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The 6th Asian Cities Gateball Invitation Championship 2013
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Invitational Championship held every 2 years
Title: The 6th Asian Gateall Invitation Championship 2013 Date: December 7th - 8th, 2013 Venue: Kowloon bay sports ground, Kowloon, Hong Kong Organizer: Hong Kong China Gateball Association
Subsidized: Home Affairs Bureau and Leisure & Cultural Services Department
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Total of 40 teams gathered from Asian countries : 17 from China, 11 from Hong Kong, 1 from Indonesia, 3 from Japan, 3 from Macao, and 5 from Taiwan.
The competition was devided in 4 stages: 1) League match: 8 groups of 5 teams each for the league matches. The top two teams from each group qualify for the 2nd stage. 2) Tournament : 16 teams play single elimination, the first place winner of 8 teams advance to 3rd stage. 3) Tournament: 8 teams play single elimination, the winners advance to Gold Group, and the defeated teams move to Silver Group. 4) Final Tournament: 4 teams of each group determine the ranking through single elimination.
Each court had 4 referees (Chief referee, Assistant referee, the recorder, and linesman) and they took tearns doing each referee parts for 6 games a day. On the first day, the last 6th game started from 5:20pm so the game was played under lights.
The final results are as follows: (Gold Group) 1st place - 深圳龍城 (China) 2nd place - 香港四隊 / Hong Kong 4 (Hong Kong) 3rd place - 嘉縣槌協甲隊 (Taiwan) 4th place - 福建省晉江市門球隊 (China)
After all the games, there was a farewell party held at a restaurant. All the participant teams have received a memorial plaque by Ms. Lau Lee Lai Fong, chairperson of Hong Kong China Gateball Association. There were singing and dancing during the party and was filled with laughter.
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Opening Ceremony (players) |
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Opening Ceremony (Guests) |
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1st place : 深圳龍城 (China)
| | 2nd Place : Hong Kong 4 香港四隊 (Hong Kong) | | 3rd place : 嘉縣槌協甲隊 (Taiwan)
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4th place : 福建省晉江市門球隊 (China) | | Dancing at the farewell party | | Farewell Party |
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