The Spanish basketball team Their participation in the Paris Olympic Games will be at stake, in one of the pre-Olympic tournaments, with six countries in the running, which will be held in Valencia from July 2 to 7. The pavilion of The Fountain of San Luisknown colloquially as The Fountainwas the candidate chosen by the FEB to present to FIBA and it has selected it along with Riga (Latvia), Piraeus (Greece) and San Juan (Puerto Rico) for the putting into play of the last four vacant places for the Olympic tournament which will be held at the Accor Arena in Paris, in the month of August.
The FEB, and therefore the FIBA, has opted for a safe value. La Fonteta assures a full house for the matches in which the Spanish National Team is playing to be in the Olympic event and a great atmosphere for the rest of the games. The Valencian pavilion has recent experience in international basketball competitions. Not in vain, she was one of the main venues of the 2021 women’s Eurobasket, which was held in France and Spain. In terms of organization, the Valencian headquarters also hosted the exceptional final phase of the Endesa League in June 2020, held behind closed doors due to the pandemic. An event that ended on a note of outstanding despite the obvious difficulties of the moment, worldwide. La Fonteta has also hosted Davis Cup qualifiershe rhythmic gymnastics world championship and various tournaments World Paddle Tour, in the last times.
Infrastructures in the area of communications and hotels of the city has also been fundamental for the choice of Valencia as the pre-Olympic venue. The fact that The six teams can stay in different hotels, within a 3-kilometer area, it is a fact that FIBA has valued positively. And of course, the presence of L’Alquería del Basketbuilding next to La Fonteta, with up to nine tracks that can be used for training, medical and physiotherapy room and other functionshas given many points for the FEB to choose her as a Spanish candidate despite the high cost of organizing the event.
The holding of the pre-Olympic tournament could be the farewell to a basketball event of these characteristics in La Fonteta. The now legendary Valencian pavilion will the witness to the modern Roig Arenaa multipurpose venue that will be completed at the end of 2024, so these types of events are intended to be held there starting in 2025, the date scheduled for its official inauguration. Until then, La Fonteta will continue to use its aura to ‘warm up’ both the Valencia Basket matches and those of the Spanish National Team, which will compete in the Paris Olympic Games in just six days.
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2023-11-28 01:33:51
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