Year: 2018

Sport Arena Streetball Tour 2018 kicked off in style with Nike 3×3 Challenge by Raiffeisen Bank

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Top players, music and sports celebrities and thousands of fans had one destination during the last weekend: ParkLake Shopping Center. For three days, the shopping mall was the host of Nike 3×3 Challenge by Raiffeisen Bank, the season opener for the Sport Arena Streetball Tour 2018. Famous Romanian singer Lora had plenty of fun on the basketball court in the celebrity game, teaming up with football legend Bogdan Stelea and Andrei Pavel, one of Simona Halep’s coaches. Their opponents were famous basketball players Anca Stoenescu, a player with 14 national…

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Ready to play! Nike 3×3 Challenge inaugurates this season of Sport Arena Streetball, in ParkLake Shopping Center.

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The second edition of Nike 3×3 Challenge will represent again, as in 2017, the official debut of the Romanian 3×3 basketball season, by being the first tournament of the national tour of Sport Arena Streetball. The event will take place between 11 and 13 may, in ParkLake Shopping Center. 2018 will represent the first complete season since the 3×3 basketball was included in the Olympic Games program, where it will be starting with the 2020 edition. After the success of the inaugural edition, Nike 3×3 Challenge returns in Park Lake,…

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3×3 basketball is back home: Romania will host for the third time FIBA 3×3 Europe Cup and for the first time a qualifier

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The fourth edition of the FIBA 3×3 Europe Cup will be staged in Bucharest, Romania on September 14-16, 2018. The Romanian capital will play host to the most important 3×3 national team competition in Europe for a record third time in four editions, cementing its legacy as one of the capitals of 3×3. Romania shined in previous editions: men won gold in 2014 while women struck silver in 2016. The event will be hosted by the Romanian Basketball Federation and organized by Sport Arena. The exact venue will be announced at a later…

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Radu Petrescu is the best junior in the world at 3×3 basketball

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The 3×3 Basketball World Rankings published earlier this year by the International Basketball Federation reveal Radu Petrescu as the top ranked junior at the age of 18. The third place is sealed by another Romanian player, Victor Bogdan, a teammate of Petrescu in Romania’s U18 national team which ranked 8th at the World Championship and 9th at the European Championship, back in 2017. Radu, who plays for Ştiinţa Bucureşti in the 2nd tier 5×5 basketball league, managed to win three tournaments on the national tour powered by Sport Arena Streetball…

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