Pan Armenian Games Basketball
The homenetmen mens basketball team pose for a picture during practice while getting ready to participate in the pan armenian games in armenia at the homenetmen glendale ararat chapter gymnasium.
Pan armenian games basketball. The pan armenian games were the brainchild of soviet armenian diplomat ashot melik shahnazaryan. The events had brought together more than 3200 athletes from over 100 cities worldwide including los angeles which is home to north americas largest diaspora community. Pan armenian games are a multi sport event held between competitors from the armenian diaspora and armenia. Takes place every 4 years.
The program of the first games consisted of 7 sports categories including football basketball volleyball athletics tennis table tennis and chess. Delegations from 62 cities and 23 countries participated in the games. Pan armenian games yerevan armenia. On her fourth trip to armenia with the glendale womens basketball team that represented the homenetmen ararat chapter in the pan armenian games babadjanians was able to get revenge against.
Basketball was one of the 10 sports in which armenian athletes from around the world competed at the fifth pan armenian games in yerevan on august 13 21. Having attended the 1965 pan african games in brazzaville congo by chance he imagined a similar. The sports played during the games are soccer mini football basketball volleyball swimming badminton tennis table tennis chess and athletics. Page dedicated to the athletes coaches and participants of the glendale and montrose teams participating in the world pan armenian games in august.
The first pan armenian games took place from august 28 1999 to september 5 1999. August 22 2011 1125 amt panarmeniannet los angeles beat sochi russia 93 86 in the final of the basketball tournament of the 5th pan armenian games in yerevan on august 21. Delegations from 62 cities and 23 countries participated in the games. Pan american games 2019 scores service is real time updating live.