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Romania qualifies for the 3×3 Europe Cup

Andu Kedei

For the eighth time out of a total of nine editions, the Romanian women’s national team has qualified for the European 3×3 basketball championships. This weekend, one of the four qualifying tournaments for the 3×3 Europe Cup, which will take place from August 22-25 in Vienna, was held at UNEFS. Romania competed for qualification with both the women’s and men’s national teams, but only the women secured their spot, and they did so without losing a single game. The other teams that secured their places in the continental competition from…

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Spectacular finals in the Open categories: Știința and CS Vâlcea 1924 crowned champions

Andu Kedei

Spectacular Finals in the Open Categories: Știința and CS Vâlcea 1924 Crowned Champions The final stages of the elite categories, Men’s Open and Women’s Open, at the BCR Sport Arena Streetball Brașov kept the spectators on the edge of their seats. CS Vâlcea 1924 triumphed in the women’s category, led by Alexandra Bobar, who scored a total of 22 points, earning her the MVP title and the best offensive performance of the tournament. She was awarded an Undone “Captain Ro” watch by Albini Prassa, the first limited edition watch series…

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Andra Haas receives Special Award for her career in 3×3 Basketball

Andu Kedei

Andra Haas, a former member of Romania’s 3×3 basketball national team, received a special career award presented by Tissot during the second sop of the BCR Sport Arena Streetball 2024, held in Brașov. Haas competed for 10 seasons in Sport Arena Streetball events and represented Romania at three editions of the European Championships and two editions of the World Championships. She was part of Romania’s national team during its best historical performance, winning a silver medal at the FIBA 3×3 Europe Cup 2016, held in Bucharest. Additionally, she reached the…

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3×3 Basketball Reaches New Heights: The 2nd stop of BCR Sport Arena Streetball Tour Takes Place in Brașov

Andu Kedei

The 3×3 national basketball circuit, BCR Sport Arena Streetball, will continue with the second stop, scheduled for the weekend of May 31 – June 2 on the courts beneath Tâmpa. The project is financed by the Municipality of Brașov and is a true urban sports festival, including activities for the whole family. Admission is free. After a successful debut stop at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, players and outdoor basketball enthusiasts are now preparing for the next tournament on the road to the grand final of the BCR Sport Arena…

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Missing3x3: Full House at the First Stop of BCR Sport Arena Streetball

Andu Kedei

“It’s so cool, I missed it so much” was the most frequently heard phrase, in one form or another, among the hundreds of participants at the first stop of the national 3×3 basketball circuit, BCR Sport Arena Streetball, which was played from Friday to Sunday on the courts at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. After 251 days since the last game of the 2023 season, at the final in Constanța, the 3×3 basketball community reunited at Politehnica, the place where the story of this Olympic discipline began almost 20 years…

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Returns, Transfers, and Newcomers at the First Stop of BCR Sport Arena Streetball 2024

Andu Kedei

In the off-season, some basketball players found a new home, others are returning to the most popular urban sport, while some will make their debut in the Open category. Bogdan Sandu participated in all the stops of last season, representing only one team, CSU Pitești. At the first tournament of 2024, he will play alongside Rahova Finest, one of the most famous teams in the BCR Sport Arena Streetball circuit. In fact, Sandu has played for this team before, back in 2018, along with Cătălin Vlaicu and Cătălin Bordei, two…

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The biggest 3×3 basketball event in Romania’s history took place in Constanța, at City Park Mall

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Four days of basketball, three courts, a community tournament with over 100 teams gathered in the Sport Arena Streetball Tour finals, the first ever stop of the FIBA 3×3 World Tour professional circuit with 16 teams from 11 countries and a temporary five-star arena built at City Park Mall in Constanța. These were the main coordinates of a long weekend attended by more than 7000 spectators which concluded the series of 3×3 outdoor basketball events in Romania in 2023. Huge surprise at the first ever World Tour in Romania Hangzhou…

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Champions League winner at Sport Arena Streetball: Alexia Căruțașu kicked off the final in the 3×3 basketball tournament

Andu Kedei

More than 600 players, registered in less than two hours, participated in the second Sport Arena Streetball tournament of 2023, with a total of 143 teams registered in the 13 age categories. The competition, which this year celebrates its 18th birthday, scheduled 257 3×3 basketball games from Friday to Sunday in a legitimate outdoor sports festival. The second stop of the national 3×3 Sport Arena Streetball basketball circuit ended with the victory of the Foreign Ballers, who dramatically defeated, 17-15, the first stop champion CSM Constanta. Recent winner of the…

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Sixth World Cup for the Romanian women team

Andu Kedei

From 30 May to 4 June Vienna will be the eighth host of the 3×3 World Cup. The Romanian women’s national team will participate for the sixth time in the history of the competition. Romania is seeded 12th out of 20 teams. There are four groups of five national teams, with the team with the best record in each group qualifying directly for the quarter-finals. For the other four places that will complete the quarter-final draw, a play-in will be played, where the second place in one group will face…

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CSM Constanta and Agro Squad dominated the first Sport Arena Streetball tournament. 10-year-olds, protagonists in a unique slam-dunk competition

Andu Kedei

CSM Constanța and Agro Squad, the team of the Bucharest club Agronomia, shared their success in the elite categories in the first Sport Arena Streetball tournament of 2023. The 3×3 basketball competition, in which more than 500 players participated, ended on Sunday evening on the courts of the Politehnica University of Bucharest. The finals of both the Men’s Open and Women’s Open categories had the same protagonists. The Agro girls, with Sonia Ursu, Romania’s representative at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Gamesnin the spotlight, won the final against CSM Constanta, 20-16.…

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