ABA To Host World Professional Basketball Tournament

June 25, 2008 - American Basketball Association (ABA) News Release


Indianapolis, IN. The American Basketball Association (ABA) today announced plans to host a world professional basketball tournament in late June, 2010. According to Joe Newman, ABA CEO, "The tournament will be modeled after soccer's very successful World Cup with professional basketball teams from around the world qualifying for the final tournament to be held in Atlanta, Georgia. The tournament is being organized by the ABA and representatives from several international organizations that have expressed interest in producing qualifying tournaments around the world with the top 16-32 teams (to be determined) meeting in Atlanta to compete in the finals."

"There are so many great professional basketball teams around the world," added Quentin Townsend, ABA President, and owner of the ABA Atlanta Vision. "This is an opportunity for the best of them to compete in a PRIZE MONEY tournament on a world stage. We've named the tournament the World Basketball Cup. We are now reaching out to teams, leagues and businesspeople from throughout the world to participate. And we would like to see the best teams in Asia, Europe, Africa, South and Central America, Australia and other areas to compete in this prestigious tournament. The website, www.worldbasketballcup.com is now under construction."

For more information, email Joe Newman at conniejoenewman@aol.com or Quentin Townsend at qtownsend@abaisback.com or call 317 844 7502. Or visit www.abalive.com.

About the American Basketball Association

The American Basketball Association (ABA) is a professional basketball league with over 40 teams located in the US, Canada, Mexico and Beijing, China. The league plays a schedule of 30 games between December and March and includes former NBA, top Division I, II, III university players as well as international players. The original ABA introduced legends like Julius "Dr. J" Erving, George Gervin, Spencer Haywood, Connie Hawkins, David Thompson, George McGinnis as well as the famed red, white and blue ball, slam dunks and other innovations. The new ABA features a combination of NBA, college and international rules and its own unique rules included the famed 3-D. The ABA is publicly-traded under the symbol ABKB.

Note: OurSports Central no longer actively covers the American Basketball Association (ABA) as a professional league due in part to its inability to publish and play a schedule and the transitory nature of many of its teams. For information on professional minor leagues, please see OSC's basketball section.



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