On April 29, the First Shanghai Municipal Sports Games Basketball Qualification Trials and The Glorious International Cup Basketball League of Qingpu District opened in the Lighted Court of the District Sports Center. Mr Wang Qiang, Director of the District Sports Bureau, attended the opening ceremony and announced the opening of the competition. Mr Gu Aigen, Deputy Director of the District Sports Bureau, and Ms Ding Li, Assistant to the General Manager of Shanghai Glorious Investment and Development Co., LTD., addressed the competition respectively.


The League was organized by the District Sports Bureau, undertaken by the District Community Center, and sponsored and named by Shanghai Glorious Investment and Development Co., LTD. It aims to provide all basketball fans of the district a platform for exchanging basketball skills, deepening understanding and communication and spreading determined spirits and friendship. Meanwhile, the League also will select the best teams to participate in the Basketball Tournament of the First Shanghai Municipal Sports Games.

The League will last three and a half months from April 29 to August 8, and there will be a total of 62 games in 11 rounds. The League will be divided into two divisions, namely the First Division and the Second Division, implementing a promotion and relegation system, involving a total of 16 teams and 192 players.