The Special Olympics Unified 3×3 Basketball World Cup Draw -Ceremony was held today in San Juan, Puerto Rico officially marked the start of the World Cup and presented the stage for what teams, spectators, families and basketball fans can expect for gameplay 5 – 7 December.
What is the draw?
The draw is the process of sorting the teams that compete in groups in the cup to see who they will play in the first round of the tournament.
Competitive teams for both men and women are first divided into four pots based on their home region and quota allocation.
From there the teams are drawn and placed in their groups. The groups define “group game” that refers to the games that determine who will continue to the quarterfinals, semi -final and finals.
The groups are sorted like A, B, C, D and E for men, and A, B, C and D for women. On the men’s side of the competition, 20 teams are drawn and sorted in five groups of four teams. For the women, 18 teams are sorted into four groups – two groups of five and two groups of four.
The order in which teams are drawn is ordered as group A1, A2, A3 and A4 with all four teams a group that comes from different pots to guarantee various competition for everyone. The process is repeated for all groups (B, C, D and E) until the groups are completed.
Puerto Rico, as a host country, is the only pre -selected team and the E1 slot is automatically assigned to the men’s groups and D1 in the women’s tournaments. This is done to ensure that the guest team plays during Primetime on the opening day.
The draw ceremony
Lead from Special Olympics International, Special Olympics Puerto RicoAnd the local organizing committee for the Cup & Mc’ed by Federico Lopez, son of Fico Lopez, the former basketball player of Puerto Rico, the draw collected a number of influential figures from the global basketball community and Puerto Rico. Presence included:
- Hector Vazquez Muniz, Puerto Rico’s Sport and Recreation Secretary
- Hector Magdiel Rivera.
- Claudia Echeverry, Special Olympics Regional President and Managing Director
- David Bernier, president of the Special Olympics 3×3 Unified Basketball World Cup
- Hamchetou Maiga-Ba, Olympian, former WNBA player and Special Olympics International Board Member
- Maria Luisa Franklin, Special Olympics Puerto Rico Athlete Leader
- Pamela Rosado, captain of the national basketball team of Puerto Rico
- Katie Villarini, Puerto Rico National Basketball Team and National 3×3 team member
Basketball players from Special Olympics Puerto Rico were also present.
What is the following?
Special Olympic teams will use the following 92 days to train with their team and prepare for San Juan to compete for the title of Special Olympics Unified 3×3 Basketball World Cup Champion.
The tournament starts on December 5 with Special Olympics Puerto Rico opposite Special Olympics Angola on the women’s side and Special Olympics Puerto Rico Special Olympics Bharat for the men.
The three days of the competition will be closed on December 7 on the occasion of the completion of the very first Special Olympics Unified 3×3 Basketball World Cup.
View the Special Olympics 3×3 Unified Basketball World Cup website To stay up to date with information about the tournament.
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