The basketball contest 'Città di Rimini' is a challenge between Rimini Crabs NTS, two teams in the Serie A of Italian basketball, VL Pesaro and Virtus Bologna, and the Shanghai Sharks, the Chinese team which is owned by the president Yao Ming .
The opening match, Saturday 5th September at 6.30 pm, is between two big basketball teams, Pesaro against Bologna, while at 8.30 pm the Rimini team Crabs NTS will challenge the Shanghai Sharks, the team that plays in the Chinese Serie A
Sunday will be played the finals, one for third and fourth place, at 6.30 pm, followed at 8.30 pm by the real final of the tournament.