First international basketball games

first international baskettball

After its landing in Europe, ball grew rapidly. In 1909, there was the first global match in Saint Petersburg: Mayak Saint Petersburg beat a YMCA American team. The first incredible European occasion was held in 1919 in Joinville-le-Pont, close Germany, amid the Inter-Allied Games. United States, drove by future Hall of Fame player Max Friedman, won against Italy and France, and after that Italy beat France. Ball soon got to be well known among French and Italians. The Italian group had a white shirt with the House of Savoy shield and the players were: Arrigo and Marco Muggiani, Baccarini, Giuseppe Sessa, Palestra, Pecollo and Bagnoli.[30]