TAIPEI CITY – On the evening of 3 November, the Opening Ceremony of 5th Asian University Men’s Basketball Championship took place at University of Taipei (Tian-mu Campus), which has a newly built arena and will be used for the basketball competition during the 2017 Summer Universiade. 7 teams from China, Hong Kong, Korea, Macau, Mongolia, Philippines and Chinese Taipei will compete with each other in the following 6 days. AUSF President ZHANG Xinsheng, AUSF Senior Vice-President Omar Al-Hai, AUSF Vice-President CHEN Kunning, AUSF Vice Secretary General XUE Yanqing, AUSF Treasurer SEETOW Cheng Fave, AUSF Auditor Jargalsaikhan, AUSF Auditor HA Woong Yong, President of Chinese Taipei University Sports Federation (CTUSF) and the Organizing Committee CHIANG Han-Sun, Vice-Mayor TING Ting-yu, FISU Assessor CHEN Tai-Cheng and other officials were present at the Opening Ceremony. The basketball championship, together with the Seminar on 4November and the Executive Committee meeting on 6 November, will be another mega activity of AUSF in 2014.
AUSF President ZHANG Xinsheng
Before the official start of the Opening Ceremony, the Organizing Committee prepared 2 performances for all the participants. The first one was the song ‘Higher’ sung by the band ‘MURMURSHOW’. The second one was a performance by a group of nearly 20 students mastering diabolos. The diabolos were flying up in the air through high-level skills, which was quite eye appealing.
After the cultural performances, the Opening Ceremony moved on accordingly. In his welcome speech, the CTUSF Vice-President JENG Fang-fann welcomed all the participants coming from afar. He said that this championship will be a test event of 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade and he welcomed all the participants to come back again during the 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade.
AUSF Executive Board
In his speech, AUSF President ZHANG Xinsheng expressed the cordial gratitude to the CTUSF, Taipei city government and all the OC staffs for the wonderful preparation for this event. Besides that, he raised 3-point hopes to the young students. First, he wished young students who were selected representing their university and nation could perform well, fighting for the honor of their university and nation; secondly, he wished the youth could make more friends on this platform; thirdly, he wished the youth could learn cooperation through competition and learn to be partners. He hoped the youth could cherish the opportunity of face-to-face communication, sharing ideas and thoughts.
It was Mr. PENG Tai-lin, the Deputy Director General of Sports Administration who declared the championship open. The Opening Ceremony ended after the oaths of player and referee.
For more information on this event, please keep on visiting AUSF official website www.ausf.org or visiting the www.youtube.com for the competition video.
(Source: AUSF Secretariat)