{"id":5136,"date":"2025-03-21T07:35:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T11:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/?p=5136"},"modified":"2025-03-21T07:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T11:35:45","slug":"cbc-applauds-guyana-for-hosting-historic-one-guyana-3x3-quest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/2025\/03\/21\/cbc-applauds-guyana-for-hosting-historic-one-guyana-3x3-quest\/","title":{"rendered":"CBC applauds Guyana for hosting historic One Guyana 3\u00d73 Quest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC), Leslie Collymore, has hailed the upcoming One Guyana 3\u00d73 Quest, set for April 5\u20136, as a ground-breaking and pivotal moment for the sport\u2019s fastest-growing format in the region.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI extend my heartfelt congratulations to the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) for hosting this historic One Guyana 3\u00d73 tournament,\u201d Collymore has stated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The event, slated for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, will see 20 teams from 16 countries converging in Guyana for the first-ever 3\u00d73 Quest held in the Caribbean, and the first in the Americas for 2025. Three teams from Guyana will compete against top talent from Ecuador, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, St. Maarten, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, the USA, the Cayman Islands, Grenada, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, and Suriname.<\/p>\n<p>Winner of the tournament would earn a coveted spot at the FIBA 3\u00d73 World Tour in Edmonton, Canada, this August.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As Collymore pointed out, \u201cThis event marks the first of three 3\u00d73 Quests scheduled for the Caribbean in 2025, reaffirming our commitment to elevating the game on the international stage.\u201d<br \/>\nLooking ahead, Collymore also highlighted the region\u2019s growing basketball calendar, noting, \u201cWith the highly anticipated 5\u00d75 FIBA qualification tournaments set for later in the year, 2025 is shaping up to be a landmark year for basketball in the Caribbean.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The CBC president has extended his best wishes to all participating teams, both regional and international.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI look forward to this competition being a true celebration of skill, sportsmanship, and the unifying spirit of basketball. We applaud Guyana for leading the way, and eagerly anticipate the continued growth and success of our regional basketball programs,\u201d Collymore has said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC), Leslie Collymore, has hailed the upcoming One Guyana 3\u00d73 Quest, set for April 5\u20136, as a ground-breaking and pivotal moment for the sport\u2019s fastest-growing format in the region. \u201cI extend my heartfelt congratulations to the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) for hosting this historic One Guyana 3\u00d73 tournament,\u201d Collymore&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[111],"class_list":["post-5136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3x3","tag-one-guyana-3x3-quest","article-list-item","animate"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cbc-president.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5138,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5136\/revisions\/5138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}