The finals of the KOC·EBA Challenger Cup Race and the Hainan All-Star Game were held in Mission Hills Centreville of Haikou on the afternoon of June 23.
Four e-sports teams, the Jiangsu Dragons, Liaoning Flying Leopards, Beijing Fly Dragon, and Shenzhen Leopard, competed.
The KOC·EBA Challenger Cup Race is the warm-up competition for the KOC·EBA League, a 5v5 arena mobile game competition based on the Tencent's homegrown hit King of Glory and co-organized by several basketball clubs around the country.
The thrilling matches were livestreamed on Douyu, a popular online-broadcasting platform for global mobile game players.
After a fierce battle, Jiangsu Dragons claimed the championship, with Liaoning Flying Leopards and Shenzhen Leopard coming in second and third.
The Jiangsu Dragons, Liaoning Flying Leopards, and Shenzhen Leopard receive prizes for best performances in the KOC·EBA Challenger Cup Race, held in Haikou, Hainan province, on June 23. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
To add more fun to the competition, the organizer, Mission Hills Group, also invited five famous basketball players including Liu Wei and Hou Yifan, and five Olympic champions such as Zhang Yanquan, Deng Linlin and Deng Daokun.
The basketball players and other sports stars formed two teams and played an exhibition game during the final. Tenniel Zhu, vice chairman of Mission Hills Group, came to watch the contest and gave awards to the 10 participants.
Chinese sports stars play an exhibition game as a warm-up before the final. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
"After more than 20 years of development, Mission Hills Group has been officially accredited as the world's largest golf club by Guinness World Records," according to Zhu.
"Mission Hills' support for the sports industry, including e-sports, tallies with the company's development," Zhu said.
Tenniel Zhu, vice chairman of Mission Hills Group, is interviewed during the final contest. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
In addition to exciting contests, the organizer also held activities such as a knowledge-guessing game based on King of Glory, a garden party themed on King's Canyon, and challenge games on Douyin, a short video app.
A special Hainan-featured "bamboo pole dance" was staged by cosers and the basketball cheerleaders.
The basketball cheerleaders perform a bamboo pole dance with Hainan characteristics during the competition. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
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