The President of the Government congratulated União Sportiva for winning the Women's Basketball League Cup, considering it "another trophy that joins the vast list national of awards that has been consolidated in recent years" by this club.
"At the competition, which brought together major national teams, the União Sportiva team demonstrated, once again, that it has already achieved by its own merit a prominent place among the major basketball names in Portugal. This status is a reason of pride to the Autonomous Region of the Azores and to Azorean sport," said Vasco Cordeiro.
In his message of congratulations, the President of the Government also expressed the belief that this victory in the Women's Basketball League Cup, held this weekend in Coimbra, will "bring added motivation to the important sporting challenges" of União Sportiva in the future.
In the final match, União Sportiva won, for the first time, the Women's Basketball League Cup with a win 63-62 over GDESSA Barreiro.