ARMENIAN BASKETBALL FEDERATION TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM FOR 8 YEARS

ARMENPRESS
JULY 16

Armenian Basketball Federation under the sponsorship of the European
Basketball Federation will develop and carry out a national basketball
development program for eight years.

The chairman of the Armenian Basketball Federation Hrachya Rostomian
said today at a press conference that it will promote the development
of the Armenian basketball as it will help to make teams in all
age categories.

H. Rostomian said he has recently arrived back from German town
of Munich where he participated in the conference of the European
Basketball Federation and conducted meetings with the heads of
Russian, Lithuanian, Belarus basketball federations as well as with
the leadership of the European Basketball Federation.

He said the Armenian Basketball Federation will pay a special attention
to the professional growth of coaches, referees by organizing seminars
for them. The federation will also search for talented children in all
the Armenian provinces and Artsakh. Besides, he said international
basketball competitions will be organized in Armenia. H. Rostomian
said that the federation is going to apply to the European Basketball
Federation for organizing European women championship in Armenia.

Rostomian also said that Armenian federation develops its cooperation
with the European one. He also said that the money released by the
state (16 million drams) and 5-6 million drams provided by businessmen
are not enough but there are many big programs to carry out.