{"id":24922,"date":"2024-12-10T17:14:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T17:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24922"},"modified":"2024-12-10T17:14:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T17:14:24","slug":"guyana-basketball-federation-confirms-participation-in-2024-fiba-3x3-americup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-basketball-federation-confirms-participation-in-2024-fiba-3x3-americup\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Basketball Federation Confirms Participation in 2024 FIBA 3&#215;3 AmeriCup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Travis Seymour | November 13, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has confirmed Guyana\u2019s participation in the 2024 FIBA 3&#215;3 AmeriCup tournament, scheduled to take place from December 13 to 15 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event serves as a crucial stepping stone toward the FIBA 3&#215;3 World Cup and the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana first competed in the FIBA 3&#215;3 AmeriCup during its inaugural edition in 2021 and continued their participation in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the team missed the 2023 edition in San Juan, they are eager to return for this year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GBF has shortlisted 14 players for the competition, including: Anthony Moe, Akeem Crandon, Delroy James, Deylon Bovell, Dominic Vincente, Harold Adams, Isreal Yaw, Nikkoloi Smith, Ray Victor, Shelroy Thomas, Stanton Rose Jr., Timothy Thompson, Travis Belgrave, and Yonnick Tappin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Singh, President of the GBF, expressed confidence in the team\u2019s chances this year, noting their previous track record in the competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 2022 edition, Guyana finished 11th out of 17 teams, with a record of three wins and two losses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singh emphasized that, unlike in their previous outing, they plan to hold a one-week training camp to ensure the players are well-prepared for the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3&#215;3 basketball, recognized as an Olympic sport during the Tokyo 2020 Games, continues to grow in popularity worldwide, and the GBF is keen to build on the momentum and bring home a strong performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Travis Seymour | November 13, 2024 The Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has confirmed Guyana\u2019s participation in the 2024 FIBA 3&#215;3 AmeriCup tournament, scheduled to take place from December 13&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24923,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24922\/revisions\/24923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}