Brunei cagers lose Borneo crown to KK
Yee Chun Leong
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
THE national basketball team's defeat on the first day of competition came back to haunt them at the Borneo Cup yesterday.
Brunei had to relinquish their crown despite defeating Labuan 69-60 yesterday at the 14th Borneo City Men's Basketball Invitational Tournament in Labuan.
Eventual champions Kota Kinabalu (KK) were demolished 92-55 by Miri yesterday resulting in a tie with the Sultanate with identical 2-1 win-loss records.
However, the organising committee of the tournament the Labuan Amateur Basketball Association chose to use the head-to-head rules instead of the point difference system that handed KK the overall triumph.
Brunei lost to KK 65-59 in their opener on Friday to hand the overall result in favour of the latter.
There was some controversy considering that the Sultanate were not aware of the system used.
After their Friday defeat, the national cagers bounced back strongly with a 62-59 win over 10-time champions Miri on Saturday which was thought to have given them hopes to retaining their crown. Read More…
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
Monday, July 2, 2012
THE national basketball team's defeat on the first day of competition came back to haunt them at the Borneo Cup yesterday. Brunei had to relinquish their crown despite defeating Labuan 69-60 yesterday at the 14th Borneo City Men's Basketball Invitational Tournament in Labuan.
Eventual champions Kota Kinabalu (KK) were demolished 92-55 by Miri yesterday resulting in a tie with the Sultanate with identical 2-1 win-loss records.
However, the organising committee of the tournament the Labuan Amateur Basketball Association chose to use the head-to-head rules instead of the point difference system that handed KK the overall triumph.
Brunei lost to KK 65-59 in their opener on Friday to hand the overall result in favour of the latter.
There was some controversy considering that the Sultanate were not aware of the system used.
After their Friday defeat, the national cagers bounced back strongly with a 62-59 win over 10-time champions Miri on Saturday which was thought to have given them hopes to retaining their crown. Read More…
Source: The Brunei Times
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