A popular rural amateur basketball competition will be expanded nationwide this summer.
今年夏天,一项颇受欢迎的农村业余篮球比赛将在全国范围内推广。
The government says the tournament will be held from June to October.
有关政府部门表示,比赛将于6月至10月举行。
Each province can organize its own matches during the agricultural offseason.
每个省都可以在农闲期间组织自己的比赛。
And they can select two teams in June and July to advance to regional matches, which will be held in August and September.
他们可以在6月到7月选出两支球队,参加将于8月到9月举行的地区比赛。
Eight teams will play in the grand finals in October, which will be held in Taijiang county, Guizhou province.
最终,将有8支队伍将参加于10月份在贵州省台江县举行的总决赛。
All players must be amateurs, and those has ever been registered in professional leagues are not eligible.
所有参赛球员必须是业余球员,曾经在职业联赛注册过的球员不符合参赛条件。
Players must be rural residents, and all 12 players on a team must come from the same township.
此外,参赛球员还必须是农村户籍,并且一支球队的所有12名球员必须来自同一乡镇。
The origin of the tournament began last year in an outdoor court in Taipan Village in Taijiang, Guizhou.
这项赛事的起源,始于去年贵州省台江县台盘村的一个室外球场。
It quickly became an offline sensation.
并且很快在线下引起轰动。