Viral village basketball tournament stirs nerves, excitement

A nervous Li Zhi could feel his heart beating hard as he prepared to play basketball in front of more than 10,000 spectators.

After the game started though, the sounds of cheers, roars and drums drowned out the pounding in his chest.

The competition began at 4 pm on Sunday. It was the first time 40-year-old Li participated in the "Village Basketball Association "competition, dubbed "Village BA", at Taipan village, Taijiang county in Guizhou province's Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture.