Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) University basketball teams from South Korea, Japan and Malaysia have been invited to participate in an international basketball tournament from Feb. 21-23 in Kaohsiung County, organizer Shih Chien University (SCU) announced at a press conference Wednesday.
A total of seven men's and women's teams will play nine games in the SCU 2006 International Basketball Tournament that will be held on SCU's Neimen township campus in southern Taiwan.
Kyong Hee University of South Korea, National Kaohsiung Normal University and host SCU will play in the men's competition in a round robin format.
Four teams in the women's competition, also a round robin, include Long In University of South Korea, Ohka Gakuen University of Japan, the Malaysian Women's National Team and host SCU.
Shih Chien University has been trying to build up its basketball program and has seen gratifying success. The women's team finished in the top eight in the first division of the university league last season, while the men's team currently competes in the men's second
division.
Kyong Hee University is led by Julian Kim, who played in South Korea's national team in the World University Games. A perennial power in South Korean college basketable, Kyong Hee University won two runner-ups last year.
Long In University and Ohka Gakuen University are both traditional powers in women's college basketball in South Korea and Japan.