BARCELONA, 16 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Plaza 3×3 CaixaBank basketball tournament has reached 50,000 participants since 2012 after carrying out this year, in its tenth anniversary edition, 12 stops with more than 4,000 participants, 1,500 games and 50,000 visitors.
The 12 stops of this edition have been in Melilla, Madrid, Malaga, Palma, Pamplona, A Coruña, Santander, Barcelona, Alcalá de Henares, Zaragoza, Granada and Seville, explained the bank this Wednesday in a statement.
In this edition the circuit has coincided with the presence in the city of the Absolute Teams: the Men’s in Pamplona and the Women’s on the opening day held in Melilla.
In addition, for the second consecutive year, the stops in Madrid and Barcelona have been held within the framework of Madrid Urban Sports and Extreme Barcelona respectively, two of the most successful urban sports events in Spain.
FEB
The participants and visitors have been able to meet three of the great Ambassadors of the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB): Fernando Romay, Carlos Jiménez and Marta Fernández.
Since 2012, when the FEB launched the Plaza 3×3 CaixaBank programme, a total of 43 cities throughout Spain have welcomed 113 stops and 300,000 visitors.
Since its first edition, the circuit has been linked to the women’s basketball promotion program Universo Mujer, which, together with the CaixaBank central court, also gives its name to one of the courts at each stop.
CaixaBank is a sponsoring partner of the FEB and official sponsor of the Spanish National Team in all its categories, male and female.
