Multicultural Basketball Festival to Host the 2025 Christmas Multicultural Basketball Competition!
Christmas multicultural family basketball tournament scene in 2024. Provided by the Korea Basketball Development Institute
The Korea Basketball Development Institute (CEO Chun Soo-gil) and the For With To Foundation will hold the "2025 Christmas Multicultural Family Basketball Competition" at Wonhyo-ro Multipurpose Gymnasium in Seoul from 11 a.m. on the 20th.
The 'Christmas Multicultural Family Basketball Competition' was once suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but was revived last year with active support from the 'Forwith2 Foundation' in California. This year's competition will be sponsored by the Korea Multicultural Youth Association, the Korea Multicultural Sports Association, Cheonghae Engineering, Yongsan-gu Facilities Management Corporation, Yongsan Youth Center, Dream Meeting Woori Gl Promotion Association, Yongsan-gu Basketball Association, and Stuff Crew.
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Founded by the Powidto Foundation, ▶ Korea, China, Japan, Russia, Mongolia, the Philippines, and Mexico, the first multicultural mother basketball team in Korea consisting of 25 people from 13 countries, including Korea, Mongolia, the Philippines, and Mexico, will participate in the competition. A total of 120 people will participate, including volunteers from foreign schools and parents who have donated their talents for the past year.
Christmas multicultural family basketball tournament scene in 2024. Provided by the Korea Basketball Development Institute
Christmas multicultural family basketball tournament scene in 2024. Provided by the Korea Basketball Development Institute
The event begins with warming up by learning modern dance under the guidance of a professional instructor, followed by a match between a volunteer team and an elementary and middle school student team, and a match between a multicultural mother team and a volunteer female middle school student team.
At the same time, the final winning team will be determined through group qualifying and final tournaments for each participating team in a total of five events, including the family counter-shot contest, dribble challenge, and lay-up shot relay. The final winning team will be given the opportunity to participate in the '2026 domestic off-season training and history exploration' and the ' overseas off-season training' as injuries.
It is expected that the participants, families, and visitors who visited the gym will be given a wealth of gifts such as snacks, drinks, refreshments, and various prizes, as well as commemorative shirts specially prepared by the Forwith2 Foundation, adding to the atmosphere of a multicultural festival ahead of Christmas.
Christmas multicultural family basketball tournament scene in 2024. Provided by the Korea Basketball Development Institute
Lee Sang-jin, general director of the Powidto Foundation, said, "We are deeply moved to continue the history of the 'Multicultural Basketball Competition' that has been held every year since 2013, and we are deeply grateful to the organizations that have supported us together."We will continue to support the multicultural basketball tournament together with the Korea Basketball Development Institute to become a multicultural hope festival that contributes to improving multicultural awareness and fostering future talent."
Chun Soo-gil, director of the Korea Basketball Development Institute, said, "This basketball competition will be a valuable opportunity to contribute to the harmony and health of multicultural families and to help future generations of multicultural youth develop their dreams and gain confidence as members of society. We would like to express our gratitude to the Powidto Foundation, its sponsors, and officials for supporting the re-hosting of the competition, and the Korea Basketball Development Institute will continue to promote social contribution activities through basketball in the future."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
