The Mais Querido U-19 team debuted in the State Basketball Championship last Saturday (17). Defending the title, Mais Querido faced Botafogo, in Gávea, and came out victorious in the final minutes with a score of 67x65. In the next round, Rubro-Negro will play the classic against Vasco da Gama, on the 23rd, at 17 pm, in São Januário. 

In the U-13 competition, Flamengo suffered a defeat against Botafogo by a score of 78-29. In their next match, the red-and-black team will face Vasco, on the 23rd, at 14 pm. 

During the week, the under-15 and under-17 teams will make their respective debuts, against Botafogo and Abig/Instituto Nautilos, at the Hélio Maurício gym, in Gávea. 

The basketball teams of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo receive funding from their sponsors – thinkseg, Estácio, 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 from the Pelé Law. The Anjo da Guarda Rubro-Negro Project, a personal tax transfer, benefits all Olympic sports of the Most Beloved.