After three days full of emotions and great matches, the week of Costa Brava Girona Basket he arrived at his equator yesterday with the outcome of the women’s tournament, who smiled at Post SV of Nuremberg and Gran Canaria, although with very different scripts. The Germans, in the cadet category, sweated in a highly competitive final against Minguella, who only trailed by three with four minutes to go, but ended up conceding 35-49. In turn, the Canary Islands were the strongest team in children’s, beating Almeda 68-44 in a duel between undefeated. As for the local representatives, he Basketball Girona-Uni Laia Palau and the fourththey finished 6th and 7th in children, while the Combined Girona, with players from Fontajau and Sarrià, it was 8th All this to end a round trip where some teams got to know the city of Girona and, the luckiest, an idol like Marc Gasol.
This, however, is only the beginning, because from today the men’s selection of the tournament, which brings together a 38 teams in the pavilions of Vilablareix (sub12), Salt and Quart (sub14) and Sarrià, Palau, Sant Gregori and Montfalgars (sub16). The latter is the highlight of the tournament, in which 24 teams they will compete from the first day in elimination rounds. Almost 50% are international, like the Dubai from the historic Darryl Middleton, or the Ratiopharm Ulm, and the talent of the players is more evident after the performances of their teammates in recent days. For sure the neutral viewer will be able to enjoy a lot good basketball if it approaches the pavilions from today until Saturday, with a sample of the best grassroots teams in the country and also on an international scale.