CEBU, Philippines - It’s all systems go for the 6th Season Inter-BPO Basketball Tournament 2010, which opens at 1:30 pm today at the City Sports Club basketball courts.
Exciting opening matches will feature Qualfon against Wipro at 2:30 pm followed by the clash between Western Wats and newcomer, Accenture.
Defending champion, Convergys’ will try to regain the title this season.
The list of participating teams includes Teletech, Calltek, Aegis People Support, Eperformax, Lexmark, Cebu Global Tele Service (formerly Etelecare) and Vector BPO.
New squads, Accenture and Vector BPO, replaced ICT and 1&1 Internet, which did not confirm their participation.
The tournament features a 13-team format which follows a single round robin with the top eight teams proceeding to the quarterfinals.
In the quarterfinals, the seeded one to four squads will gain a twice-to-beat advantage. The semis and the finals will have a best-of-three series.
The tournament will be played every weekend and will culminate in September. (FREEMAN NEWS)