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Chinese university basketball team visits Albania

Xinhua, February 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

A Chinese women's basketball team from the Tianjin University of Finance and Economics visited Albanian University of Sports and a friendly match took place between the two universities on Monday, which boosts the cultural exchanges between the two countries.

The match was held in the framework of friendly relations of both countries. Present in the game were the high directors of both universities. As the high representatives of Tianjin University of Finance and Economics highlighted, the main purpose of this friendly match was exchanging cultures through the game of sports.

The final result of the match was 96-77 in favor of the guests. It was the first friendly basketball match between an Albanian and a Chinese team in 30 years.

It was also the first time that representatives of Tianjin University of Finance and Economics visited Albania. They were looking forward to other cultural and sport activities in the framework of friendly relations and culture exchange. They also expressed their willingness and pleasure for another friendly match between the two teams in China. Endite