At the same time, Dr. Cheng Wanqi, as the only China President of the International Olympic Games, decided to hold the event in China in order to help and promote the development of basketball in China.
With the rapid development of basketball in various regions of the world, the attention and influence of various international competitions are increasing day by day. In the upcoming 2007 Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Cup, China fans will have the opportunity to experience the wonderful enjoyment brought by the skills of teams from different countries and styles. This competition is a high-level intercontinental competition held before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, so teams from all countries hope to take this opportunity to warm up before the Olympic Games. This is destined to be a very intense and enjoyable game.
Bonuses in 2007: 50,000 dollars for the champion and 30,000 dollars for the runner-up.
The "2008 Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Cup" will be held in the gymnasium of Huanglong Sports Center in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province from July 6 to July 20. In addition to the China men's basketball team, other teams participating in this competition include Russian men's basketball team, Serbian men's basketball team and Angolan men's basketball team. The competition adopts a single round-robin system, with two competitions every day, of which July 19 is a day off, so there are three competition days and six competitions.