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The boys from Piter set to bring their opponents bitter days at Bucharest Challenger

August 10, 2017 sportarena

At first glance, BM-18 appers to be a team put together in a hurry. Igor Medyntcev and Shalva Shatashvili are the two players constantly enrolled in 2017 tournaments as part of the team, but they as well have migrated to other quartets. Nikolai Shangychev is, without doubt, the most important transfer, while Alex Abrikosov will play for the first time under this name. It is from this difficult to manage situation that Abrikosov, who in the past has brought one of Russia’s two 3rd place finishes at Bucharest Challenger, will…

Clearwater seeks safe sail through the Bucharest Challenger draw, after competing in the US national trials

August 10, 2017 sportarena

America sends a squad for a second consecutive year to the Bucharest Challeger. Ben, Brian and Charlie make a unique BBC trident on the semicircle, that Romanian 3×3 basketball fans are welcomed to watch on Saturday and Sunday on the courts set at University Square. To this “BBC formula” , add a “M”, for Michael – an experienced 34-years-old basketball player, 2.03 m tall, to form Clearwater. Ben Patrick, Brian Pegg, Mike and Charlie Lytle make the squad sent by the world’s strongest basketball nation. They are coming to Bucharest…

Bordeaux BALListik elite troops target Bucharest Challenger success

August 8, 2017 sportarena

The sixth largest metropolitan area in France sends its BALListik elite troops to Bucharest Challenger. The mission: to make a name for Bordeaux – other than the home of fine wines. The four “Bordelais” come to Bucharest in an unusual formula: Eddy Steiner, the shortest of the French players, only 1.81 m, sets the traditional core with Charles Albert. The two made a first appearance on the FIBA World Tour last year in Debrecen with a 11th place finish and were forced to recruit two new teammates, as Alex Vialaret…

Red-hot 3×3 basketball: a former town-hero returns and wins Visit Oradea Streetball

August 8, 2017 sportarena

While the weather went from one extreme to the other, with hot temperatures followed by heavy storm, the action was pretty straight-forward on the playgrounds at Visit Oradea Streetball. Serbia’s Dzakovi 3×3, led by former CSM Oradea star Djordjo Djordjic, dominated the competition from start to finish. Even fellow countrymen in Extra Auto Vrbas could not stand in Dzakovi 3×3’s way, even though they flew in with a future contender in America’s University Championship. Dzakovi 3×3 won the final 21-12 and finished the tournament with all matches won before the…

Georgia’s “Old School”: four Goliaths shadow rivals at Bucharest Challenger

August 4, 2017 sportarena

Tbilisi sends its own “Old School” to Bucharest Challenger, to compete with Bogdan Sandu & Co, aka Romania’s “Old School”. Even though they have not played together all the time this season, the four basketball players coming to Bucharest via Istanbul have a fantastic record in the season: they have never failed to reach the semis in any of the tournaments they have signed in for and the team is now on a roll, with three consecutive wins – including the 2017 3×3 finale in Georgia. Richard Matiashvili has no…

Bucharest Littles, the new kids on the block trying to make a name for themselves against giants at Bucharest Challenger

August 4, 2017 sportarena

Bucharest Littles, the team that won the U23 category at the first European 3×3 basketball league (3×3 Veranda League by Fitbit), is testing the ground and trying to measure up to the “top guns” at Bucharest Challenger. Still working on making the full transition between junior and Open senior competitions, the former Romanian 3×3 junior national team players are hungry for results and experience. Alexandru Coconea, the Mainea twins (Ștefan-Daniel and Cristian) and Luca Paraschiv team up in an unusual formula, before joining their 5×5 League teams for the new…

Visit Oradea Streetball, the teams’ last chance to secure tickets for the Sport Arena Streetball Tour final

August 4, 2017 sportarena

Visit Oradea Streetball expects over 200 players at the start of the competition set for this weekend, Saturday and Sunday. This is the last stop in the 3×3 Sport Arena Streetball Tour 2017. The tournament, hosted by Unirii Square, near the Moon Church landmark, offers the teams one last chance to qualify for the grand finale which is to be held in Bucharest, August 19th and 20th. MMA fighter Sandu Lungu will test his basketball qualities at Visit Oradea Streetball during the Saturday evening session, as a special guest to…

C’mon, Zemun! Serbia’s shot at Bucharest Challenger: they’ve taken down both Novi Sad and Ljubljana in 2017 finals

August 3, 2017 sportarena

Serbia, the strongest nation in the 3×3 FIBA World Federation Rankings, sends eight players altogether for the Bucharest Challenger (August 12-13). Yet, with Novi Sad Al Wadha playing for the United Arab Emirates, only four of them will fly the Serbian flag. Together, they are Zemun. When it comes to men’s 3×3 basketball, Serbia’s supremacy is quite impressive: the leading nation has almost twice as many points as the 4th ranked Netherlands and about 5 million points more than 2nd place, Slovenia (based on the individual points won by each…

Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger – Admission Test for the Old School

August 2, 2017 sportarena

The players who make up the team have gained enough experience at international competitions, both together and individually, yet the 2017 edition of Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger feels like a true admission test for the Old School. Under the Romanian flag, the Old School players were one step away from the semis at Poitiers – in the qualification tournament that would have granted them tickets for the European Championship. They stumbled against the Netherlands, losing in extra-time a match that could have given those players the much-needed confidence and reassure…

Rahova sends its Finest to Bucharest Challenger. Romania’s #1 player featured in a legendary team

August 2, 2017 sportarena

Rahova’s Finest, alongside Bucharest Old School, is one of the well-established brands in 3×3 Romanian basketball and Sport Arena Streetball tournaments. In 2017, the team bond together by strong wires of long-lasting friendship, dating back to high school or even elementary school, is once again led by Cătălin Vlaicu, the Romanian number one player in the World Individual Rankings (# 92). A finalist at the end of the first European 3×3 League, Rahova’s Finest comes to the Bucharest Challenger in a classic formula – Cătălin Vlaicu, Alin Bordei, Alin Spahiu…