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Havana, February 26 (RHC)-- The Superior Basketball League (LSB) for the current year 2023, in the women's branch, will begin this Sunday with four games, two in the province of Santiago de Cuba (east) and the same number in Ciego de Avila (center).

According to the national commission of that sport, the competition system will be by groups, with four teams in each one and shared venues.

This Sunday, tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday, in the first three days, group A will be held in the Hero City, while group B will be held in the territory of Avila.

The reigning champions from Santiago, Guantanamo, in second place, the capital, Ciego de Avila, Sancti Spiritus, Pinar del Rio, Villa Clara and Camagüey will host the event among the ladies.

On the opening day, the teams from Sancti Spíritus and Pinar del Río, as well as Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey will play against each other in segment A, while in segment B, the women from the capital will play against the women from Avila, and the women from Guantanamo will face the women from Villa Clara.

Dalia Henry, national basketball commissioner, explained in recent days that after the qualifying phase, the best four teams will advance to the semifinals, where they will play a three-game play-off to win two games, the same as in the title game.

The person in charge of the competition program and game system, Julio Altunaga, pointed out that the schedules of the matches for the girls will be at 2:00 and 4:00 p.m., as long as the girls and boys do not coincide in the same venue, so that if so, one of the matches would be at 10:00 a.m.