Year: 2012

Carpathian Bears, second place at Moscow Open

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The Carpathian Bears, Angel Santana, Catalin Vlaicu, Aurel Urucatu, Alin Spahiu and Vlad Ardeleanu finished second at Moscow Open 2012, losing in the final against Lithuania, 7-4 for the Baltic team. Considered by many a real 3×3 basketball world championship, The Moscow Open had a total prize money of 40.000 USD. The Romanian team received 10.000 USD for their performance. The Bears had a tough game in the semifinals, against the Serbians from Olimp, but they survived in the overtime, thanks to a magic “and one” by Catalin Vlaicu. The…

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Magic Show: Dunking Devils in Bucharest

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The acrobatic dunkers from Dunking Devils will perform, for the first time in Romania, during the Sport Arena Bucharest Challenger (4-5 august 2012, Bucharest, Romania), the 3×3 basketball tournament, part of the FIBA 3×3 World Tour. Dunking Devils is one of the most famous groups of this kind from the world, with numerous shows over five continents and more than 25 countries. The last appearance of the Dunking Devils was in Spain, at the ACB Finals between FC Regal Barcelona and Real Madrid, but their shows are known in United…

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Carpathian Bears, ready for Moscow Open

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Romanian 3×3 basketball team Carpathian Bears are ready to hit the court at the Moscow Open 2012, on 28th of August. They are compared in the presentation from the official website with the NBA champions Miami Heat. Angel Santana, one of the most loved players in Moscow, after the show he put on during the 2010 edition, will return for the Bears this year, ready to entertain the crowd and also to bring useful points on the court for his team. Santana was the best scorer of the 2010 edition…

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From Bucharest to the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Masters

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Sport Arena Bucharest Challenger (4-5 august, Bucharest, Romania) is part of the worldwide network of more than 70 tournaments or championships from where the teams can qualify to the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Masters. The winning team from Sport Arena Bucharest Challenger will take part in FIBA 3×3 World Tour Istanbul Master. From there, the first three teams will go to the World Tour Final, in Miami, United States. The FIBA 3×3 World Tour was launched in 2012 and currently consists of five 16-team Masters tournaments as well as the FIBA…

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Bucharest Challenger – FAQ

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What? Sport Arena Bucharest Challenger, international 3×3 basketball tournament, part of the FIBA 3×3 World Tour When? 4-5 august 2012 Where? George Enescu Plaza, Bucharest, Romania Who? 16 teams, 12 from Europe, four from Romania. Plus 18, male, only. How? Four groups of four teams. The groups will be played on Saturday. First two of each group will go to the quarter finals. The QF, the semifinals and the finals will be played on Sunday. We will play also the third place game. Why? To win the 5000 euros prize…

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Sport Arena Streetball – The Story

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Two wooden boards, with fragile rims. Two poor benches, with some parts missing. A weather-bitten concrete court. And 20-25 people just waiting to get on the court to show their skills. It was a place where tough battles were carried every day and only the strongest used to survive, until their last drop of sweat or until the dark made any shot impossible. This particular scenery brought out a huge amount of passion, despite the poor conditions.. It was simply about playing basketball no matter what! Almost a decade has…

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Sport Arena Streetball at full speed!

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The third tournament from Sport Arena Streetball, the only 3×3 basketball championship in Romania, was at full speed at the end of June and the beginning of July. The registration was so fast that if you blinked, you almost missed your chance. 162 teams registered in 165 minutes, testing hard our on-line system. And it was only the beginning. With the pedal to the metal we continued with the first games Friday evening, and on Saturday it was the real test. The national rally champion of Romania, Vali Porcisteanu, together…

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3×3 basketball won the elections in Bucharest

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In a weekend when the local elections took place in Romania, a few thousands youngsters voted for 3×3 basketball as their main candidate. More than 800 players, registered in only 24 hours on the previous week, followed by almost 3000 fans, came to express their vote and their feelings about the sport they love at Sport Arena Streetball, the only 3×3 championship in Romania and one of the few in the world. The second stage of the 2012 regular season was hot for a few more reasons than the weather,…

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Bigica: Sport Arena Streetball is about the atmosphere

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Cristina Bigica, one of the most valuable young players from Romania, is talking about the 3×3 basketball, but also about her first year at Marquette University. Cristina is an important member of the Sport Arena Streetball family, and last year she won Tournament 3 together with her teammates from Sparks Team. About Sport Arena Streetball… The thing I like the most is the atmosphere. Every time I was at home, in Bucharest, and the tournament was going on, I was there, because I like to spend time with the people…

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Sport Arena Streetball, basketball and fun in Bucharest

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The Sport Arena Streetball Championship, a FIBA 3×3 World Tour Qualifier, scheduled the first of its five tournaments last weekend, and the weather was not a good teammate at all. But if the rain never stopped for almost three days in Bucharest, so was the basketball. A gym, situated near the Sport Arena Streetball state of the art outdoor facility, was the perfect place to make the deadliest crossover on the rain and to keep playing no matter what. And the show went on and on, from Friday afternoon until late Sunday…

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