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    ARMENIA PREPARES FOR BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

    Published: Wednesday January 15, 2014

    Carl Bardakian (second from right) and team members in Yerevan last
    August. Photolure

    Yerevan - Armenia plans to host the FIBA Europe Division C Basketball
    Championship in Yerevan in June 2014. Other participating countries
    will include Scotland, Wales, Malta, Moldova, San Marino, Gibraltar,
    and Andorra.

    The plans were originally announced Mr. Artur Nazaryan, Secretary
    General of the Basketball Federation of Armenia, last August, as
    Armenia's Men's National Basketball Team concluded its intensive
    training camp sessions in Yerevan. The training camp included
    candidates for the national team from both Armenia and the Armenian
    diaspora.

    Head Coach Carl Bardakian stated, "Due to the vision and leadership
    of the President of the Basketball Federation of Armenia, Hrachya
    Rostomyan, we are privileged to host the FIBA Europe Division C
    Basketball Championship next June. We expect to be a competitive team
    right from the outset." Members of the national team, Zareh Zargaryan
    and Mike Danielian, emphasized how honored they felt to represent
    Armenia on the basketball court.

    While in Yerevan, the team held a requiem service at the Armenian
    Genocide Memorial Monument, Dzidzernagapert, in memory of the victims
    of the genocide. The Basketball Federation of Armenia also arranged
    for the team to visit the Republic of Artsakh upon the conclusion of
    training camp.

    National team updates

    6'5" Mike Boornazian, a candidate for the Armenia national basketball
    team from Bates College, was named the state of Maine's NCAA Div. III
    player for the week for the first week of January 2014. Boornazian,
    a sophomore, is averaging 18.7 points per game and 8 rebounds per
    game for Bates College. On December 30, he led Bates College with
    23 points against Berkeley (NY) College. Boornazian shot 8-16 from
    the field, including 4-7 from the 3 point line with 6 rebounds. One
    night earlier against Salem State University, Boornazian scored 23
    points again on 8-14 shooting from the field, including 4-8 from the
    3 point line with 7 rebounds.

    On December 31, 2013 6'5" Garen Spendjian, a power forward for the
    Armenia national basketball team, led Cortland University with 30
    points against Utica College. Spendjian shot 12-15 from the field,
    including 5-6 from the 3 point line with 7 rebounds.

    6'7" Gor Plavchyan of the Armenia national basketball team, a native of
    Etchmiadzin, Armenia, continues to show improvement in his sophomore
    year at Glendale College. Plavchyan, an all-conference selection as
    a freshman in 2013, is averaging 18 points and 10 rebounds per game
    for Glendale College.

    http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2014-01-15-armenia-prepares-for-basketball-championship

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