SINGAPORE - FIBA's Foundation, The International Basketball Foundation (IBF), will hold the first IBF Youth Leadership Seminar in Singapore from June 22-24. The workshop will unite 15 representatives from the South East Asian and the Pacific region.

The seminar's participants will undergo an intensive leadership training, with the goal of delivering a FIBA-sanctioned U18 Mixed National 3x3 tournament in their respective countries.

Each individual will learn the intricacies of presiding over a FIBA-sanctioned 3x3 tournament. The IBF will fully support the U18 3x3 Mixed tournament in preparation for the Youth Leaders Basketball Cup.

The national tournaments will be the official qualifiers for the Youth Leaders Basketball Cup which will take place on September 7-10, 2018 in Bali, Indonesia.  The winning teams will be invited to represent their country in the final tournament.

The seminar will be supervised by Mthoko Madonda, former captain of the South African national basketball team. He successfully led Leadership workshops in the IBF 3x3 Young Lions Cup Final in Botswana and in the IBF 3x3 Hoops Final in the Antilles last year.

"We are excited to be working with IBF on the Youth Leadership Cup," said Madonda. "We are looking forward to meeting 15 amazing youth leaders from South East Asia and the Pacific and providing them with leadership and Basketball for Good training.

IBF President Sheikh Saudi Ali Al-Thani said: "We are extremely excited for the Youth Leadership Seminar to start on June 22. At the IBF we believe that this endeavor will help the development of 3x3 and basketball as a whole in the Pacific and South East Asia region.

"The IBF is delighted and excited to see what the youth leaders will learn and what they will bring to their respective countries. We look forward to the culmination of the event on September for the Youth Leadership Cup."

Participating countries and their selected representatives for the Youth Leadership Seminar are:

• INDONESIA - Laurentius Oei
• SINGAPORE - Wan Qing Chin
• BRUNEI - Ruby Ang
• MALAYSIA - Zhong Shin Thea 
• CAMBODIA - Sunleang Dy 
• MYANMAR - Min Zin Thun
• THAILAND - Pornutcha Sawatong
• VIETNAM - Lam Quach Trung
• NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS - Liamwar Rangamar
• PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Anderson Hewe
• PHILIPPINES - Amanda Alejandrino 
• GUAM - Kali Benavente
• LAOS - Vontavanh Kompadith
• TIMOR LESTE - Virinia Da Cruz
• FIJI - Tiyana Kainamoli

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