AMS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 - 2020'S CLOSING CEREMONY AND FINAL: RISE TO THE TOP
Basketball has long been a popular sports in Hanoi Amsterdam High school for the Gifted. After a spectacularly successful season, on the last October 30th, the journey of Ams Basketball Championship 2019 - 2020 had ended with a final and closing ceremony at the school's basketball court in hearty cheers from the supporters.
Right after classes were dismissed, students instantaneously gathered at Hall B-C in Hanoi Amsterdam High school for the Gifted to watch the last competition for ABC'19's championship between two teams, Hydra and National Team. The noon's intense sunlight and sudden location change, compared to the previous season, did not seem to dampen the enthusiasm of the supporters. At exactly 11:20 a.m, the final officially began. National Team and Hydra were both incredibly strong competitors, and highly evaluated since the beginning of the season. Having lost the championship in previous seasons, Hydra confidently took part with eye-catching layups. National Team also competed fiercely and led in the first round with 11 to 10. Audience were able to experience different emotional states, from the joy of watching eye-catching field goals, the nervous feelings when athletes stole the ball from competitors' hands, to the bitterness over unsuccessful layups. That day seemed to be an unlucky day for Hydra when they were continually led in the next two rounds.
The match intensely took part
During the interval, the organizing committee held an interesting mini game to lighten the match's tense atmosphere.
Mini game during the interval
In the last two rounds, in the warming encouragement from the audience, Hydra had played wholeheartedly and decreased the gap to 3 points, but they missed regrettable opportunities and thus lost the championship again. National Team with eye-catching, experienced way of playing had won the championship from Hydra's hands with the final score of 62-70.
Right after the match ended, the organizing committee held ABC 2019 - 2020's closing ceremony. The championship's MVP was Quang "kunn" from HACC+. The second and third winning team were prized with medals. After that, all the teams took commemorative photos together with the organizing committee.
The winning team took photos
ABC'19 had ended with the victory of the National Team. I would like to express my gratitude to the teams who had wholeheartedly contributed, brought eye - catching matches to the audience and hope that the next Ams Basketball Championship would brilliantly succeed.
Reporter: Mai Khanh Linh - Geography 1922
Translator: Thai Minh Anh - Chinese-English 1821