Pyrenees CUP, the first international basketball and grassroots football tournament, celebrates its 2nd and 23rd edition respectively with more than 350 teams from 10 countries.
In June the most anticipated tournament of the summer for basketball and grassroots football in the whole country starts stronger than ever. The two editions with the most participation since its creation, this year it will have innovative elements that will take the tournaments to a new, more dynamic format both on and off the track and fields. We will give voice to the participating teams so that the experience is 360º.
Pyrenees Basket Cup, a young tournament that stomps
After 22 editions of the Pyrenees Cup, in 2021, the tournament is created Pyrenees Basket Cup, a cross-border tournament (Spain and France). Those in charge of this tournament, Manolo Romero (Director and founder of both tournaments), and Luís Espinosa (Technical Director of the Pyrenees Basket Cup tournament and Table Official in ACB and Euroleague, and member of the Catalan Basketball Federation); In just 3 years, they have positioned the tournament as a benchmark for Catalan and Spanish basketball to celebrate the end of the season. After celebrating its first edition with 50 male and female teams of all ages, in its 2nd edition the number of participants was doubled to a total of 99 teams.
Pyrenees Cup, the benchmark youth soccer tournament
The first international grassroots football tournament held in 3 countries at the same time (Spain, France and Andorra), is capable of making men’s and women’s grassroots football clubs from all over the world, together with their coaches and families, travel hundreds and thousands of kilometers, to participate in what has become the summer soccer event for many of these clubs, At national and international level. On the weekend of June 29 to July 2, more than 250 teams and 3,500 participants from all over the world will meet in the nearly 1,000 matches that will be played on the 22 pitches soccer tournament. Pirineos Cup, has become a means to be one of the most important showcases for these football figures of the future. An example of this is that over the years, Several footballers have passed by who are currently playing in the major European leagues as Marco Asensio, Aleix Vidal, Marc Bartra, Iborra, Kiko Casilla, Luka Romero and Adrià Bernabé, among others.
National and international teams
In this edition of the Pyrenees Cup national teams of recognized trajectory participate such as Rayo Vallecano, RCD Espanyol, Girona FC, the Balearic Islands Selection or FC Andorra, as well as as international teams such as Aspire Football Academy (Philippines), PFA Bangkok (Thailand), Nsoromma Football (USA), Mongo Football (Australia), Athletico SC (Lebanon), AFC Ijburg (Netherlands), as well as others clubs throughout the national, French and Andorran territory. Also noteworthy is the participation of clubs from Mexico, such as Club América, CF Monterrey “Rayados” and EF León Independiente. Among the French clubs we have the participation of FC Laurentin, CS Neuville, US Castanet, Lauragais FC, FC Revestois 83, Le Puy Foot and FC Cœur Médoc Atlantique.
Pirineos Cup, a tournament with a GLOCAL tinge and a growing network
A tournament created by manolo romero(Carthaginian by birth and resident in Sabadell for many years), scout for Real Madrid CF in Catalonia since 1995then he was joined by colleagues from his career in his sporting facet, and family. It started with the first edition in a discreet way with just 20 teams, without waiting for it soon, it would trigger a success in many ways. Today, the figure is tenfold and its impact reaches different continents of the world.
And with it, thanks to the magnitude and projection, It also stimulates some sectors that have to do with tourism in the different populations where the Venues where the matches take place, which are distributed in the different towns of the Catalan, French and Andorran Pyrenees, such as Llívia, Puigcerdà, Alp, Bellver, Tartera, La Seu d’Urgell, Alàs, Organyà, Font Romeu, Bolquère, Ordino, Encamp and Santa Coloma de Andorra . The vast majority of them have natural grass soccer fields, in a privileged natural environment and at more than 1,000 meters of altitude.
Some of the data from the 2022 edition:
– 5,000 attendees in the tournament
– 4,768 people staying in different lodgings in the area
– 248 tournament staff and referees
– 13,112 overnight stays
With these data, it is not surprising that the impact or repercussion of the Pirineos Cup, is not only sporting.
Pirineos Cup, has always received great support from all the public and private institutions where the tournament takes place.
Novelties of Pirineos Cup 2023: Innovation and commitment to transfer the football fields
There is no doubt that today there are a large number of online content and broadcast platforms, and this year the Pirineos Cup is committed to also being present on the screens of all the audience that wishes to “attend& rdquor; to the tournament in a different way.
As we have mentioned, one of the missions of the tournament is to offer a space for the players to have visibility and they will not only be able to do it on the field.
This year, the Pyrenees Cup Twitch channel is launched, with a series of proposals of diverse content and during different moments of the tournament. It will be possible to find out who is behind the tournament, meet the players, coaches, and leading star guests in the world of sports: new renowned godfathers and godmothers who have supported the project since its inception.
One more year, the Pirineos Cup is positioned as one of the grassroots football tournaments at a national and international level, with the greatest relevance and repercussion at a global level.