The first match that #lafamilia will play in Spain of the Classification Phase for the 2027 World Cup will take place in the Santiago Martín de la Laguna Sports Pavilion (Tenerife). Georgia will be the opponent for a team that will open a stage already with the new coach on the bench.
#Lafamilia will return to Tenerife on November 30 to play the second day of the classification phase for the Catar 2027 World Cup. Georgia will be the rival that will put the end point to the first window (three days before, the National Team will play in Denmark) that will lead the next national coach. An exciting and demanding new stage for Spain that will have the first game in our country in the Santiago Martín de la Laguna (Tenerife).
In the draw held last May, #lafamilia was framed in Group A of the European caqualifiers with Georgia, Denmark and Ukraine. The first three classified will obtain the ticket to the second and final classification phase, in which they will cross with the first three classified of Group B (Greece, Montenegro, Portugal and Romania). In this group I, in which all the results obtained in the first phase are dragged, the first three classified will obtain the Ticket for Qatar 2027.
With Georgia’s, it will be the fifth game that Spain, double world champion in Japan 2006 and China 2019, play in Tenerife. All of them will have been played in the same pavilion: a Santiago Martín who already saw #lafamilia facing two friendlies in the summer of 2027 and two matches of the classification phase for the 2019 World Cup against Ukraine in November 2018 and against Turkey in February 2019.
Elisa Aguilar: “We know that we are going to have the support of the public from Tenerife”
“In the Spanish Basketball Federation we are delighted that the National Team dispute its first match in Spain of the classification phase for Qatar 2027. Now we start a new stage in #LaFamilia and we know that we will have the support and heat of an audience that has always turned to the selection such as Tenerife. It is the ideal scenario for the team to take the necessary steps to stop. World”.
Lope Alfonso: “For Tenerife it is a pride to welcome the selection”
Lope Afonso, vice president and tourism counselor of the Cabildo de Tenerife, points out that “for Tenerife it is a true pride Tenerife positioning as an ideal destination not only for tourism, but also for the celebration of great sports events.
Yolanda Moliné: “We are going to live an unforgettable day”
Yolanda Moliné, Minister of Sports of the Cabildo, states that “I am convinced that on November 30 we will live an unforgettable day in Santiago Martín, with a full pavilion, a delivered hobby and an atmosphere at the height to receive our Spanish male team.”
Dimple Melwani: “Welcoming this party is a great satisfaction”
Dimple Melwani, CEO of Tourism of Tenerife, emphasizes that “it is a great satisfaction that the island welcomes this outstanding selection match for the enjoyment of all Tenerife fond of basketball. I want Basketball, which continues to reinforce our tourism promotion strategy based on that binomial between tourism and sport. ”
