Christmas under the basket for the Allianz Derthona U19s: the hunt for the Final Eight of the Next Gen Cup LBA starts again in Biella from 26 to 29 December
Shoots against EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, Scafati Basketball Academy, Carpegna Prosciutto Papalini Pesaro e GeVi Naples the race to qualify for the Final Eight in Trento forU19 Excellence ofAllianz Derthona. The team coached by Luca Ansaloni will start in pole position at Biella thanks to the momentary first place in Group A - tied with Milan - achieved at the inaugural stage in Varese with three victories out of three against Pall. Varese, Virtus Emil Banca Bologna and Vanoli Cremona. The top 4 in each of the two groups will qualify for the Trentino final phase. Below is the Press release on second stage spread by Legabasket, with the calendar official of the event.
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After the first stage in Varese, the Next Gen Cup 2023/24 - also branded IBSA in this edition and with presenting sponsor UnipolSai - moves to Biella for the second concentration of the group phase, scheduled from 26 to 29 December 2023 at the two structures of the Biella Forum and the Pala Pajetta, thanks to the support of the Municipal Administration of Biella and the Terra Della Lana Committee and with the collaboration of the Regional and Provincial FIP.
The Biella stage will be presented during the press conference scheduled for Wednesday 6 December at 11.00 in the Council Room of Palazzo Oropa in which the LBA President Umberto Gandini, the Mayor of the City of Biella Claudio Corradino and the Councilor for Sport and Deputy Mayor Giacomo Moscarola.
The Under 19 teams of the 16 Serie A clubs have been divided into two groups made up of eight teams each and are competing in an Italian format with one-way matches (7 match days).
This is the ranking of the two groups at the end of the first three days played in Varese in the first concentration from 30 October to 1 November 2023.
Group A: EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (6 points), Allianz Derthona Tortona (6 points), Pallacanestro Varese (4 points), Generazione Vincente Napoli Basket (2 points), Virtus Emil Banca Bologna (2 points), Vanoli Basket Cremona (2 points), Carpegna Prosciutto Papalini Pesaro (2 points), Academy Scafati Basket (0 points).
Group B: Dolomiti Energia Trentino (6 points), NutriBullet Treviso Basket (4 points), Estra Pistoia (4 points), Pollini Brescia (4 points), Banco di Sardegna Sassari (2 points), UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia (2 points), Umana Reyer Venezia (2 points), Happy Casa Brindisi (0 points).
The top four teams in each group will qualify for the Final Eight with quarter-finals, semi-finals and direct elimination final which will be played from 22 to 24 February in Trento on the parquet of the Il T Quotidiano Arena in Trento.
The event, organized by the Lega Basket in harmony with the Italian Basketball Federation, aims to enhance and promote the nurseries of Serie A clubs, ready to train the great champions of tomorrow, to train the technical staff and emerging prospects of the referee class.
THE PROGRAM AND TIMES OF THE BIELLA CONCENTRATION:
Tuesday December 26
BIELLA FORUM
GROUP A
15.00 PM VARESE BASKETBALL – CARPEGNA PROSCIUTTO PAPALINI PESARO
17.00 PM ACADEMY SCAFATI BASKET – WINNING GENERATION NAPLES BASKET
19.00 PM VIRTUS EMIL BANCA BOLOGNA – VANOLI BASKET CREMONA
21.00 PM ALLIANZ DERTHONA TORTONA – EA7 EMPORIO ARMANI MILAN
PALAPAJETTA
GROUP B
14.30 PM POLLINI BRESCIA – NUTRIBULLET TREVISO BASKETBALL
16.30 PM BANCO DI SARDEGNA SASSARI – DOLOMITI ENERGIA TRENTINO
18.30 PM HAPPY CASA BRINDISI – UMANA REYER VENICE
20.30 PM EXTRA PISTOIA – UNAHOTELS REGGIO EMILIA
WEDNESDAY 27 DECEMBER
PALAPAJETTA
GROUP A
11.30 AM VANOLI BASKET CREMONA – CARPEGNA HAM PAPALINI PESARO
13.30 PM ACADEMY SCAFATI BASKETBALL – ALLIANZ DERTHONA TORTONA
15.30 PM EA7 EMPORIO ARMANI MILAN – VARESE BASKETBALL
17.30 PM NAPLES BASKETBALL WINNING GENERATION – VIRTUS EMIL BANCA BOLOGNA
BIELLA FORUM
GROUP B
11.00 AM NUTRIBULLET TREVISO BASKETBALL – HAPPY CASA BRINDISI
13.00 PM UMANA REYER VENICE – BANCO DI SARDEGNA SASSARI
15.00 PM DOLOMITI ENERGIA TRENTINO – UNAHOTELS REGGIO EMILIA
17.00 PM EXTRA PISTOIA – POLLINI BRESCIA
THURSDAY 28 DECEMBER
BIELLA FORUM
GROUP A
10.30 AM EA7 EMPORIO ARMANI MILAN – ACADEMY SCAFATI BASKETBALL
12.30 PM WINNING GENERATION NAPLES BASKETBALL – VANOLI BASKETBALL CREMONA
14.30 PM VARESE BASKETBALL – VIRTUS EMIL BANCA BOLOGNA
16.30 PM CARPEGNA PROSCIUTTO PAPALINI PESARO – ALLIANZ DERTHONA TORTONA
PALAPAJETTA
GROUP B
11.00 AM UNAHOTELS REGGIO EMILIA – UMANA REYER VENICE
13.00 pm DOLOMITI ENERGIA TRENTINO – NUTRIBULLET TREVISO BASKETBALL
15.00 PM POLLINI BRESCIA – HAPPY CASA BRINDISI
17.00 PM BANCO DI SARDEGNA SASSARI – ESTRA PISTOIA
FRIDAY 29 DECEMBER
PALAPAJETTA
GROUP A
9.30 AM ACADEMY SCAFATI BASKETBALL – VARESE BASKETBALL
11.30 AM WINNING GENERATION NAPLES BASKETBALL – ALLIANZ DERTHONA TORTONA
13.30 PM VIRTUS EMIL BANCA BOLOGNA – CARPEGNA PROSCIUTTO PAPALINI PESARO
15.30 PM VANOLI BASKETBALL CREMONA – EA7 EMPORIO ARMANI MILAN
BIELLA FORUM
GROUP B
9.00 AM DOLOMITI ENERGIA TRENTINO – HAPPY CASA BRINDISI
11.00 AM NUTRIBULLET TREVISO BASKETBALL – ESTRA PISTOIA
13.00 PM UNAHOTELS REGGIO EMILIA – BANCO DI SARDEGNA SASSARI
15.00 PM UMANA REYER VENICE – POLLINI BRESCIA
TECHNOLOGICAL AND DIGITAL ACTIVITIES, MICROPING OF PLAYERS AND COACHES CONTINUES DURING THE MATCHES
In the Group Phase and in the Final Phase of the Tournament, technological solutions and innovative digital activities will continue to be presented, such as the miking of players and coaches throughout the match including pre- and post-match, in order to collect all their dialogues. The conversations will be recorded so that, after the end of the competition, they can be examined and summarized. Once the audio track has been obtained, a series of videos will be created which will exclusively tell the "behind the scenes" of the Event.
TECHNICAL MODIFICATIONS
In this edition of the IBSA Next Gen Cup, during the group stages and in the Final Phase, new technical rules are being applied and will be applied on an experimental basis which could represent an element of spectacularization, speeding up the game, improvement and individual training of the athletes:
GROUP PHASE
After a violation in the defensive half of the pitch, the referees must not give the ball to the team entitled to the throw-in.
Bonus to six team fouls. From the sixth foul onwards, in a quarter of the game, the team that has suffered the foul, not in shooting action, will be awarded a point and granted a free throw.
The rule of alternating possession has been eliminated, providing that every contested ball is administered with a jump ball.
If after a free throw the team that returns to defense, in the case in which it presses full court and recovers the ball in the first half of the field, scores a basket in the possession generated by the recovery, this basket is worth 1 more point.
The interval between the second and third quarters is 5 minutes.
FINAL PHASE
In addition to the new rules previously mentioned, at the first dead ball, with less than 4 minutes left in the 4th quarter, a Target Score of the game is identified by adding 8 points to the team that has the highest score at that moment. That becomes the score that must be reached or exceeded to win the game for both teams. From that moment on, the remaining time of the match is reset and only shot clocks are used.
