HaBaWaBa Spain PLUS: what a start for 2024!

The 2024 of HaBaWaBa community has begun in Lloret de Mar: starting from January 2^nd to 4^th the Catalan town hosted the 2^nd edition of HaBaWaBa Spain PLUS, event included in the HaBaWaBa International Circuit. The tournament, which was beautifully organized by Waterpolo Development's partner BIWPA, was reserved for the U14 age group category. 

A total of 72 games were played in the three-day competition, which featured 270 young waterpolo players and 18 teams from 5 countries: in addition to clubs coming from 4 different areas of Spain (Catalonia, Andalusia, Valencia and Ceuta), also squads from Great Britain, Andorra, France and Portugal attended the event.   Club Nataciò Rubì was crowned champion of HaBaWaBa Spain PLUS by overcoming Catalunya in the final game, while Club Deportivo Waterpolo Malaga get the bronze medal. Team Edelweiss won the prestigious Fair Play Trophy, awarded to the squad which keeps the best behaviour according to sports values during the tournament. However, in addition to the competition, HaBaWaBa Spain PLUS offered participants activities to get together and socialize: in the Kahoot Quiz teams competed against each other answering questions about waterpolo and general culture, while the HaBaTalent allowed young waterpolo players to showcase their skills out of the pool, on a stage, offering performances of all kinds.  Finally, HaBaWaBa kids were able to meet Marc Valls and Jan Perez, promising players from Barcelona and Sabadell, in order to talk with them about their mutual passion for waterpolo.  Having successfully concluded HaBaWaBa Spain PLUS, BIWPA is now hard at work organizing HaBaWaBa Spain 2024, the event dedicated to U10 and U12 age group categories scheduled for March (from 23^rd to 26^th) in Tarragona: an announced success under the banner of HaBaWaBa community values.

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