YEREVAN WILL APPLY FOR HOLDING BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Lragir, Armenia
July 17 2007

The president of the Armenian federation of basketball Hrach Rostomyan
stated in a news conference on July 17 in 2008 the federation will
apply for holding a European tournament in Yerevan.

"The organizational committee will be set up in September which will
attend to the application of Yerevan," Rostomyan said adding that at
the moment there is no certainty over the type of the championship,
men or women, age. The president of the basketball federation of
Armenia also said he appealed to the communities of Yerevan to build
20 basketball grounds in communities. Rostomyan thinks it will help
make this game popular.