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Rezé Basket International
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The international youth basketball festival in Rezé, known as the "Rezé International Basket" or RBI has become a permanent fixture in the international French basketball preparation.
The global nature of this tournament has seen national teams from Australia and China take part as well as a USA select team (not affiliated to USA Basketball).
WNBA stars of today, such as Cappie Pondexter and Candance Parker have had the RBI experience playing on USA select teams.
What makes this tournament special is that the players are hosted by families for the duration of the festival.
For the 2011 edition, the competition will include a U20 competition and will run from 23 June - 26 June 2011.
Four U19 teams, including France, preparing for the U19 FIBA World Championship will be in competition with four nations in the U20 age group.
The U19 teams are: China, France, Nigeria and Russia.
The U20 teams are: Austria, Lithuania, Netherlands and Sweden.
The French team will be represented by the 12 players selected for the World Championship. China and Nigeria have already played games in France, so their rosters are known.
The Russian Federation are regular visitors to Rezé.
Austria like Nigeria will be play in Rezé for the first time.
The format of the competition is as follows:
The teams are split into two groups of four: A and B.
All the teams in one group play each other once in a "round robin format" during the first three days. The winner from each group qualifies for the final.
On the final day the bottom teams from each group play off for 7th to 8th place and so on until the top two teams play in the final match.
Group A: France, Lithuania, Nigeria, Sweden
Group B: Austria, China, Russia, Sweden
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Date created: 23 June 2011
