Finally IAE gave up playing the Federal and the one that qualified together with Unión was Independiente de Tandil. A review of the crosses and the playoff format.
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Once the 14 games of the initial phase of the Prefederal Basketball tournament were over, it was learned that the undefeated champion was Unión and the second IAE (Albert Einstein Institute) Club for which they got direct promotions to Federal. But finally Einstein gave up participating in the category of the rise of Argentine basketball, so his place is occupied Independent of Tandil, who finished third.
Given these changes, the semifinal crosses at the start of the playoffs in search for the third ascent They were made as follows: smata (4) receives this Wednesday from 9:00 p.m. at the Eva Perón Stadium to Sporting (7), while Alvarado (5) will do the same at the Facundo Moyano stadium against Kimberley (6).
Tomás Bejaran’s team and Mariano García Galli’s team finished in fourth and fifth place in the regular phase, respectively, and earned the chance to be local in the semifinals, instance that is a single encounterso the teams that win this Wednesday night will advance directly to the Grand finale.
It should be remembered that the Sports Region Cab 3 of the Federal Basketball Tournament It had started with two qualifying places for the third category of Argentine basketball, but as the days passed, that changed and a promotion was added.
Given this, the format was changed and that is why the first two who finished in the regular phase they got their pass directly to the Federal (as IAE Club withdrew from participating, it classified the third, Independiente de Tandil) and also now the playoffs to settle the third ascent, which will start between the crosses of Smata (4) against Sporting (7) and Alvarado (5) against Kimberley (6), in a single match. The team that finished last in the regular phase was Rivadavia de Necochea, so it is the only one that does not dispute the instance of playoffs.
The winners of these matches will play the grand finaledefining instance that will be to the best of three games, The first game will be played next Saturday, the second on Monday, and if necessary, the third and last game will take place next Wednesday to finally find out what they are. the three teams from this region that will participate in the Federal Tournament of the 2023 season that would begin in January.
