(Beijing, 4 December 2012) "Global Times" organized first diplomatic basketball tournament, "Embassy Hoop Fest championship" on 1 December 2012. 16 teams participated in the tournament. In addition to the team of the organizer and three sponsor teams, teams of the 12 embassies in Beijing participated: USA, Canada, Thailand, Switzerland, Turkey, Slovenia, Poland, Italy, Argentina, Greece, Lithuania and Serbia. Serbian team won the first place in the tournament, with a maximum 6 wins. Serbian team passed through the group stage beating teams of Poland, Italy and the company Tian An Life Insurance. In the quarterfinals Serbia defeated the team of Greece, and in the semi-finals once more Tian An. Serbia won the first trophy of the diplomatic basketball tournament by defeating the U.S. Embassy team with the score of 14-13.