INRTU Basketball Players Become Prize-Winners of the International Tournament “Baikal League”
INRTU basketball players took the third place at the International Basketball Tournament “Baikal League”. The competition was held on November 25-29 in Irkutsk State University.
Six teams from China, Mongolia and Russia (Buryatia and the Angara Region) participated in the tournament. INRTU men's team finished in the top three, losing seven points to the rivals from China. The victory went to the team “ISU-Irkutsk”.
As the coach Alexander Chelembeev noted, the competition is held in Irkutsk for the third time, but the INRTU team participated for the first time:
“The core of our team was made up of first-year students. I purposely distributed the guys so that the younger ones would gain game experience and estimate the game of the Chinese and Mongolian teams. They did a good job.
International players showed themselves as strong and worthy opponents. It is worth noting the tactics of the opponent. While Russian basketball players pay attention to team play, in China and Mongolia they rely on individual style”.
Ilya Chupin, the captain of the INRTU team and a master's student of the School of Power Engineering, was among the five strongest players. He has been playing basketball for seven years, five of which he plays for INRTU.
“Ilya was an example for many players throughout his student days - he did not miss training, showed sports spirit. He deserved to become the best center following the results of the international tournament”, added the coach.
Basketball players of INRTU are preparing for new starts. Games within the framework of the Championship of the Angara Region among universities will be held in December and April.
