The All-Russian amateur basketball match will be held in Irkutsk with the support of Irkutsk Oil Company (IOC). The event is organized by the Interregional Amateur Basketball League and the Irkutsk Regional Basketball Federation.

The competition will take place on March 22 at the Trud Stadium. Admission to the match is free. The Irkutsk Region team and the Russian national team will play against each other. The Irkutsk Region team includes the best players from several teams in the region: IOC-1, Premier Energo, Irkaz, Magnit, ISU-Irkut, and VCNG. The Russian national team is represented by athletes from Moscow, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tyumen, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Barnaul, Yakutsk, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, and Sakhalin.

Before the main game, there will be a “Friends Match.” It will be played by business representatives who have contributed to the development of regional basketball. The event will be broadcast online by the Interregional Amateur Basketball League and the Irkutsk Regional Basketball Federation in the VK social network. The game schedule will also be available there.

The Company takes active part in the development of basketball and other sports in the region. An agreement was signed with the regional basketball federation to support the development of regional children's sports schools, to organize tournaments, and to create a modern methodological base for training coaches and referees. The Company pays special attention to the development of sports among its employees. IOC has created teams for 13 sports, and holds public sporting events and corporate competitions.

Irkutsk Oil Company (IOC) is one of the independent producers of hydrocarbons in Russia. The Company was established in 2000 and conducts geological study, exploration and development of subsoil blocks in the Irkutsk Region, Krasnoyarsk Region and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The company ranks in the top 5 best employers in the Energy, Mining and Processing category and is in the top 50 of the hh.ru employer rating.

The All-Russian amateur basketball match will be held in Irkutsk with the support of IOC