Team Bucharest, tough mission at FIBA 3×3 World Tour Lausanne

For the fourth year in a row Romania will have a representative in the FIBA 3×3 World Tour. Team Bucharest will face some really tough opponents during the pool phase in Lausanne Masters, teams Trbovlje (Slovenia) and Malaga (Spain). The tournament takes place on August 28-29. The Slovenians will try to defend their title in Lausanne, while Team Malaga stepped up to replace Team Yaounde as they finished second the last qualifier to Lausanne, the Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger. Team Bucharest, the winner of the Sport Arena Streetball Quest, will feature…

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Jose Martin, top scorer at Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger

Jose Martin, from El Palo Peak Malaga was the top scorer of Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger, with a total of 45 points and a record of 21 made shots from beyond the 2 point arc. Martin scored a record-tying 5 shots from the 2 point line in one game, the semifinal against Make-A-Wish. He powered his team into the big final where, even if he connected for another 4 long distance shots, his team was defeated by Master Belgrade. The top scorers podium was completed by Ismael Reina, also from…

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Master to the Masters! Belgrade wins Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger

Master Belgrade was the last team qualified for the Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger, as the Serbian 3×3 Finals were just few day prior to Bucharest tournament. But the guys from Belgrade were also the last men standing in University Square and now there are preparing to make their first appeareance in the FIBA 3×3 World Tour, in Lausanne Masters. Bogdan Dragovic, Lazar Rasic, Nikola Vukovic and Marko Dugosija dominated in the pool round, winning all their games by comfortable margins. They kept their composure in the quarter finals as We…

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Pristina, the big story of the first day at Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger

Che Bar Pristina was, without any doubt, the big story of the first at Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger, the FIBA 3×3 World Tour qualifier that takes place in the Romanian capital city. The Kosovo team won both games of the Pool B, scoring an almost perfect 43 points in total. With two players returning from the team that last year didn’t recorded any win in Bucharest, Fisnik Juniku and Fikret Shatri and with two new additions, Kusthrim Hyda and Fisnik Rugova, Che Bar rolled with ease over the opponents. Juniku…

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Top class teams at Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger 2015

Top 3×3 basketball teams from all over the world will meet on 15 and 16 of August at the fourth edition of Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger. The road to Abu Dhabi, where will take place the biggest event of the year, the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final, will pass also through Bucharest, where 16 teams from 12 countries will try to take home the crown, the 4000 USD prize and the spot in the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Lausanne. From Lausanne, both finalists will qualify to FIBA 3×3 World Tour…

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Crazy finish of the Sport Arena Streetball’s 11th season

The 11th season of the popular Romanian 3×3 basketball Quest, Sport Arena Streetball, came to an end last Sunday in dramatic fashion. Outsiders from “We Got Game” won the Open Men category and booked their tickets to Lausanne FIBA 3×3 World Tour after their overtime win against “Old School”. Victor Constantin, brother of Andrei Constantin, who played for Team Bucharest in the first FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final in Miami, was the unlikely hero, scoring the game winning two pointer in overtime. “Old School”, featuring Vasile Stefan, who reached last…

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