Year: 2012

Sport Arena Streetball – The story

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“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe” Anatole France It was almost a decade ago when some young guys were playing day in and day out 3×3 basketball on some terrible concrete courts. They weren’t thinking at all that someday this game could be part of the Olympic Games. But they had a dream. In that dream appeared some nice courts, more people than just their friends and friends of friends, contests with prizes bigger than just the pride…

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Bucharest will candidate for 2016 WUC 3×3 basketball

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Bucharest, the Capital City of Romania, will candidate for the organization of the 2016 World University Championship 3×3 Basketball. The official announcement was made by Claudia Georgescu, director of the School and University Sport Federation (FISU member), during Sport Arena Streetball Awards, a ceremony that ended officially the 2012 Romanian 3×3 basketball season. Sport Arena Streetball, who developed in the last eight years in one of the best 3×3 basketball competitions from all over the world, is ready to make the next step, a natural one, and will co-organize this…

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Romania, sixth place at the FIBA 3×3 WC for juniors

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The U18 Romanian national team finished sixth at the FIBA 3×3 World Championships, in Spain, reaching the quarter finals. Our boys were eliminated by Canada in the Last 8 Round, after a very tough game, 17-19 after the final whistle. The Romanian NT finished on the sixth place with a 6-3 record overall, behind Serbia, the new world champions, United States, France, Canada and Russia. Otherwise, Vlad Stoicoviciu and Andrei Damian took the bronze medals in the 2Ball shooting contest, finishing on the third place together with Holland. The Romanian…

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Sport Arena UPB, among the six best teams in the world

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Sport Arena UPB finished among the six best teams at FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final (Miami, 21-23 September), the climax of the first ever FIBA 3×3 World Tour. The Romanian team advanced from the group phase with three wins and two deafeats, beating on the way to the quarter finals the winners from Madrid Masters, Team Split from Croatia, the finalists from Vladivostok Masters, Team Khabarovsk from Russia and the winners of the Sao Paolo Masters, Team Neuquen from Argentina. Sport Arena UPB lost a tough game against the eventual champions,…

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Eyes on the prize: FIBA 3×3 WT Final in Miami

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The climax to the first full 3×3 season is only one week away, with the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final set to take place in Miami from 21-23 September. Representing cities all over the world, 12 of the best 3×3 teams will converge on the city’s iconic South Beach (off Collins Park) for three days of heart-stopping basketball action and entertainment as they battle to be crowned number one. Places in the Final were earned in the five 3×3 World Tour events played over the summer in Sao Paulo, Vladivostok,…

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Sport Arena UPB, at the 3×3 World Tour Final

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Sport Arena UPB is the first Romanian team qualified for the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final (Miami, 22-23 September), after they finished second at FIBA 3×3 World Tour Istanbul. The Romanian team, lead by Angel Santana, lost 12-17 with Vilnius in the final from Istanbul, but they advanced to Miami and they received a 5000 dollars prize for their performance. On the road to the final, Sport Arena UPB surpassed the University World Champions, team Kragujevac, which had in the roster the same four players that won the world title…

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Sport Arena UPB beat the world university champions

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Sport Arena UPB cruised in Istanbul over the team from Kragujevac, 21-5, in the groups of FIBA 3×3 World Tour Master and increase their chances to advance to the quarter finals of the competition. The four players reunited in Istanbul for the team Kragujevac, represented Serbia in the World University Games earlier this summer and won the world title in the final against Romanian university national team. This is the second huge victory for Romanian 3×3 basketball after the Romanian national team won against USA Basketball at the FIBA 3×3…

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Romania, in the last 16 at WC, beat USA

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The Romanian 3×3 basketball national team finished in the last sixteen at the first ever 3×3 World Championship, held in Athens between 23-26 August 2012, beating USA Basketball on their way to the knock-out round. The success against USA is an historic one for the Romanian Basketball and the game was just amazing, with Angel Santana nailing a three pointer with 3 seconds to go, for a 15-14 victory. Santana&Co played after just two hours another crucial game, against Russia, and they failed to advance to the quarter finals, even…

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3×3 basketball symphony at SA-BC

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Just few meters away from the most iconic building in Bucharest, the Romanian Athenaeum, a different kind of symphony was played during the Sport Arena Bucharest Challenger, the FIBA 3×3 qualifier hosted by the Romanian Capital city. The transformation of a parking place in a state of the art arena for 3×3 basketball took not more than 10 hours and the changes were spectacular. So was the show, with some of the best teams from Europe and the best four Romanian teams featuring in a block buster next to the…

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See the groups at Sport Arena Bucharest Challenger!

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Group 1: Peak Sport (Hunary) SK Millenium (Serbia) Pyramid (Russia) Vara nu dorm (Romania)   Group 2: Rosychy (Ukraine) Red&Black Eagles (Albania) Magazine Streetball (Russia) Choco Loco (Romania)   Group 3: Varna (Bulgaria) Hofi’s Panzercracker (Austria) FISB Streetball (Italy) Pensionarii Asigurati (Romania)   Group 4: Team Bosnia (Bosnia) Fatburners (Bulgaria) Medcom Wild Snakes (Polonia) Ironie fina (Romania)   Groups 1 and 2 will play on saturday morning, starting at 10.30. Grupele 3 si 4 will play on saturday evening, after the official presentation of the teams, which will start at…

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