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After Quilmes confirm a large part of the squad for the next season of the Argentine Basketball League, and after announcing that the contest will have the participation of 29 clubs divided into two conferences, the North made up of 15 teams, and the South composed of 14 teams, the Club Association (AdC) unveiled The venues for both conferences.
In this first instance, there will be two venues for each conference. In the Southern Conference, place where the Mar del Plata complex is located, will have as headquarters Viedma-Patagones; in charge of the Deportivo Viedma and Atenas de Carmen de Patagones clubs who together will carry out said area; and Lanús, where the headquarters will be the Club Atlético Lanús de Buenos Aires. Play will begin in this area on Friday February 19th.
The Viedma-Patagones area It is made up of Deportivo Viedma, Atenas de Patagones, Del Progreso de General Roca, Villa Miter de Bahía Blanca, Quilmes of Mar del Plata, Students from Olavarría and Juninense Cyclist.
In this framework, the first game for Quilmes on Friday 19 will be against Del Progreso; the second will be the 20th against Deportivo Viedma; and it will continue on Friday the 22nd against Atenas, on the 23rd against Villa Miter and on the 26th against Estudiantes.
Also, in the Lanús area There are Rivadavia de Mendoza, Lanús, Racing de Chivilcoy, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Tomás de Rocamora, Parque Sur de Concepción del Uruguay and Estudiantes de Concordia.
For its part, Northern Conference will be played in Córdoba, under the organization of the Barrio Parque club; and in Santa Fe, in what will be a joint effort between the Unión and Colón institutions. Precisely these two teams will be the ones that are part of the opening game of the season on Thursday, February 18, and will kick off after the stoppage caused by the coronavirus in mid-March, so the Argentine Basketball League will reach eleven months without have official matches.
In the Córdoba area are located Barrio Parque de Córdoba, San Isidro de San Francisco, Ameghino de Villa María, Deportivo Norte de Armstrong, Salta Basket, Estudiantes de Tucumán and Riachuelo de La Rioja, while in the zona Santa Fe They are Unión de Santa Fe, Colón de Santa Fe, Atlético Echagüe de Paraná, Sportivo América de Rosario, Federal Mortar Shot, Independent BBC of Santiago del Estero, Villa San Martín de Resistencia and Central Argentino Olímpico de Ceres.
In the Regular Phase they will face all against all within the same conference, where at the end of said stage the top eight teams from each division to stage playoffs.
For its part, the Quilmes squad has been training completely for several days. For the next season, the Brewer will have in the base to Facundo Gago, Darío Colo Skidelsky and Darío García Serventich, in the position of listen are Raúl Pelorosso, Francisco Arraiz and Ezequiel Martín, while the forwards are Blake Marquardt and Francisco González. Also, the interns will be Alejandro Reinick, Nicolás Bravo, Jeffrey Merchant and the American Khalil Fuller.
Likewise, the one who heads the coaching staff is Manuel Gelpi, who continues as coach of the professional team of the Brewer, while the assistants accompany him Mariano Rodriguez, e Imanol Hernandez, who joined the team for this season. They are also the physical trainer Sebastian Maffía, the kinesiologist Elina González and the utility Matías Paso.
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