On August 10 in Irkutsk, the Orange Ball 2013 nationwide street basketball competition will be held at the Trud stadium roller rink. Teams of four in three age groups can take part, with games played in an Olympic system to 11 points, and 21 in the final. The organizers say the tournament is meant to popularize street basketball and attract youth to sports, and in 2013 more than 100 thousand participants are expected nationwide. Team registration will take place on August 8 and 9 in Irkutsk, with a full set of documents required.
The All-Russian mass street basketball competitions “Orange Ball – 2013” will take place on August 10 at the roller rink of the Trud Stadium in Irkutsk. Teams of four people are invited to participate in the competitions in three age categories: under 16 years old (boys and girls), 17–18 years old (boys and girls), 19 years old and older (men and women).The competitions will be held in a knockout format (Olympic system). Team standings will be contested in each age group. The game itself is played on one hoop. The duration of one match is 10 minutes or until one team scores 11 points. If the score is tied at the end of regulation time, the teams play until one side gains a two-point advantage. The final of the competition is played to 21 points without time control.
The competition is being held with the aim of popularizing and developing street basketball in Russia as the most accessible sport among the population, as well as preventing offenses among young people and finding the most effective forms of work with children, adolescents, and youth.
To register participants, a credentials committee will be working from August 8 to 9 at the following address: Irkutsk, 1 Gryaznova St., office 301. Working hours are from 11:00 to 18:00. Applications are accepted only from fully assembled teams. Participants in the competition must present to the credentials committee a passport or birth certificate, a compulsory medical insurance policy, a doctor’s clearance certificate, and an accident life and health insurance contract.
The sporting event is organized by the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the Angara Region, the Regional State Budgetary Institution “Resource and Methodological Center for the Development of Physical Culture and Sports of the Irkutsk Region,” and the public organization “Basketball Federation of the Irkutsk Region.”
As a reminder, the All-Russian street basketball competition “Orange Ball” was first held in 2005. Every year the number of participants increases, and in 2013 more than 100,000 people from 77 constituent entities of the Russian Federation will take part in the competition.
Based on materials from the press service of the Department for Physical Culture and Sports of the Irkutsk Region