The 6th Asian Cities Gateball Invitation Championship 2013
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.



Opening Ceremony (players) Opening Ceremony (Guests)
     
                    
     
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)
4th place : 福建省晉江市門球隊 (China)Dancing at the farewell partyFarewell Party