- Zaragoza will host the LF Endesa Copa de la Reina in an idyllic year for women's basketball in the city. Over 7,000 tickets for the competition have been sold, an unprecedented figure.
- The Endesa Minicopa represents a commitment to grassroots sport and its values, together with the initiatives of the Basket Girlz project, which is fighting against the early abandonment of basketball by teenage girls.
- One of the surprises was an emotional meeting between Cloe, a young promise from Casademont Zaragoza, and the captain of the "senior" team, Vega Gimeno. Video of the surprise meeting.
The women's basketball festival will bring a host of people to Zaragoza between 30 March and 2 April. And this will happen with Endesa as official sponsor of the LF Endesa Copa de la Reina, to add to the passion of the fans of Zaragoza there will be unique activities and promotions in a year featuring the confirmation of the growth of women's basketball throughout Spain. This can be seen by the more than 7,000 tickets already sold for this competition.
Endesa, which is celebrating four years with the national women's basketball league, will provide entertainment for people of all ages in the areas surrounding the pavilion with activities including games and children's workshops. In the same way, Basketball Lovers will be able to enjoy exclusive experiences on the court with the Basketball Lover Challenge and the Skill Challenge, activities that will test the skills of the most daring participants.
It has been a very even and competitive season in which a newly promoted team like Barça CBS has managed to sneak into the Cup, it is really going to be a great show. The stands will vibrate with the best basketball played by the 16 participating teams and Endesa will provide great music with a DJ booth at the court that will take the festival beyond sport.
A Cup in Basket Girlz code
Within the framework of Basket Girlz, the programme organised by Endesa and the Spanish Basketball Federation, in collaboration with the Higher Sports Council, which is fighting against the practice of young girls abandoning basketball, seeks to generate new opportunities that bring the passion of basketball closer to those girls who practice and enjoy this sport.
Throughout the LF Endesa Copa de la Reina tournament, the official match ball will be handed over by a Basket Girlz, who will come onto the court with the players to give them the ball before the official tip-off. In the same way, the FEB and Casademont Zaragoza arranged a surprise meeting between Vega Gimeno, the captain and icon of the local team, and Cloe, a young Basket Girlz who was given a double subscription for the entire tournament and an afternoon with her favourite player and this she will never forget.
Endesa will also support the opening of the customised commemorative court in honour of Pilar Valero, a Spanish basketball legend from Zaragoza who died on 7 November and on which a Basket Girlz tournament will be organised with girls aged between 14 and 16.
This broad commitment to the values of basketball will also extend to the young players in the Minicopa, an iconic championship that is attracting more and more spectators and gaining in quality every year. This edition will be played in three venues in the city of Zaragoza and consists of 16 teams divided into four groups who will compete to win the title of champion at the same venue as the Copa de la Reina: The Prince Felipe Pavilion.
Endesa will be present at the LF Endesa Copa de la Reina for the fourth consecutive year since becoming the main sponsor of the Endesa Women's League in 2019. The company has been supporting the Spanish Basketball Federation since 2012 through the National Teams and continues to be committed to total support for Spanish basketball.
About Endesa
Endesa is the largest electricity company in Spain and the second largest in Portugal. The company is also the second largest gas operator in the Spanish market. Endesa operates an end-to-end generation, distribution and marketing business. Through Endesa X it also offers value-added services aimed at the electrification of energy usage in homes, companies, industries and Public Administrations. A new business line has also been created, Endesa X Way, fully dedicated to electric mobility. Endesa is firmly committed to the United Nations SDGs and strongly supports the development of renewable energies through Enel Green Power España, the digitalisation of grids through e-distribution, and corporate social responsibility (CSR). The Endesa Foundation is also active in CSR-related matters. Our workforce numbers around 9,260 employees. Endesa is a division of Enel, Europe’s largest electricity group.