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The biggest 3×3 basketball event in Romania’s history took place in Constanța, at City Park Mall

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Four days of basketball, three courts, a community tournament with over 100 teams gathered in the Sport Arena Streetball Tour finals, the first ever stop of the FIBA 3×3 World Tour professional circuit with 16 teams from 11 countries and a temporary five-star arena built at City Park Mall in Constanța. These were the main coordinates of a long weekend attended by more than 7000 spectators which concluded the series of 3×3 outdoor basketball events in Romania in 2023. Huge surprise at the first ever World Tour in Romania Hangzhou…

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Champions League winner at Sport Arena Streetball: Alexia Căruțașu kicked off the final in the 3×3 basketball tournament

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More than 600 players, registered in less than two hours, participated in the second Sport Arena Streetball tournament of 2023, with a total of 143 teams registered in the 13 age categories. The competition, which this year celebrates its 18th birthday, scheduled 257 3×3 basketball games from Friday to Sunday in a legitimate outdoor sports festival. The second stop of the national 3×3 Sport Arena Streetball basketball circuit ended with the victory of the Foreign Ballers, who dramatically defeated, 17-15, the first stop champion CSM Constanta. Recent winner of the…

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Sixth World Cup for the Romanian women team

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From 30 May to 4 June Vienna will be the eighth host of the 3×3 World Cup. The Romanian women’s national team will participate for the sixth time in the history of the competition. Romania is seeded 12th out of 20 teams. There are four groups of five national teams, with the team with the best record in each group qualifying directly for the quarter-finals. For the other four places that will complete the quarter-final draw, a play-in will be played, where the second place in one group will face…

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CSM Constanta and Agro Squad dominated the first Sport Arena Streetball tournament. 10-year-olds, protagonists in a unique slam-dunk competition

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CSM Constanța and Agro Squad, the team of the Bucharest club Agronomia, shared their success in the elite categories in the first Sport Arena Streetball tournament of 2023. The 3×3 basketball competition, in which more than 500 players participated, ended on Sunday evening on the courts of the Politehnica University of Bucharest. The finals of both the Men’s Open and Women’s Open categories had the same protagonists. The Agro girls, with Sonia Ursu, Romania’s representative at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Gamesnin the spotlight, won the final against CSM Constanta, 20-16.…

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First news about the 2023 Sport Arena Streetball season

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The 2023 season of the 3×3 basketball circuit Sport Arena Streetball will start on the 12-14 weekend in May, with a tournament that will take place at the Poli Arena sports base, at the Politehnica University of Bucharest.  The new season also comes with a number of changes both in terms of the prizes at stake and the registration and participation fees.  Thus, for the first time in the history of Sport Arena Streetball, cash prizes will be awarded in several age categories, not only in the Men’s Open, and…

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FIBA 3×3 U23 World Cup, a show to remember

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Acrobatics. Slam dunks. Dance. Blocked shots. Kiss Cam. Assists. Circus moments. Crossovers. Music. Game winners. Basketball showtime. It was quite difficult for anyone to choose their preferred moment from the FIBA 3×3 U23 World Cup at the Metropolitan Circus in Bucharest. There were so many crazy games, so many incredible shots and so many entertainment moments that were simply jaw-dropping and kept not only the audience but also the teams, the delegates in a constant wow mood. And the finals. Oh, the finals. Who could have imagined a finish like…

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The Women’s Series circuit passes through Bucharest!

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The eighth stop of the third FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series season takes place in Bucharest. On its way to the finals in Constanta, the Women’s Series tour stops in Park Lake. This is the second time a stage has been held in Park Lake, after the 2019 season when Team Canada was the winner. Exactly 2 years after that time, the Canadians return from the position of world silver medallists. The team has only one change from two years ago, when the Plouffe sisters put on a show in Park…

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Two more spots for NL Constanta Final up for grab in Bucharest

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The FIBA 3×3 Nations League 2022 worldwide marathon continues this weekend in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, in the event supported by the District 2 City Hall and organized in Veranda Mall. Less than one week after we found out the first two teams qualified for Constanta Final (Mongolia men and Japan women), another two will book their ticket right on the Romanian soil. The U21 East Conference will kick-off on Friday, with Lithuania as top seed in Bucharest. Augustinas Mikstas and Gabrielius Celka are quite familiar with the surroudings as…

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Full summer without restrictions: A perfect 3×3 basketball season is upon us at Sport Arena Streetball

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The 17th season of Sport Arena Streetball is approaching its debut and, for the first time in more than two years, there will be no restrictions on events. The first tournament takes place between May 13 and 15, on the grounds of the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, the birthplace of the 3×3 phenomenon, where over 600 players are expected. Registrations for all tournaments are made on the official website, 3la3.ro, and all players are required to have an active account on the platform of the International Basketball Federation, play.fiba3x3.com. The…

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How to register to the first tournament #sas2022

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The first Sport Arena Streetball tournament from 2022 will take place between 13th and 15th of May, at Poli Arena (University of Politehnica Bucharest). You can register for the event on our official website, 3la3.ro. The registrations for the first event will start Monday, 9th of May, at 3PM (Bucharest time – GMT+3) and will close on Wednesday 11th of May or when we reach the 150 registered teams limit. The participation fee for the entire 2022 season is 150 lei per player. The fee will be payed only once,…

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