We are excited to announce a new partnership with Gintreda for Future Stars 2019.
The event will take place over the weekend of 30th August to 1st September 2019 featuring an Elite Junior International Tournament and National Coaching Clinic.
The legendary Junior International Tournament which has taken a hiatus since 2013 has previously featured players such as Jan Vesely (Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul), Dario Saric (Phoenix Suns), Nicolo Meli (Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul), Tomas Satoransky (Washington Wizards) and Rudy Gobert (Utah Jazz) is back for 2019 and will be held at Brunel University, London.
The tournament will feature truly great European clubs boasting a rich history in developing talent. The following U18 teams will be competing for the Future Stars 2019 Championship title; Maccabi Teddy Tel Aviv (Final 8 Euroleague ANGT 2019), Rytas Vilnius (Euroleague ANGT 2018 Winner), Oxygen Orange 1 Basket, Porsche Ludwigsburg, England National Team and London United. For further details on the Gintreda Future Stars Tournament please click here.
The tournament will be accompanied by a National Coaching Clinic which in the past boasted renowned Coaches such as Sergio Scariolo, Pepu Hernandez, Neven Spahija and Aito Garcia as keynote speakers. The National Coaching Clinic will take place on Saturday 31st August and will be delivered in conjunction with Basketball England. For more details and to book your place on the National Coaching Clinic please click here.
To ensure that we are catering for all levels of basketball performers we are working in collaboration with the London Region of Basketball England to include tournaments for U16 players with both boys and girls categories. The U16 tournament will take place on the 31st August and 1st September alongside the Junior International Tournament and National Coaching Clinic at Brunel University, London.
Gintreda Future Stars 2019 is a unique event for the UK which will bring together all levels of participation form aspiring young U12’s to elite teams from across Europe in combination with coach development taking place over a two weekend period.
We are excited to announce our new partnership with Gintreda as we have a shared vision towards the development of sporting talent in the UK and the providing quality and unrivaled opportunities, experiences and exposure for our young athletes.
Gintaras Gudziunas, Managing Director of Gintreda commented “Future Stars 2019 event brings something completely different to English basketball. Obviously, I come from the country where basketball is treated like a religion and I don’t expect that the same will be the in England, especially when football is so strong. But I really believe that with the amount of natural talent among youngsters in the UK, basketball should be in a completely different place in the sporting market, much higher than it currently is. The only way to achieve this is to have constant contact with the best international coaches and players to learn from them. This is exactly what we are trying to achieve with Future Stars, we want to turn it into the best event for young basketball players from all over the world. We want to make it a place for young basketball players which provides them with a great exposure and platform to launch a pro career. We at Gintreda are very excited about this project.”
To enter the U16 tournaments please contact: londonregion@basketballengland.co.uk for all other information on the event please contact: chairperson@futurestars.eu
More details to be released soon
