Completing the unbeaten streak, Soc Trang won the 5x5 men's basketball championship at the 2022 National Sports and Sports Congress

With the one-round round-robin competition format, the last match of the 5x5 basketball content of the 9th National Sports Congress - 2022 accidentally became the final.

Army with a record of 3 wins 1 loss against Soc Trang, the team has a record of winning all 4 matches. The Western team needs to win or lose by no less than 3 points to become the champion.

Meanwhile, the Army will need to win by 8 points to knock Soc Trang from the top and become the owner of the congress gold medal.

Showing the same determination to win, the two teams devoted themselves to a suffocating struggle in the first 3 innings, a time when neither team took the lead by more than 6 points.

If Soc Trang is led by "black leopards" Anh Kiet, Phu Vinh and Phuc Vinh, the Army has a brilliant shine of "old generals" To Quang Trung and Nguyen Van Hung.

Soc Trang started off a bit better with a 4-point advantage in the first half, but soon the Army came back and rose thanks to Dinh Tien Cong's unbelievable buzzer-beater at the end of the second half.

After the 3rd half, the Western team suddenly accelerated at the beginning of the 4th half when a series of pillars spoke up such as Huynh Thanh Tam, Nguyen Phuc Vinh, Nguyen Huynh Phu Vinh or reserve bigman Huynh Khang.

While the opponent created a score gap, the Army team showed signs of being short of breath in both attack and defense. The fact that "Teacher To" was strictly controlled caused the attack of the army team to slow down, and at the same time it was a loss of communication in the defense stage, so that Soc Trang could easily break through.

Creating a 12-point difference in the middle of the 4th half (the score of 83–71), coach Nguyen An Sieng's teachers and students went straight to the final victory with the score of 87-80, through which Soc Trang was crowned the champion of the ball content. 5x5 basket at the 9th National Sports Congress - 2022.

Five different Soc Trang players scored over 10 points, led by Nguyen Huynh Phu Vinh (18 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists), Vo Kim Ban (18 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals) and Nguyen Anh Kiet (23). points, 3 assists, 3-6 3PT).

On the side of the army team, To Quang Trung was the best player with 27 points, (6-10 3PT) with 8 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal. Right behind him is the duo Nguyen Van Hung and Dinh Tien Cong, each contributing 15 points.

Although there was no feeling of throwing 3 too well, the Western team took advantage of the ability to score inside the 3-second area as well as a quick counterattack to create an advantage. They have up to 32 fastbreak points compared to only 16 of the Army, and also dominate in the 3 seconds area (50 vs. 22).

Thus, Soc Trang became the new champion of the 5x5 men's basketball content at the 9th National Sports Congress - 2022. They were unbeaten in the entire tournament in all 5 matches with convincing performances.

Ho Chi Minh City has become the former king, but teacher and coach Ly Vinh Khang got a silver medal, only to lose to the right champion team in the first match. The third place in this year's tournament is the Army and Hanoi.