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Junior basketball team wins medal in United World Games
SportsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Boys’ U16 basketball team of Mongolia captured a bronze medal in the 2016 United World Games took place on June 16-19 in Klagenfurt, Austria.
Seeded in the “B” group, the boys’ team lost to Slovenia in the first match, but then Mongolia beat the US and Italian teams at the preliminary round.
After being qualified to the semi-finals by defeating the Austrian team, our team lost to the US opponent with scores 60:41 in the semi-finals. In the bronze medal match, Mongolia won over Hungary with a score ratio 55:56.
Mongolia participated for the first time in the United World Games which was organized in ten sport events--handball, tennis, basketball, football, volleyball, orienteering, rugby, field hockey, athletics and swimming.
