Seven teams – Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, andย Venezuela –ย will compete in the menโ€™s competition of the 2021 South America Championships taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina this week.

The countries will compete in a round-robin to determine the top three who will qualify for the Americasโ€™ Cup next year.

Argentinaโ€™ will be looking to defend the title they won in 2018 and open the Championships on Tuesday 7 December against Uruguay at 15:30 (local time) to commence the seven days of action which finishes on Monday 13 December.

The Championship is being hosted by Federacion Argentina De Basquetbol Adaptado (FABA) who have a proud history of hosting successful events. President Omar Pochettino said:

โ€œAfter a successful and safe womenโ€™s competition, we are pleased to be hosting the menโ€™s competition which will see wheelchair basketball start up again in the Americas after the time off caused by Covid-19.โ€

It will be held at the national training centre, the CeNARD, where many of the teams will stay and all games and practises will be held.

All Argentinaโ€™s games will be available via the IWBF YouTube Channel and the rest can be viewed via FABAโ€™s Twitch TV.

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