August 1, 2009 - 17:23 AMT
Pan-Armenian games basketball and football draw held in Yerevan
The Armenian Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs held today a draw for basketball and football tournaments of Pan-Armenian games to be held from August 9 to 16.

16 teams from Armenia, Georgia, Nagorno Karabakh, Argentina, Iran, Turkey, Russia, Egypt and Lebanon will be participating.

The basketball team from Tehran will play vs. Istanbul, Isfahan (Iran) vs. Sochi (Russia), Mashad (Iran) vs. Cairo (Egypt), Yerevan vs. Alexandria (Egypt).

Football teams draw results are as follows: Stepanakert (NKR) - Echmiadzin (Armenia), Gyumri (Armenia) - Buenos Ayres (Argentina), Gorgana (Iran) - Los Angeles (U.S.)

Basketball games will take places in Yerevan, while football matches are due in Ararat, Abovyan, Artashat and Ashtarak.