FBC BARCELONA: THE BIGGEST BARCA ACADEMY LAS AMERICAS CUP STARTED AT CAP CANA WITH OVER 600 ATHLETES

Source: FBC Barcelona

The Dominican Republic is once again the epicentre for the Barça Academy family in the Americas as it hosts the fourth edition of the Barça Academy Cup Las Américas on the Los Establos polo grounds at Cap Cana, featuring more than 600 boys and girls aged 7 to 18 years. This edition is taking place from December 12 to 15 has set a new record in terms of countries appearing, with nine different nationalities as well as two teams flying across from Barça Escola Barcelona, who as every year are among the favourites to win their respective tournaments.

For the second year running, Scotiabank is the main sponsor of the event, as well as being the sponsor of Barça Academy República Dominicana. The experience for the youngsters will be completed by a variety of sports and leisure activities being organised by the bank to ensure that the participants’ time in the Caribbean country will be an unforgettable one.

The nine countries competing in the Barça Academy Cup Las Américas are Canada, the United States (San Diego, Chicago, Columbus, Charlotte, Austin and Barça Academy PRO New York), Costa Rica, Mexico (Puebla), Colombia (Bogota, Cali, Medellin), Brazil (Sao Paulo), Peru (Lima), the Dominican Republic and Barcelona.

The press conference to present the event was held at Hard Rock Café Santo Domingo, where the guests included Janet Rivera, Directing Partner of the Barça Academy in the Dominican Republic, and Iñaki Andreu, director of Barça Academy Operations and development, who commented that “the tournament is a great experience for the more than 600 athletes in the project’s most important and strategic region, home to 27 of the current 54 schools around the world”.

In turn, Danilo de la Pava, head of international sponsorship at ScotiaBank, spoke about how especially fond the bank is of the Barça Academy Cup Las Américas, because “for us it is an extension of our involvement as sponsors of FC Barcelona through this footballing encounter between the club’s schools all across the American continent, meaning we do our little bit for young athletes to make contact with the FC Barcelona philosophy and style of play”.

Also involved in the presentation were Miguel Huller, head of Retail & Small Business Banking at Scotiabank; Xavier Mondelo, Head of Barça Academy América and Daniel Meca, local project director of Barça Academy República Dominicana.

The opening ceremony of the fourth edition of the Barça Academy Cup Las Américas was today at 8:30 AM at Los Establos, Cap Cana. The finals will take place on Sunday, December 15, starting at noon.

The tournament can be followed on the Barça Academy social media accounts, on Facebook www.facebook.com/barcaacademy, Twitter www.twitter.com/barcaacademy and Instagram www.instagram.com/barcaacademy. The games can also be followed on the competition’s official app, available for Android and IOS by searching for “FC Barcelona Events”.