Spain beats Serbia in phygital basketball tournament in Kazan, Russia
The city is hosting phygital games, bringing together electronic and conventional sports
Phygital Games 10, an international event combining electronic and conventional sports, is taking place in Kazan, Russia.
The event, which runs from October 5 to 22, involves five disciplines and is the largest event in the series to date, according to the organizers. The disciplines include phygital basketball, hockey, football, tactical shooters, and even a mobile game.
The phygital basketball tournament was held first, with Spanish team Ramboot Esports defeating Serbian Partizan Esports 37 to 31 on Friday. The tournament involved competitions in a basketball simulator as well as conventional 2x2 games.
“We played very well tactically. We studied the opponent and built the right game plan. The match turned out to be difficult, because they, like us, have professional e-sports athletes and basketball players,” Ramboot Esports forward Jon Galarza said after the final.
Azerbaijani team Alov Basket came in third place, defeating China’s MDMX 43 to 33.
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The event comes ahead of the first ever Games of the Future, a major international phygital tournament set to take place in Kazan next February.
“Currently, in the organizing committee we have more than 50 functions and a master plan, which consists of 2,000 points. I am glad and proud of the fact that none of our important points are overdue, we are going exactly as planned. We are on the path to achieving our goal and expect that the Games of the Future will have participants from more than 100 countries,” the project manager of the Games of the Future, Igor Stolyarov, said.