
On the evening of May 31, the final of the undergraduate men's "Super Cup" Basketball League of Xiamen University 2022 came to a successful conclusion. Since the start of the competition on April 17, the men's basketball team of International College has passed all the way through six games, including the group game, the top eight game and the semi-finals, and successfully advanced to the finals. Finally, it defeated the men's basketball team of the School of Management and won the 2022 "Super Cup" championship with 37-31 victory. Fang Zixuan, the captain won the MVP of the competition. After four years, the college men's basketball team finally won the championship again. This is also the third time that the college men's basketball team has won the championship in the College League since its establishment in 2007.

Strive for self-improvement and fight to the end! At the final, the college basketball team was full of fighting spirit, daring to fight. The team members actively fought, made sharp breakthroughs, domineeringly attacked and tenaciously defended, showing superb basketball skills and tacit team cooperation ability. When the score was relatively backward, the team members calmly analyzed, united, trusted and encouraged each other, played steadily and resolutely implemented the established tactics. Off the court, a powerful cheerleading team composed of Professor Tao, dean of International College, professional teachers, counselors and students shouted "Go, IC! Go IC!" which boosted the morale of the team members. Finally, with excellent cooperation and rapid defense, the team turned the table, and showed the sportsmanship of "higher, faster and stronger" with practical actions.
To achieve such a good record, Fang Zixuan, the team leader, said: “International College basketball team is a dedicated basketball team, and each player attaches great importance to the team's training and competition. Under normal circumstances, our team will focus on training twice from Monday to Friday, and make an appointment with other colleges for a training match. After each training or competition, we will sit together for a small meeting to summarize the problems in the training or competition, and let each member summarize the problems of the team at present. The team players are all very motivated. In addition to participating in the team's training, they will also use their spare time to practice on their own, which has formed a healthy competition in the team and greatly increased the overall strength of our team. "

The honor is inseparable from the hard training and hard work of the men's basketball team, as well as the strong support and logistical support of the teachers and students of International College. For this competition, the college has held coordination meetings many times, made unified deployment, made promotional posters, posted game preview tweets, purchased sports drinks, medicines and other materials, organized cheerleading teams of teachers and students, coordinated special vehicles to escort team members and spectators to the Siming campus for the competition to ensure the smooth running of the game. Since the round of 16, Dean Tao has been at the scene of each game, cheering for the team members, and he has not lost a game, which greatly boosted their morale and made them deeply feel the care, support and warmth of the college.
Winning the championship, Chen Xiaopeng, the team member was full of gratitude, "The dean and teachers usually have a lot of work, but they can come to see us every single game, which really adds great confidence to all our team members, and we are more active and work harder on the court. We sincerely thank the dean and teachers for their full support. With your support, we can win this championship better!"
In the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed to "widely carry out national fitness activities and accelerate the construction of a strong sports country". In the future, the college will continue to adhere to the fundamental task of building morality and cultivating people, follow Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, continue to promote the connotative and high-quality development of college sports, further promote the spirit of Chinese sports, and lead the youth to strengthen fitness exercise, enhances the spirit of firm self-confidence, unity and cooperation, and tenacious struggle, shows the world the demeanor of Chinese youth in the new era, strives to write the dream of a powerful country in sports, and welcomes the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party with excellent results.