From 7. till 12. August the Jr. NBA World Championship at the ESPN World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. Global ambassadors for the event are triple NBA champion Dwyane Wade and WNBA champion Candace Parker. At SPOX you will learn everything you need to know about the mega-event for young people.
The NBA announced the introduction of the Jr. NBA World Championship, a worldwide unique youth basketball tournament for the best U14 boys and girls teams from all over the world.
The tournament will include 16 regional champions (eight US and eight international teams each) who will compete for the opening event of the 7th World Championships. till 12. August 2018 to the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando.
The draft for European players starts in April 2018 at a selection camp in Slovenia. The regional European champion is made up of the top players of the 17th European Jr. NBA League Programmes (Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Spain, Sweden and Turkey).
Every country is invited to present its best Jr. NBA League players. They will compete against each other at the selection camp in Slovenia to win one of the ten places in the girls’ or boys’ team and Europa in the Jr. NBA World Championship.
“The Jr. The NBA World Championship represents a further important step in our efforts to promote global youth basketball,”said NBA Commissioner Adam Silver,”In addition to the high-level sporting competition, NBA and WNBA veteran and coach participants will learn about the game’s values and the best training techniques,” Cleveland Cavaliers Guard and three-time NBA champion Dwyane Wade and Los-Ang. NBA World Championship.
“As global ambassador for the Jr. Basketball means so much to me and my family, and I look forward to helping the NBA improve the game for the next generation of players from around the world.”
By the Jr. NBA World Championship is played in U. S. and international groups, initially as round robin tournaments, which then become singles for boys and girls. The winners of the U. S. and international groups will play on 12 March. August for the championship.