The JrNBA Draft Event also stopped in Umbria. The draw took place on the morning of Sunday 21 January, at the PalaSport “Maria Stella Pippi” in Marsciano, which assigned each Umbrian Under 13 team the NBA franchise with which it will take the field and compete in its own division.
Many guests from the world of basketball were present. In addition to the FIP regional president Gianni Antonelli, the general secretary of the Italian Basketball Federation Dr. Maurizio Bertea, the vice president of the CONI Regional Dr. Avv. Aurelio Forcignanò, Stefano Lupattelli “International Scouting Consultant for the Golden State Warriors”, Roberto Brunamonti “Team Director ” Women’s Italian sector.
During the event, scholarships will also be awarded to male and female athletes who, during the 2022/2023 sports season, have distinguished themselves for sporting and scholastic merit.
The winners:
Giovanni Ponti, Virtus Assisi
Augusto Sarti, Ponte Vecchio Basketball
Alessandro Mamone Capria, Perugia Basketball
Alessandro Chiavarini, UBS Foligno
Caterina Abelli, Perugia Basketball
Lavinia Bibi, Virtue of Assisi
The franchises of the NBA teams were then drawn and assigned – complete with delivery of playing kits – to the Umbrian clubs that will participate in the tournament.
JrNBA: HERE ARE ALL THE OFFICIAL PAIRINGS
Jr NBA FIP U13/F Championship
League no. 6 F (Tuscany/Umbria)
Div. KOBE BRYANT
Pall. Femm. Umbertide – Boston Celtics
UBS BK Girl Foligno – Brooklyn Nets
Pink BK Terni – New York Knics
Basketball Azz. Orvieto San Antonio Spurs
Blubasket Spoleto Indiana Pacers
Jr NBA FIP U13 Championship
“Lega UMBRIA n. 23″
2023/2024
Div. A “MICHAEL JORDAN” (ex Southeast)
UBS Foligno Basket – MIAMI HEAT
Pall. Giromondo – CHARLOTTE HORNET
Pol. Linx Acquasparta – WASHINGTON WIZARDS
Ball.AmerinaATLANTA HAWKS
Union Basketball Defeat – ORLANDO MAGIC
Div. B “MAGIC JOHNSON” (ex Northwest)
BK Gualdo 96 – MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
Bestor BK Marsciano – OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
Pall.Perugia B – DENVER NUGGETS
Valdiceppo Basketball – UTAH JAZZ
Atomika Basket – PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS
Div. C “SHAQUILLE O’NEAL” (ex Pacific)
Pall.Perugia A – LOS ANGELES LAKERS
Basket Assisi – SACRAMENTO KINGS
BK Club Fratta Umbertide – GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
Perugia Basket – LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
Interviewer BK Terni – PHOENIX SUNS
Div. D “LARRY BIRD” (ex Southwest)
Arrapaho Orvieto – DALLAS MAVERICKS
Basket Gubbio – HOUSTON ROCKETS
AD Pol. Ellera – NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
Virtus Bastia – SAN ANTONIO SPURS
Tiferno Basketball – MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
The one resulting from the partnership between the National Basketball Association and the Italian Basketball Federation is a unique tournament that has reached record numbers: 18 regions, 36 leagues, 1077 teams, more than 15,000 players.
“A collaboration born last year – comments the president of the Fip Umbria Committee Gianni Antonelli – which saw Umbria among the regions that started the project. Umbria is present in this tournament with twenty men’s and five women’s teams. From this year the JrNBA will also stop in Umbria at middle schools. We have 36 teams that have signed up for the tournament and in the next few days we will also reveal the pairings in the hope that both the JrNBA in schools and the competitive one can bring fun, smiles and a lot of respect towards the athletes, referees and all figures who will intervene in the field”.
This year starts with the same consolidated format: after the regular season, in fact, the best teams from each individual territorial league will face each other in the playoffs and until the final phase which will decide the league winner. In the men’s tournament, an inter-regional phase will reduce the participants to the Final Event to eight, which will award the Jr. NBA FIP 2024 Ring just like in the real NBA. In the women’s tournament, however, all nine league winners will be qualified for the final stage of the Jr. NBA Under 13 Championship.
At the JrNBA Draft – among others – the presence of the General Secretary of the Italian Basketball Federation Dr. Maurizio Bertea and Roberto Brunamonti, Team Director of the Italian Women’s sector.
These are the words of Dr. Maurizio Bertea, General Secretary of the Italian Basketball Federation: “Today is a very important day because it testifies to the effectiveness of the project. These are days – today we are in Marsciano in Umbria – but throughout the Italian territory, which testify to the desire of people to come together again and in this case to play basketball together, therefore boys and girls, families, parents, the brothers and those who accompany them are here this morning to make this day truly special.”
These are the words of Roberto Brunamonti, Team Director of the women’s sector in Italy: “This morning is very important for us, because especially in the last two years we are seeing that there is an increase in registrations in the women’s sector. We are trying in every way to help and support the various Italian regions, trying to go around to see how the business is going, we see improvements. For us it is essential that basketball is also female, we are very happy with how it is going, today as an Umbrian I note that here, in this Umbria draft, there are five female teams, and this makes me happy. We are undoubtedly a region that can push women’s basketball to do better and better.”
© All rights reserved
2024-01-22 00:45:47
#great #success #Marsciano #photo
