International Three by Three NBC Nepal Basketball Championship will be held from Monday under the organization of Nepal Basketball Association and Three by Three. 32 teams will participate in the competition which will be held till Wednesday. 22 teams from Nepal will participate in the competition.

Similarly, 4 teams from Bangladesh, 3 teams from India and 1 team from Pakistan will be participating, said Narendra Thapa, general secretary of the Basketball Association, in a press conference held on Saturday. The two teams are yet to be decided. According to General Secretary Thapa, the Nepali team will be allowed to contract two foreign players. Out of which there is a rule that only 1 player will be on the court.  Bhim Gurung, president of the association, informed that the second edition was organized after the first edition was grandly organized. "We organized the first edition very grandly. After the first version was good, we continued. I believe that the second one will be an even better game. Idea Pixes has been responsible for all the management of the

competition. Pawan Joshi participated in the press conference on behalf of Idea Pixel. Sharad Bishta, the coordinator and central member of Thi by 3, said that the estimated cost of completing the competition will be 12 to 15 lakh rupees.  Gurung, president of the

association, has said that there is no support from the National Sports Council (Rakhep) to hold the international competition. We are doing all these expenses with our own costs and with the help of sponsors. There has been no support from Rakhep," said Gurung, "Rakhep member secretary Tanglal Ghising says to do international competition rather than national competition. However, we have asked to bear only half of the expenses while organizing the international competition. But, he won't give it.