FEB Campeonato de España Junior Masculino

During May 4-10, I had the chance to watch the FEB (Federacíon Española de Baloncesto) Campeonato de España Junior Masculino, or in other words FEB (Spanish Basketball Federation) Junior Under 18 Men's Championship. This is the third consecutive year that the tournament is held in Marin, the town where I live. Teams which play in this tournament come from every part of Spain as for as the Islas Canarias to Melilla, a Spanish city beside Africa.

Sorteos en mi instituto (Group draws in my highschool)

Some of the best teams that play in my opinion are FC Barcelona (2013 sub campeon), Joventut Badalona (2013 campeon), Real Madrid, Unicaja, and CAI Zaragoza. The thing is, the clubs mentioned above play in the Liga ACB and are some of the largest in Spain so they have money to find really good players. Many of these under 18 players will probably play for the professional team in the future. Some players are from other countries, for example the point guard in FC Barcelona plays in the Sweden National team, the MVP of the tournament is from Congo, and the MVP finals is from Senegal. 

Picken Claret vs. Real Madrid

FC Barcelona vs. Cajasol

The team my town and I cheered for was Marin Peixe Galego, an underdog team. The professional team plays in the Liga Adecco Plata, the third highest basketball league in Spain. However, they lost against Fundacion 5+11 but eventually won 7th place.

Campeón: Real Madrid
Runner up: Unicaja Malaga

3rd: Fundacion 5+11 (Pais Vasco)
4th: Cajasol (Sevilla)
5th: FC Barcelona
6th: Catalana Occident Manresa A
7th: Marin Peixe Galego
8th: Picken Claret A (Valencia)



Click on the video link below! Skip to 6:50 to see an amazing dunk

MARIN PEIXE GALEGO JUNIOR 2014 from RAFA SABUGUEIRO on Vimeo.



Best passer: Carlos Hidalgo (Cajasol)
Best Rebounder: Cedric Belemene (Marín Peixegalego)
Best Scorer: Tadas Sedekerskis (Fundación 5+11)
Best player of the finals: Wally Niang (Real Madrid) 
Best player of the tournament: Cedric Belemene (Marín Peixegalego)

The first guy on the left definitely played like a beast! In his final game, he had 26 points, 29 rebounds, and 7 assists. The guy to his right had 25 points and 17 rebounds in the semifinal.

During the day, we missed some classes to see the games (don't worry, nobody went to class), but the best games were at night because the whole stadium was filled with fans and noise. Some of the fans were just insanely annoying. Cough cough Real Madrid and Barcelona fans. At the Real Madrid games, whenever the opposing team touched the ball, the fans would make noises with a vuvuzuela. This other time at a Barça game, when the female referee made a bad call, this angry fan told her to get back in the kitchen!

una publicación de CLUB BALONCESTO PEIXEFRESCO MARÍN.

After the game, I took a picture with Hugo Mallo, the capitan of Celta de Vigo (Favorite soccer team)

No doubt about it, my favorite games were when Peixegalego played, but my other favorite was FC Barcelona vs. Canarias Basketball Academy. There was the chinese guy that played, and and during the warmup it looked like he sucked at basketball. I was definitely wrong because he got the first point and dunk of the game. Turns out, he was one of the best players in Oak Hill California and is going to play for UC Riverside. 

Chris Tang

http://vimeo.com/94961596 Real Madrid vs. Unicaja

http://vimeo.com/94484428 FC Barcelona vs. Joventut

http://vimeo.com/94268514 Day 3 Tournament highlights