National Baseball Championship begins Friday

The HAPA National Baseball Championship begins on Friday (December 25) at the Paltan ground adjoining Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city.

State Minister for Youth and Sports Sri Biren Sikder MP is formally expected to inaugurate the three-day meet as the chief guest, sponsored by Hawaii Asia Pacific Association (HAPA)and organized by Bangladesh Baseball Softball Association (BBSA).

A total of eight teams including seven divisional teams and a services team, split into two groups, will take part in the meet.

The top two teams from each group will qualify for the final slated on Sunday (December 27).

Besides, the BBSA will also organize a day-long victory day Baseball Championship scheduled to be held on Monday (December 28) at the same venue.

In this regards, a press conference was held on Wednesday at the Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) conference room to give all the details of the meet.

BBSA president M Solaiman, general secretary Aminul Islam Liton, and coach and tournament director Hiroki Watanabe were present on the occasion.