Groups, teams and fields
After opening to 48 teams, the groups of the Befana Tournament 2013 are ready. The event, organized by Hurricane Basketball with the helping of Fip Padova and the media partnership of StreetBall, will be from 2 to 5 January in various Padua fields (and not only) involving many mini players.
PLACES. Following the locations designated to host the new edition of this international event: Limena, Mortise, Padova (Tadi), Taggì di Sotto, Cavino, Piombino Dese and Bassano del Grappa. Please note that the tournament will overlap in Vicenza extending its fields beyond the territory of Padua.
MACEDONIA AND ARCELLA-RIVIERA. Reduced to a single team the partecipation of foreign teams with the macedonians Kk Tomas, who have confirmed their presence as a result of the experience gained in the previous edition.
Published on the Groups section the composition of the 16 groups with all the teams competing for the tournament, which also includes the last champions Arcella-Riviera.
Article written by the media partner StreetBall.it
Befana Tournament 2013: open to 48 teams!
Revolution in the Befana tournament 2013! In order to deal the high number of requests from all over the Veneto and other Italian cities, the promoting committee of the Hurricane Basketball has decided to expand to 48 teams entered the men's competition. It is a backlash without precedent for the Befana championship that will see for the first time at the starting line almost 50 minplayers teams. The show of the Befana tournament in program from 2nd to January 5th 2013 with the support of the media Streetball, becomes one of the most important events dedicated to minibasket (category Aquilotti) ever in the Italian and international scene.
GREATER INVOLVEMENT. The decision to open the "seams" of participation, restricted at first to forty contenders, comes from the desire not to disappoint all the companies that have given their preference in the event Hurricane branded.
NEW FORMULA. But this is a choice that has forced the organizer staff to change the original formula reformulating the competition with 16 round-robin by three teams. In the first phase, the sports teams from each group will play for determine the pairs of the second round.
Waiting for the last confirmation we publish a maximum program:
Wednesday, January 2, 2013: the first group stage.
Thursday, January 3, 2013: second round (morning) and quarterfinals (afternoon).
Friday, January 4, 2013: semi-finals (morning), pause (afternoon).
Saturday, January 5, 2013: finals.
Article written by the media partner StreetBall.it