YEREVAN, AUGUST 26, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the time-table of the first All-Armenian Basketball Tournament, the women teams held the 1/2 final and men teams the 1/4 final meetings on August 25. Basketball players from Yerevan and Tehran contending for the 1st-4th places in the women competitions won their rivals with great advantages. The sportswomen from Yerevan won those from Gyumri with the score of 107-69, and those from Tehran won those from Tbilisi with score of 86-34. The Yerevan and Tehran teams will contend for the title of champion, and the Gyumri and Tbilisi basketball players will compete for the 3rd place on August 26. The 1/4 final meetings of the men teams were held in a more persistent struggle. The following results were fixed during them: Glendaile-Marseilles: 70-56, Vally-Gyumri: 105-63, Yerevan-Sochi: 71-50, Tbilisi-Tehran: 105-52. To recap, RA President Robert Kocharian was present at the last game. Glendaile-Valley and Yerevan-Tbilisi meetings of the 1/2 final take place on August 26. Winners of these pairs will contend for the title of champion at the August 27 final meeting.

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