Everything is ready for the I Trofeo Città di Latina-Basket in Piazza. From 1st to 21st July 196 players, 40 games. Arena with grandstand, ledwall, minibasket, food area. Tomorrow also scheduled the parade of the Italy World Games.
In Piazza del Popolo, under the Intendenza di Finanza, three weeks of basketball, on the Junior (12-15 years) and Senior pitch, generation of basketball players compared in 40 games in total, two every evening (7 and 9 pm).
On the opening day there will be an important presence, such as that of the Minister for Sport and Youth Andrea Abodi, who will speak at the team presentation ceremony tomorrow.
We start tomorrow with the challenge Junior Globaltel – Basket del Golfo and for the Senior Generali Assicurazioni – Turi Rizzo.
The program includes, between the Junior and Senior matches, the parade of the football teams of the World Italy Games, an international tournament (seven nations from four continents represented) created by the former Serie A football referee Claudio Gavillucci.
Piazza del Popolo will be the center of gravity of the sport, with hundreds of athletes, protagonists in a real sports village open to all. Around the main field, grandstand, mini-basketball field, food area and a ledwall that will liven up the evenings.
Event sponsored by the Municipality of Latina, organized by the Gli Amici del Basket association. The great wait is about to end, final preparations in Piazza del Popolo: “We’re off – begins Massimo Passamonti president of the Gli Amici del Basket association –, basketball in Latina takes back its space, its memory, its role as a sport of the city, in the city, for the city. It will be a party. A long and engaging party. Summer evenings to live together. Long live Latina, long live basketball”.
Six teams in a single Italian round robin for the Juniors, two groups of four teams for the Seniors. The first qualifying phase will determine the first four Junior teams that will advance to the semifinals (final 5th-6th place for the last two) and the grid from the quarterfinals onwards for the Senior teams. Based on the scoreboard, the first two teams in the group will not be able to meet again, except directly in the final.
Roster of 14 players, including 4 female players. In each quarter of the game, according to the rules, the division of players into green, yellow (according to category of belonging for Seniors/age for Juniors) and red (use of female players) bands will be respected. On the court it is possible to use players from national categories (From A1 to U 17 Ecc), regional (From C to Under 19 Silver), non-registered and former players. There will be no shortage of names that have marked important pages of city basketball, giving prestige at a national level.
Single Junior group composed of GC Insurance (white jersey), GlobalTel (blue jersey), Le Pulcine (black jersey), Basket del Golfo (yellow jersey), Istituto Steve Job / Power Unit (blue jersey), Goonies (green jersey).
Based on the draw, the eight Senior teams were divided into two groups of four.
GIRONE A
Generali Assicurazioni (red shirt), Turi Rizzo (green shirt), Onoranze Funebri La Riviera (blue shirt), Carrozzeria Falcone (orange shirt)
GIRONE B
Finocchiaro Financial Advisor (yellow shirt), Farmacia Isonzo (white shirt), Inlingua Latina (black shirt), Benacquista Assicurazioni (blue shirt).
