The First SDS Cup Futures Industry Basketball Competition Held Successfully!

2018-12-29

SDS Cup Futures Industry Basketball Competition

In order to promote the lateral communication between members of China Futures Association in Shanghai, build friendship with basketball matches, and advocate sports spirits like health, positive attitude and team-work, SDS launched the First SDS Cup Futures Industry Basketball Competition in Shanghai Rucker Park JinQiao Court at 13:00, in the afternoon of December 8th, 2018. Nine basketball teams, four from the technical subsidiaries of the four futures exchanges, four from the four futures exchanges, and one from SDS, participated into the event. 

 

 

All members of the nine teams are the employees from SHFE Technology Company, CFFE Technology Company, Zhengzhou Essunny Information Technology Co., Ltd., Dalian Feichuang Information Technology Co., Ltd., Industrial Securities Futures, GUOFU Futures, Orient Securities, Shenyin & Wanguo Futures, and Shanghai Data Solution Co., Ltd.

 

It is a single elimination group match. The groups are divided by random lottery. The Group A has four teams, i.e. SHFE Tech, Zhengzhou Esunny, GUOFU Futures and SDS. The Group B is made up of CFFE Tech, Dalian Feichuang, Industrial Securities, Orient Securities and Shenyin & Wanguo Futures. 

 

As the matches went on, matches of fierce and exciting competition were unfolded as each team fought its way to the qualification for next game. In court, players were running, jumping, dodging and fighting for every chance. Each tacit move, swift change-over, stealth, shot, successful defense and scoring, would lead to a burst of exciting cheers. Together, all players gave a good example of sports spirits, e.g. positive attitude, fighting and participating. Together with sweat and passion came exciting and excellent games. It was a good demonstration of the spirit, vigor and vitality in the IT people of the futures industry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After intense competition, four teams made their way to the semifinals, i.e. Group A: Zhengzhou Esunny and GUOFU Futures; Group B: CFFE Tech and Industrial Securities. After the semifinals, where Zhengzhou Esunny fought Industrial Securities and GUOFU Futures fought CFFE Tech, two teams made to the final match, Zhengzhou Esunny and CFFE Tech. Finally, the Zhengzhou Esunny won the champion, the CFFE Tech took the second place, the Industrial Securities took the third place and the GUOFU Futures took the fourth place.

 

 

The Match turned out to be a great bridge of communication and friendship for all participating teams. The fighting in the court extraordinarily improved the coordination, communication, unity and trust between team members and teams. After the game, Mr. Zhang Zhifeng, Vice President of Zhengzhou Esunny, the Champion Winner of this game, indicated that the industry should organize more basketball competitions. Then, he encouraged all players to carry the spirits driving them forward in the court on to their daily work and study and use the chemical reactions set off in the competition to fuel friendship and communication across the industry and, if possible, create more cooperative platforms for the industry.  

 

 

The SDS devotes itself in actively providing the technical subsidiaries of the big four domestic futures exchanges and other futures business operators with great services. In recent years, focusing on the quality of its technical services, security assurance and service response around futures trading business, SDS has successfully developed the SDS Futures Finance Network Service that is highly spoken of in the industry. It’s our wish that such courage, morale and team-work demonstrated in the court would unite all participants together and create a better future for all!