City cagers off to SEA meet

City cagers off to SEA meet

JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta's basketball team will represent
Indonesia in the Southeast Asian under-22 men's basketball
tournament from June 23 to June 30 in Bandar Sri Begawan, Brunei.

The 12-man team, mainly made up of members from the Indonesian
Basketball League team, Kobatama, was named for the regional meet
by the Indonesian Basketball Association. It won the spot after
beating East Java 72-70 in Surakarta, Central Java, in a trial on
June 8.

Indonesia will join host Brunei, Vietnam and the Philippines
in Group B of the round-robin tournament. Group A consists of
Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Cambodia.

The week-long competition is a qualifier for this year's Asian
basketball championship in Shanghai, China. The championship will
be held in November, but the schedule has yet to be fixed. (arf)