FIBA Americas 2012 Male Centrobasket

An upcoming exiting event is this year’s Centrobasket male tournament to be held in the Coliseum of Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot. This tournament is sponsored by FIBA Americas (Pan-American Basketball Confederation), a non-profit organization created by FIBA (International Basketball Federation) to represent the federation in the Americas. FIBA Americas has jurisdiction from Canada to Argentina.

Hosting the event is de Puerto Rican Basketball Federation. The games will be held from June 18 to June 24, presenting 10 international teams which are: Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, United States, Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Puerto Rico. In May 9 draws were made in the Puerto Rican Olympic House to divide the teams in two groups. Team A is composed by: Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Cuba, Panama and Nicaragua. And in Team B there is: Dominican Republic, Virgin Islands, United States, Jamaica, Costa Rica and Mexico.

The tournament is a full-house event. The price range goes form $5.66 to $32.13. The games scheduled from Monday to Friday will start at 1:00 p.m. Those assigned to Saturday and Sunday will start at 6:00 p.m. In these two days the semifinals and finals will be presented.

The Coliseum of Puerto Rico, the principal multipurpose arena of the island, will be filled with Olympic colors to present to all sport fans one of the most important international athletic events. Fortunately, the Puerto Rican national basketball team is last year’s Centrobasket gold medalist.

Important about these types of events is the message that can be transmitted. Besides being a cultural event that brings together hundreds of talented people, it also demonstrates the diversity of events that can be done. General people think mostly about concerts the first time that they hear the word “event” or “event planning”. The reality is that events like this tournament help the multicultural integration by merging many countries in a specific place. This is one of the event planning purposes: enriching its participants and attendees trough entertainment.