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Flamengo will host games in Brasilia in January

Rubro-Negro will face Brasília and Minas in the NBB

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Leading the Novo Basquete Brasil 12 standings, Flamengo continues its pursuit of its goals for the 2019/2020 season – and one of them is winning its seventh NBB championship. After beating Corinthians in their last match of 2019The Pride of the Nation is now focusing its efforts on the race for the second consecutive Super 8 Cup title, which begins in the first week of January 2020. However, Flamengo will also be playing for victory against Fuerza Régia (MEX) in the quarterfinals of the first edition of the Basketball Champions League Americas in the same month.

For Flamengo fans in Brasília, some good news: despite the busy schedule, Flamengo will be in Brazil's capital in January! 

FlaBasquete confirms that it will host two NBB games in Brasília. These are:

24/01/2020: Flamengo vs. Brasília

31/01/2020: Flamengo vs. Minas Tênis Clube 

Both matches will be held at the ASCEB Gymnasium in the federal capital at 21:10 PM, and will be broadcast on Fox Sports. 

Information regarding ticket sales will be released later through the club's official channels.

The basketball teams of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo receive funding from their sponsors – BRB, TIM, 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.