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Meet the best 3×3 player in the world! Dusan Bulut: “I want to be remembered as a winner”

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You have seen him knocking down shot after shot, or diving after a loose ball, or taking bumps in the chest from an opponent, or looking with his fearless eyes to his next victim on the court. If you are not strong enough to measure with the best, you probably never want to meet him on the basketball court. His competitive nature will not let you see what’s behind those eyes and even if you are his closest friend, when it’s about business, he will give you THE business. Otherwise…

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Basket 3×3 Novi Sad, champions at Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger

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Team Basket 3×3 Novi Sad, from Serbia, with three World Champions from Athens 2012 in the roster, won the second edition of the Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger by Sport Arena Streetball. The Serbians came from behind in the final with the Romanian team Salajean Hustlers and won in the end with 11-9. They received a 4000 USD prize and a spot in the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Prague. The Hustlers led by six points after five minutes of playing, but they couldn’t keep the pace. They missed a lot in…

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See the quarter finals at Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger

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The first day of the Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger by Sport Arena Streetball saw some tough games and some very good players showing their best in front of a animated crowd. After the group games, eight teams will continue their quest to the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Master from Prague, fighting on Sunday for the first place and the 4000 USD cheque. Here is the Sunday schedule: 17.00: Preliminary Round for 3 point shootout and Skills Challenger 18.30 / QF1 / Raiffeisen Bank Court: Pokret 3D – Incotec St. Petersburg…

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See the game schedule for Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger

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Pool A Salajean Hustlers (Romania) Pyramid (Russia) Elite Bulldogs (England) Plovdiv (Bulgaria) Game no Team A Team B Hour Court Result 1 Pyramid (Russia) Elite Bulldogs (England) 10:00 Raiffeisen Bank 2 Salajean Hustlers (Romania) Plovdiv (Bulgaria) 10:20 Raiffeisen Bank 3 Pyramid (Russia) Plovdiv (Bulgaria) 18:00 Raiffeisen Bank 4 Salajean Hustlers (Romania) Elite Bulldogs (England) 18:20 Raiffeisen Bank 5 Elite Bulldogs (England) Plovdiv (Bulgaria) 20:00 Raiffeisen Bank 6 Salajean Hustlers (Romania) Pyramid (Russia) 20:20 Raiffeisen Bank Pool B Fitness Club (Romania) Pokret 3D (Serbia) Albania Chin Min Dragons (Austria) Game no…

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World Champions at Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger

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The second edition of Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger, an event powered by Sport Arena Streetball, will gather some of the best 3×3 basketball teams from Central and Eastern Europe, featuring the World Champions from Serbia. The members of team Basket 3×3 Novi Sad were part of the Serbian national team last year in Athens when they conquered the first ever 3×3 basketball world title. Sixteen teams, 12 from across Europe and four local, will battle for a place in FIBA 3×3 World Tour Prague and a 4000 USD prize. The…

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Wizz Air Sport Arena Streetball: Family Holiday!

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After the biggest tournament of the summer, 3×3 EuroTour Wizz Air Sport Arena Streetball, our championship continued with a third tournament, this time in our traditional location, the University of Politehnica Bucharest. It was like a family holiday, and almost all the members were here. Meaning that 200 teams and 800 players, who battled hard for every point of the game and also for points in the standings. It was the last chance for every player to add points for the Master Tournament, who will feature the best of the…

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Sky was the limit for the 3×3 EuroTour Wizz Air Sport Arena Streetball

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The biggest 3×3 tournament in the history of Romanian basketball, 3×3 EuroTour Wizz Air Sport Arena Streetball, gathered last weekend more than 10.000 people, players and spectators, in front of the largest civilian building in the world, The Palace of Parliament from Bucharest. A lot of public personalities support 3×3 basketball during campaign “From the streets to the Olympics”. “From the streets, to the Olympics”, a message for all the 3×3 basketball fans who are dreaming to reach the highest stage in sports. A great movie regarding this campaign can…

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Darlington named World King of Dunk in Bucharest

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Justin Darlington proved once again that he is the best dunker in the world, crushing any competition at the World King of Dunk, a contest held in Bucharest, Romania, at 3×3 EuroTour Wizz Air Sport Arena Streetball. Featuring the new worldwide sensation Porter Maberry, the shortest dunker in the world, Aleksandr Shalygin and Kristaps Dargais, two of the best european dunkers and of course, Darlington, the dunk contest from Bucharest was the best so far this year. With former NBA player and european legend Jorge Garbajosa in the jury, the…

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IOC official to observe Wizz Air Sport Arena Streetball

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) Olympic Programme Commission member Walter Sieber has been confirmed to attend an International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Europe 3×3 EuroTour event in Bucharest next month ahead of the discipline’s Rio 2016 inclusion review. Sieber (pictured left), a Vancouver 2010 Board member and former Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) vice-president, will attend the World Tour qualifier as part of the IOC’s observers programme – which was first put in place ahead of the Sochi 2014 programme review – to examine disciplines and events for the Rio 2016 Olympic sports programme. The…

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Season debut at Wizz Air Sport Arena Streetball

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Wizz Air Sport Arena Streetball, main 3×3 basketball championship from Romania, started last weekend in Bucharest, with over 170 teams and more than 700 players ready to take off from the streets to the Olympics. It was a stormy start of the ninth season, with the windy and rainy weather playing hide-and-seek with the organizers, but in the end basketball was the big winner and everybody celebrated the return of the 3×3 basketball in their lives, after almost seven months. The four Sport Arena Courts, from University of Politehnica Bucharest were…

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