2014 - Sport Arena Streetball

Romanian official, to take part at the 1st FIBA Clinic for 3×3 Referee Candidates

December 10, 2014 sportarena

Vlad Ghizdareanu, one of the most experienced 3×3 basketball referees from Romania, will represent our country at the first FIBA Clinic for 3×3 Referee Candidates, organized between 11 and 13 December in Doha, Qatar. The Clinic will take place in parallel with the second edition of the FIBA 3×3 All Stars, the competition that reunites in Doha the best 3×3 basketball players in the world and where Team Bucharest will be present for the first time. Our official has over six years experience in Sport Arena Streetball competitions, he officiated…

Saskatoon and Kaunas, our opponents in the pool phase, in Doha

December 9, 2014 sportarena

Team Bucharest will meet Team Saskatoon and Team Kaunas in the pool phase of the FIBA 3×3 All Stars (12 December, Doha, Qatar). Coming in Doha with big changes in the roster (more details here), Team Bucharest will face their nightmare from the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final, Team Saskatoon. The Canadians came back from 16-13 with 1 minute to go from a dramatic semifinal, to win it 19-16 and shatter the dreams of Team Bucharest to reach the final for the first time. The other opponent of the Romanian…

Romania, for the first time at FIBA 3×3 All Star, in Doha

December 9, 2014 sportarena

Romania will be represented for the first time at the FIBA 3×3 All Stars, which will take place in Doha, Qatar, on 12 December. The best 3×3 players in the world will battle for 120.000 USD prize money. Angel Santana, the number one in Europe, will lead Team Bucharest, the only 3×3 basketball team in the world who took part in all FIBA 3×3 World Tour Finals. Santana, European Champion with the Romanian National Team, will play together with Iulian Corneanu and Cristian Craciun, his teammates from Stiinta Bucharest, a…

Romania and Russia, the first ever 3×3 European Champions

September 8, 2014September 11, 2014 sportarena

The center court flooded with people right after the final buzzer of the 3×3 European Championships Men’s Final as Romania had just written history in conquering the first ever title in the competition with a 19-16 win over Slovenia. More than 1,000 fans around the center court and many more outside at the giant TV screen watched as the atmosphere reached its peak in a tremendously intense and close final game. With technical fouls being handed out to both teams, it was a put-back by Bogdan Popescu that gave the hosts the decisive lead, 17-16 in the…

Romania and Russia, the first ever 3×3 basketball European Champions

September 8, 2014July 8, 2015 sportarena

Romania’s men and Russia’s women were crowned inaugural 3×3 basketball European champions as both sides recorded victories over Slovenia in the finals at University Square in Bucharest. In the men’s competition, the hosts delighted the more than 1,000 fans in attendance by squeezing past their determined opponents 19-16 in the decider. Both sides traded baskets throughout, but as the clocked ticked down Bogdan Popescu stepped up to be the local hero as he landed a crucial basket to give Romania a decisive lead which they managed to hold on to.…

Palo Peak, from Spain, winner of Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger 2014

July 31, 2014 sportarena

The Spanish team Palo Peak won the third edition of the Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger, played in the Romanian capital, between 26 and 27 of July. The Spanish players received a 4000 USD money prize and they qualified for FIBA 3×3 World Tour Masters in Prague. After two tough games in the quarter finals and semifinals, not even them could believe that the final would be the easiest game. But the long range shots hit their target and everything became easy against Team Tricolorii, the Romanian National Team in fact,…

The third edition of Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger is ready to go

July 17, 2014July 17, 2014 sportarena

For the third consecutive year, Bucharest will host the strongest 3×3 basketball tournament from South-East of Europe, Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger. During two days, 26-27 of July, 12 of the best European teams, together with the best four local teams will battle for a place in FIBA 3×3 World Tour a total money prize of 5000 USD. The winner will get 4000 USD and will qualify for the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Prague Masters, while the second place will receive 1000 USD. Teams from Albania, Andorra, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia,…

The show is in Bucharest: Third edition of Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger

July 7, 2014 sportarena

Some of the best 3×3 basketball teams from Europe will battle for a place in FIBA 3×3 World Tour Prague during the third edition of Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger, a competition organized by Sport Arena, 26-27 July, in one of the most iconic places in Bucharest, the University Square. The FIBA 3×3 Competition Network is growing and more and more tournaments with a satellite status will send their winners to Bucharest Challenger, the next step in their road to the world stage. Satellites from Kosovo, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia, Georgia…

FIBA.com: Sport Arena Streetball offers first test for Romanian National Teams

May 21, 2014 sportarena

Both men and women’s Romanian national teams showed they will be a force to be reckoned with in Moscow at the upcoming FIBA 3×3 World Championships on 5-8 June, after winning the first stage of the Sport Arena Streetball quest on 16-18 May. 157 teams gathered in Bucharest, the Mecca of 3×3, to kick off the 10-year anniversary season of the Sport Arena Streetball Quest. The event featured a lot of familiar faces as a generation of players has grown up with the event and gone from the U14, to…

Bucharest will host the first ever 3×3 European Championship

February 25, 2014February 25, 2014 sportarena

FIBA Europe announced on Tuesday that the inaugural 3×3 European Championships will be hosted by Bucharest, the city dubbed by Sports Illustrated as “the unlikely mecca of 3×3.” The decision was arrived upon by the FIBA Europe Executive Committee during a meeting in Munich on 25 February. Set to take place in University Square in downtown Bucharest from 5-7 September, the best 16 European Men’s and Women’s teams will compete in the event. Romania has already developed a long and credible history in the sport of 3×3 basketball, despite the relatively…