ADIDAS UPRISING 2016 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
12th - 13th November 2016
Vivek Lamba (17175) from Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon participated in the two days basketball tournament organized by ADIDAS on 12th-13th November 2016 at Netaji Subhash Sports Complex, New Delhi. He achieved medal for third position.
Adidas uprising is an annual tournament takes place in various states including Delhi every year and brings together various sports individual to participate in the tournament in the various sports event are held such as: basketball, cycling, marathon, football, badminton etc.
During the tournament, many teams participated in the age group of 3V3 Men’s Open, 3V3 Women’s Open, 3V3 U17 Boys, and 3V3 U17 Girls. Vivek Lamba (17175) participated in 3V3 and in this maximum of 5 players was allowed in which two were the substitute and only 3 players were allowed to play and it was half court match.
It was a league tournament and the teams were divided into the pools and each pool were having 4 teams and every team in one pool have the match with the other team and the pool topper was having the match with the other pool topper and the matches continuous so on .In this various age group teams were present and the finalist were awarded with the medals and vouchers. The winner were felicitated with the trophies and the vouchers. It was a huge event.
The tournament proved fruitful as the participants learnt about team management skills, leadership skills.