With a joint press release, the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) announced «that, starting in January, will continue joint exploration for the creation of a new professional league men’s basketball at pan-European level. In this phase, the NBA and Fiba will involve the teams and owner groups interested in participating in the project.”
«In addition to the permanent places (which would be Milan, Rome, London, Manchester, Barcelona, Madrid, Berlin, Munich, Istanbul, Athens, Paris and Lyon, ed.), the new league will offer all the teams of the European national championships affiliated to Fiba the possibility of qualify every year based on sporting meritthrough the Basketball Champions League from the Fiba or through a qualifying tournament at the end of the season – we read again in the press release -. The league calendar will also be aligned with that of national domestic championships and national team international competitions, allowing athletes to represent both their club and their national team throughout the entire sporting season.”
Under the new league, NBA e FIBA They also plan to allocate resources and financial support for the development of the entire European basketball ecosystem, including national championships, club youth sectors and existing programs in Europe and the United States dedicated to the growth and training of young players, coaches and referees at all levels.
PETRUCCI E ZACKLIS: «NBA EUROPE IS THE FUTURE»
«Nba Europe is exploding in our hands and many entrepreneurs have called us. Strengthen the Italian championship and they will give us players for the national team as we have always asked for. Then the capitals always have a particular charm, who doesn’t know Roma in the world? – so Gianni Petrucci, president of Federbasket in the columns of The Messenger -. The duty of confidentiality requires me not to reveal the cards on the interested entrepreneurs yet, but the horses have left and there will be development that is not just sportingbut also economic and sports facilities: new training fields will be built that don’t exist today and then let’s think about the Pala Eur and the tennis center.
Councilor Onorato is working very well, as is Sport and Health.”
«Carrying out this joint project between Nba e Fiba represents a big step for the European basketball community. The league format respects the principles of the European sporting model, offering any club with ambition within the continent a fair route to the highest level. declared Andreas Zacklis, general secretary of Fiba (in the photo with Commisioner Adam Silver) -. The project was conceived to strengthen the sustainability of the entire European basketball ecosystem, from players to clubs, from leagues to national federations, generating a ripple effect that will bring concrete benefits to basketball fans across the continent.”
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