Brilliant and spectacular return of the Plaza 3×3 CaixaBank to Zaragoza, in whose emblematic Plaza del Pilar 107 teams, 428 male and female players from all categories and almost 10,000 visitors have gathered throughout a day in which a total of 154 games and has been another great party of the largest free street basketball circuit in Spain.
The return of the Plaza 3×3 CaixaBank circuit to Zaragoza has been brilliant and spectacular. No less than 107 teams and 428 players from all categories in a day in which 154 games were played, the usual competitions led by the FEB Ambassador Fernando Romay were held, and it concluded with the distribution of trophies to the winners of the competitions in each of the categories. In addition, almost 10,000 visitors have passed through the emblematic Plaza del Pilar throughout the day.
The event has had the support of the Zaragoza Sport municipal society of the Zaragoza City Council and the collaboration of the Aragonese Basketball Federation (FAB), and a team of volunteers attached to the FEB-CaixaBank Volunteer Program has also participated.
The day has been developed from early in the morning until early in the afternoon, and as in all the previous stops of the circuit, compliance with health protocols has been guaranteed at all times to guarantee the health of participants and visitors. . At the end of the day, the final prizes were distributed to the winners.
Zaragoza has been the tenth stop of the current 2022 edition of the circuit, which had previously passed through Melilla, Madrid, Malaga, Palma, Pamplona, A Coruña, Santander, Barcelona and Alcalá de Henares, and which will continue next Saturday November 5 in Granada.
The circuit can be followed in all its details through the page http://www.feb.es/plaza3x3.aspx.
Ángel Loren: “The Plaza 3×3 CaixaBank is a luxury for Zaragoza”
The Councilor for Social Action and Family of the Zaragoza City Council, Ángel Loren, highlighted that “it is a luxury for Zaragoza to host a circuit like Plaza 3×3 CaixaBank. Thank you all for participating, and to those who have made this event possible, which is the third time it has been held in our most emblematic square. Our thanks also to CaixaBank, the Spanish Federation and the Aragonese Federation”.
Ricardo Ger: “Many values unite us with the National Teams and basketball”
The Director of Institutions for CaixaBank in Aragón and La Rioja, Ricardo Ger, pointed out: “For CaixaBank in Aragón it is a special day, of street basketball. We are official sponsors of the Spanish National Teams in all categories, with which many values unite us. We are delighted to be in basketball and in programs like this. We hope that the Plaza 3×3 CaixaBank will last at least ten more years, because it is a satisfaction to be close to everyone”.
Pedro Meléndez: “We want to promote the 3×3 and for people to enjoy it”
The sports director of the Aragonese Basketball Federation and FEB 3×3 Men’s coach, Pedro Meléndez, has assured that “We are delighted to host a day of Plaza 3×3 CaixaBank, and we want to thank the Zaragoza City Council for bringing us to Plaza del Pilar, which further enhances. We want to promote basketball and for people to enjoy it, in a booming modality like 3×3”.
Fernando Romay: “A Saturday like the one we have experienced here encourages us to continue”
And for FEB Ambassador Fernando Romay, “It is a joy to be all over Spain with this Plaza 3×3 CaixaBank, and especially today in such an emblematic location as Plaza del Pilar. For the FEB, as for the Aragonese Federation that always welcomes us so well, the promotion of basketball and its values is a fundamental objective, and living a Saturday like the one we have experienced here encourages us to continue working to bring basketball to everyone ours and our young people”.
More than 100 stops, 42 cities and more than 45,000 participants since 2012
The FEB launched the Plaza 3×3 program in 2012, from its first edition by CaixaBank. Since its inception, the circuit has reached 101 stops, 45,000 participants and 225,000 visitors. All this in a total of 42 cities throughout Spain: A Coruña, Albacete, Alcalá de Henares, Alcázar de San Juan, Almendralejo, Almería, Ávila, Badajoz, Barcelona, Bilbao, Burgos, Cáceres, Castellón, Cartagena, Córdoba, Gijón, Guadalajara, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, León, Leganés, L’Hospitalet, Logroño, Madrid, Málaga, Melilla, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca, Pamplona, Plasencia, San Sebastián, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santander, Santiago of Compostela, Segovia, Seville, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Terrassa, Valencia, Zaragoza and Zarautz.
CaixaBank, reference sponsor of Spanish basketball
CaixaBank is a sponsoring member of the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB) and an official sponsor of the Spanish National Team in all its categories, male and female. The financial entity has been involved with national basketball since 2013 and its involvement and activation of multiple initiatives around this sport have helped to make visible and expand the impact of the greatest successes achieved internationally.
In its implementation of the local sponsorship strategy, CaixaBank has collaborated with the main basketball events that have been held in the last decade in Spain, both professional and amateur, transferring the values of sport to all corners of the country. Among them is the commitment to the Plaza 3×3 CaixaBank circuit.
In addition, the FEB and CaixaBank have a specific sports volunteer program that goes beyond the competition itself: the FEB CaixaBank volunteer program. After seven years, this program has managed to weave a solid community of more than 21,000 volunteers (21,405 active in April 2022), who support all the official basketball events organized by the FEB.
