Korea, winning by 18:15, but in the next match the team was defeated to the Amsterdam's team by 21:15. In the quarterfinals they competed against the USA's team, but defeated by 21:19 and took the 5th place in the Challenger.

Mongolian basketballers will continue their tournament to ‘Nanjing Challenger’ that will be held on April 21-22 in Nanjing, China.

G.Tuguldur