The 2025 North American Chinese Basketball Invitational will be held in Markham City at the end of May
The Canadian Chinese Basketball Association (CCYAA) held a press conference yesterday (January 22) at the CCYAA Community Center, announcing that it will once again host the North American Chinese Basketball Association Invitational Tournament 2025 or NACBAIT 2025 in Markham City at the end of May this year.
Zhao Zikuang, President of the Jiahua Youth Sports Association, stated at a press conference that it is an honor to receive the presence and enthusiastic support of Frank Scarpitti, Mayor of Markham City. Today, we are holding this press conference at the Jiahua Youth Sports Association Community Center to promote this basketball invitation tournament This is the 43rd edition of the North American Chinese Basketball Invitational, which is held annually on Memorial Day weekend in different cities in North America at the end of May. It can be said to be a game with a long history.
Thousands of players and their families and friends will come to Markham from cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Boston, and Washington to participate This year's competition is divided into the following categories:
Men's group: Men's public, friendship, over 35 years old, over 40 years old, over 45 years old, over 50 years old, and over 55 years old
Male youth group: under 12 years old, under 14 years old, under 16 years old, and under 18 years old
Women's Group: Women's Open, Free Group (Friendship), and Girls Under 18
The 2025 North American Chinese Basketball Invitational will be held in Markham City at the end of May
Most of the players participating in the competition are basketball experts Many of them are college basketball level players (National Collegiate Athletics Association, Canadian Interuniversity Sport), and some even have professional or national team experience The Jiahua Youth Sports Association previously held this event in Toronto in 1995, 2000, and 2010 Coincidentally, this fourth time happens to be in the year of our 30th anniversary celebration.
The competition is held at several top basketball courts in Markham, including Markham Pan Am Centre, King Square Sports Centre, Can Sports Center, And Bill Crothers Secondary School, with free admission for the audience.
Co Chairman Fang Zhenyue said, "We are very pleased to bring the event of integrating culture and sports experts to Wanjin City, and hope it can encourage young people in our community to participate, so that they can experience that sports activities can help individuals pursue and achieve their goals. From another perspective, this competition is indeed a good opportunity for community unity activities in Wanjin City. Therefore, if any individual or group is interested in helping to organize this basketball invitation tournament, please come to nacbait2025@ccyaa.org Contact us or inquire at www.ccyaa.org/markham2025.
Another co chairman, Tan Guohua, also said that "thousands of athletes, family members, and friends from all over the world participating in the competition will bring great economic support to our city of Markham, and encourage us, the Jiahua Youth Sports Association, to work more actively to strive for their good impression of Markham and Dadu.
Speech by Co Chairman Tan Guohua
We prepared the following activities for the weekend:
Friday, May 23rd: Players arrive in Markham City to attend a welcome reception at the official hotel (Markham Hilton Suite)
May 24th and 25th: match days
On the evening of May 25th, an award banquet will be held at the official hotel
May 26th: Championship match
Regarding the Canada China Youth Sports Association (CCYAA)
We are a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting sports activities for young people in most cities, celebrating multiculturalism, and focusing on developing youth leadership skills
The Jiahua Youth Sports Association was established in 1995 and organizes various plans and activities More than 10000 people participate every year These activities include Jeremy Lin Basketball School, CCYAA Celeb Classic, and activities at the CCYAA Community Center.
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