Platon Basketball Academy is once more hosting the International U16 Basketball Tournament '2nd Platon Basketball Spring - PBS' from 4th to 7th of May, 2023
The Tournament is unique in terms of how the tournament is generally run. It has been very popular within the international basketball community having attracted young players aged between 15-16 years old from different countries and is considered the most successful International tournament of U16 in Greece.
Top tier U16 Basketball academies from Greece and Europe, Basketball academies that are considered models at a pan-European level, meet in the Platonas indoor gymnasium, to offer a spectacle and to share practices and ideas, which evolve both basketball and the philosophy that inspires sports or daily victories.
The 2nd PBS promises players and spectators a unique competing experience, the interest of which goes beyond the borders of Greece. It is a basketball-focused tournament, with young athletes as the protagonists and pillars of our values such as teamwork, development, cooperation, emotion, rivalry, passion, strength, endurance, coexistence and hospitality.
This tournament aspires to give the messages of a sports world to come and to establish itself as an institution, which highlights the power and dynamism at young ages, underlining the importance of investing in young athletes, who will become carriers of any positive change.
At Platonas, since the first day of our Academy's operation, we have been working with faith, organization, perseverance and pioneering practices on developmental basketball, not simply to build strong athletes or winning teams, but to support young people to mature initially as personalities and then as players, who can surpass themselves outside of any condition", emphasizes the president of the team, Mr. Michalis Papadopoulos.
The 2nd PBS has the honor of hosting top teams from Greece, such as Peristeri GS Athens U16 team, Panathinaikos Athens U16 team, Olympiacos Piraeus U16 team and GS Kronos Agiou Dimitriou, while there will also be some power houses coming from Italy, Stella Azzurra Roma, from Germany, FC Bayern Munich U16 team and from Lithuania, SKM Vilnius U16 team, they will get to know the Greek culture and hospitality and they, in turn, will pass on their knowledge about development basketball and more.
