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Filipino summer basketball league kicks off in Taipei

2019-05-20
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Taipei, May 19 (CNA) The Taiwan chapter of the Confederation of Ilocano Association, Inc. (CIASI), or Samahang Ilocano, a Filipino organization that aims to help its compatriots in different countries, kicked off its 2019 summer basketball league tournament in Taipei Sunday.

The CIASI Taiwan Basketball League 2019, which follows on from the last time the tournament was held in April 2016 in Taipei, features 17 men's teams.

Rheden Delumen, national chairman of CIASI's Taiwan chapter, which has 13 sub-chapters with approximately 700 members in the country, said the basketball teams are made up of members of Taiwan's Filipino migrant worker community and is aimed at creating unity, sportsmanship and respect.

With the knowledge that sometimes overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have to face challenges while abroad, such as trying to keep physically and mentally fit, in addition to fighting homesickness, Delumen said the tournament will help by uniting OFWs in Taiwan.

It gives Filipino migrant workers the opportunity to meet and play sports against each other in a friendly and competitive manner, Delumen pointed out.

In addition to the players, during the opening ceremony, each basketball team also had a "muse" -- a female who represented each team.

These muses accompanied their respective teams in front of a panel of judges, who decided which team's muse was to be awarded with the title of "Best Muse" and which team was to be attributed with "Best Uniform."

The tournament, which will be played in a round-robin format before proceeding into elimination rounds, is expected to be held until late July or early August, Delumen said. 

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