Event
Sand Basket
Lignano Sabbiadoro
7/10/2025
On Thursday, July 10, 2025, the national stage of Sand Basketball will be held at the Beach Arena (Office 5, Sabbiadoro).
With the Lignano Sabbiadoro stage, the national circuit of Sand Basket — the beach basketball discipline that involves thousands of enthusiasts in Italy’s most famous seaside resorts — will officially kick off.
Teams will be divided into three categories: Mini, Under, and Senior.
Registrations are open to everyone.
Sand Basket, born in 2012 and officially recognized as a sports discipline by AICS in 2018, with Tarmak/Decathlon as its official technical partner, has quickly become a national reference point — and beyond!
In fact, the brand has been exported abroad as well, from Denmark to Germany, and from India to Brazil.
Since the national championship first started back in 2019, Sand Basket has continued to brighten Italian summers. From that moment on, beach basketball has become a major sporting event for basketball lovers — and for many fans of other sports too.
Also in 2024, Sand Basket, created by Dr. Gianpaolo Porfidia in 2012 and recognized by AICS in 2018, was once again a highlight on beaches all across Italy — and beyond.
As usual, the north also stole the spotlight by bringing the event to Lignano Sabbiadoro at the BEACH ARENA. The event's ambassador is Michele Antonutti, a symbol of Friulian basketball, who has decided to support this new summer Sand Basket initiative in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region.
The event will involve around 200 athletes from all over Italy, eager to compete for the National Stage FVG Trophy, which will qualify the winning teams for the National Finals. Games, dives, rebounds, and slam dunks will liven up the golden sands of Lignano Sabbiadoro’s Beach Arena.
On Thursday, July 10, 2025, the national stage of Sand Basketball will be held at the Beach Arena (Office 5, Sabbiadoro).
With the Lignano Sabbiadoro stage, the national circuit of Sand Basket — the beach basketball discipline that involves thousands of enthusiasts in Italy’s most famous seaside resorts — will officially kick off.
Teams will be divided into three categories: Mini, Under, and Senior.
Registrations are open to everyone.
Sand Basket, born in 2012 and officially recognized as a sports discipline by AICS in 2018, with Tarmak/Decathlon as its official technical partner, has quickly become a national reference point — and beyond!
In fact, the brand has been exported abroad as well, from Denmark to Germany, and from India to Brazil.
Since the national championship first started back in 2019, Sand Basket has continued to brighten Italian summers. From that moment on, beach basketball has become a major sporting event for basketball lovers — and for many fans of other sports too.
Also in 2024, Sand Basket, created by Dr. Gianpaolo Porfidia in 2012 and recognized by AICS in 2018, was once again a highlight on beaches all across Italy — and beyond.
As usual, the north also stole the spotlight by bringing the event to Lignano Sabbiadoro at the BEACH ARENA. The event's ambassador is Michele Antonutti, a symbol of Friulian basketball, who has decided to support this new summer Sand Basket initiative in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region.
The event will involve around 200 athletes from all over Italy, eager to compete for the National Stage FVG Trophy, which will qualify the winning teams for the National Finals. Games, dives, rebounds, and slam dunks will liven up the golden sands of Lignano Sabbiadoro’s Beach Arena.