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Lipek: Dunking is not only art, is a tool to get to people

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Jumping straight out of Poznan, one of the oldest cities in Poland and home of 500.000 people, Rafal “Lipek” Lipinski made by himself a name in the dunking world. Crowned in all of the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final dunk contests so far and owning for two years in a row the prestigious dunk contest from Quai54, France, plus multiple other contests, Rafal became one of the most successful professional dunkers in the world. Let’s meet this 24 year’s old guy who inspired a lot of people and among them…

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

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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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Master to the Masters! Belgrade wins Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger

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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

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

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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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The way to Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger 2015

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The fourth edition of Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger will take place on 15-16 August, in Bucharest and will reunite some of the best Romanian teams together with top teams from all over the world. A total of 16 teams will take part in the tournament. According to FIBA regulations for Challenger tournaments, at least three teams should have participated in the FIBA 3×3 World Tour the previous year. Other teams have to earn a ticket to the Challenger winning one of the qualifying events named FIBA 3×3 Satellite (can be…

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FIBA 3×3 World Tour 2015 starts in less than one month

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The fourth edition of the FIBA 3×3 World Tour – FIBA 3×3’s flagship event – will start in Manila, Philippines on 1 August 2015. The Tour will end on 15-16 October, in Abu Dhabi, where the best 12 teams in the world will try to conquer the title! Tensions mounts in the world of 3×3 as the FIBA 3×3 World Tour is just one month away from a startling start in the Filipino capital. Several World Tour players already shined at the European Games and are now battling it out…

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

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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…

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

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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…

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

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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…

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