'City of Lights' Karachi getting ready for World Team & 6Reds Featured
- Written by Vivek Pathak - Media Officer, IBSF
Movenpick Hotel - Karachi
Two weeks from now, the IBSF World Team and 6Reds championship will start at Karachi, Pakistan. Well known as City of Lights, Karachi has hosted few Asian championships in the recent past and now hosting the World Championship after 22 years as the last one took place in 1993.
Two months back, the IBSF Vice President, Maxime Cassis visited Karachi as an overseer and was happy to see the conditions and planning done for these championships.
And now when championships are starting on 6th of August, the preparations have already gained momentum. The venue is Hotel Movenpick, which has large halls where match tables are being placed with a seating capacity of 350 people around the TV table. The accommodation for all the players and referees are in the same hotel and it is completely a free WIFI zone.
Total 90 players in team events and 84 in 6Reds will vie for the championships trophies.