The tournament was attended by teams from Krasnodar, Rostov-on-don, Cherkessk, Tuapse, Kazan, Vladivostok, Kislovodsk, Novorossiysk and Taganrog. Vladivostok in the tournament were veterans of the far Eastern basketball: Konstantin Eremenko-Tatiana Kestner, Igor Makarov, Sergey Nasonov, Igor Efimov, Vitaly Kiselyov, Alexander Borisov Valery Yugov. The first group stage, the team of the Vladivostok veterans finished in 3rd place. All matches were played in a hard struggle. Having gained two victories at the start of the team of Kislovodsk (48:44) and the team of Novorossiysk and Taganrog (70:52), citizens of Primorye were going to struggle for the first place in their group with a team from Kazan. After two quarters on an equal footing, 10-points advantage in the third period allowed the opponent to win a 50:57. Finally in group a, three teams scored 5 points, and because of the difference of scored and missed points in meetings with казанцами and кисловодчанами Primorye residents who took the 3rd place in the group phase. In the final game for 5th place Primorye residents who after losing the first quarter with a difference of 11 points, in the end, snatched victory from the team of Rostov-on-don with the score — 52:44. The most productive player in our squad was Konstantin Eremenko-Tatiana Kestner, on account of his 95 points in 4 masts.
RIA «VladNews»