Argentina beat Brazil in the last play and celebrated at the Pan-American basketball tournament for players over 75 years old

In the framework of Pan American Maxi Basketball that took place in the city of Paraná, Entre Ríos, a significant event took place and that marks that the practice of sports has no age. The Argentine team of the category for players over 75 years of age became champion after beating its pair from Brazil in the last seconds of the game.

For the last date of zone A in which a Brazilian team with +80 basketball players also participated, the Argentine team won 51-50 and added their fourth win to win the title of the category. The definition was given in the last seconds of the match: after taking the rebound, the player number 12 of the Argentine team ran the entire field. After that, he passed the ball to a teammate, who shortly after returned the ball to the protagonist of the closing game.

With less than 6 seconds remaining, the local basketball player scored a double from the free throw line that put Argentina in front. Despite the attempt, Brazil added a double under the rim but time had already expired.

The national team finished with a record of four wins with no losses. He defeated Brazil +80 51-34, did the same in the first match against the Brazilians +75 (50-42) and then beat the rivals over 80 years old 35-27.

It should be noted that the eleventh edition of the Pan-American tournament for people over 30 years of age was organized by the International Maxibasketball Federation (Fimba) and that it had the support of the Women’s Maxibasketball Federation of Argentina (FFEMAR) and the Civil Association of Women’s Maxibasketball. Meerkats Club of Paraná.

The event, which was postponed for two years due to the coronavirus pandemic, took place on 10 courts in the city of Entre Ríos (Students, Ciclista, Recreativo, Paracao, Quique Club, Talleres, San Agustín, La Chiquita and Rowing) plus three sub-venues in localities nearby (Atlético María Grande, Unión de Crespo and Viale FBC), It was attended by almost 2000 athletes. Players from the categories over 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65 and 70 years participated in the women’s branch. For their part, among the men, teams that ranged from 30 to 80 years old performed. male as +30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75.

Teams from 13 countries participated in the event: Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Brazil, Croatia, Mexico, Uruguay, Peru, Costa Rica, Colombia and Honduras.

In addition to the victory of the seniors in the men’s category, there were also other final results. Among the women, Brazil became champion at +45 after beating Argentina 57-53. The team made up of Argentina B achieved third place by defeating Mexico (40 to 39). The revenge for Argentina in the classic was in the +55 category, as they beat the Brazilians by a wide margin (59 to 32) and celebrated the championship. Another title was given to the Argentines in the division of more than 65/70 years after beating Ecuador 53-41.

Among the men, in addition to the victory in the +75/80 category, Brazil celebrated in the division of more than 60 years after beating the Argentines and the same thing happened at +70 with the victory of the Verdeamarela against Chile by 62-48.

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