CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- The finals of the “Beautiful Countryside’” Village Basketball Competition, or "CunBA" kicked off in Taipan Village, Guizhou Province on October 25. Chongqing’s Changsha Town Team (from Kaizhou District) in Group B lost to Guangdong’s Dalang Town Team in their first group-stage game.

As the champion of CunBA in southeast China, the Dalang Town Team is strong. With the height advantage and rich contest experience, Dalang Town Team grabbed many rebounds and was ahead by nine points in the first half of the game. In the second quarter of the game, the Changsha Town Team made lots of mistakes without scoring. The core player of the team, Ran Xingxing, tried his best to launch an attack but failed to break through the defense of the Dalang Town Team, widening the gap.

Dalang Town Team continued to take the lead with three-pointers in the second half of the game. Finally, the team ended the game with a 79-54 victory against Changsha Town Team.

Although it rained that night, fans from all over the country came to Guizhou to watch the game, cheering for the teams and taking pictures of the wonderful moment.

According to the schedule, Changsha Town Team will play against Shandong’s Lepingpu Town Team and Ningxia’s Sanying Town Team on October 26 and 27 respectively. Eight teams from Chongqing, Guizhou, Guangdong, Shandong, Ningxia, and Gansu will fight for the champion in the three-day event which begins from October 25 to October 28. (Translated by Yuki, Fathom Language Limited)