Gávea kids win the Under-14 State Basketball Championship
The team led by coach Igor Meletti won both matches in the final against Central and finished undefeated in the competition.
By Victor Cachoeira - in
Another title in the bag! Last Monday (17), the Crias da Gávea won the Under-14 State Championship. Facing Clube Central, in Niterói, the red-blacks won by a score of 65x56 and lifted the category trophy. In the first match of the decision, Flamengo had already left with a positive result by beating the Niteroi team by 58x49, in Gávea.
Gabriel Landeira was FlaBasquete's top scorer in the tournament and the second-highest overall scorer, scoring 292 points in 15 games, averaging 19,46.
With this result, Mengão's "Mais Querido" ended its 16-game, 16-win streak in the tournament and finished the state championship undefeated. This was the third Rio de Janeiro title for Mengão's youth teams in 2018. The U-17 and U-19 teams have also been crowned champions, but that's not all. Next Saturday at 10 am, the U-17 team faces Fluminense, potentially becoming another red-and-black team to win the title. Go for it, Gávea Kids!
The basketball teams of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo receive funding from their sponsors – thinkseg, AmBev, Rede D'or, IRB Brasil RE, CSN, Brasil Plural, and EY – via the Federal Incentive Law/Ministry of Sports (IR) and the State Incentive Law/Rio de Janeiro State Secretariat of Sports, Recreation, and Youth (Seelje), in addition to support from the Brazilian Club Committee (CBC) resulting from the decentralization of resources generated by the Pelé Law. The Anjo da Guarda Rubro-Negro Project, a personal tax transfer, benefits all Olympic sports of the Most Beloved.