3×3 basketball – Page 6 – Sport Arena Streetball

European Champions take their aim at Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger

July 31, 2017 sportarena

Very few would have dared to bet that Latvia would even reach the semis at the start of the FIBA 3×3 Europe Cup 2017. But their first matches in Amsterdam were clear sign that the four boys that are scheduled to make the trip to Bucharest two weekends from now, Nauris Miezis, Karlis Lasmanis, Edgars Krumins and Agnis Kavars, were there to do some damage. They ended up going all the way, after defeating the world champions and the best team in the world, Novi Sad (Serbia) – in the…

3×3 basketball will be played at the Olympics

June 9, 2017June 14, 2017 sportarena

The International Olympic Committee decided, on Friday, June 9th, to introduce 3×3 basketball into the Olympic programme, starting with 2020, in Tokyo. The only team sport that saw Romania win a medal at the last two European Championships (men’s contest and then women’s) was set on track towards the Olympic roster by a Romanian team, namely Sport Arena Streetball. The Romanian organizers set up the first 3×3 showcase tournament for the IOC in Bucharest, in 2013, and ever since has supported the campaign “from the streets to the Olympics”. Patrick…

3×3 basketball DOC-tor! A famous rapper entered the competition at Raiffeisen Bank Politehnica Streetball

May 30, 2017 sportarena

Vlad Munteanu aka DOC, one of the most popular artists of the Romanian hip-hop industry chilled for one week-end on the 3×3 basketball court at Raiffeisen Bank Politehnica Streetball. Playing with his friend for the plus 35 age category, DOC was surprised to see the level reached by this discipline. “Once a school yard and a playground affair, 3×3 basketball seems now very professional and is extraordinary that basically anyone can play in such a good organized environment”, stated the rapper, who, like anyone else registered in the tournament, received…

Sport Arena Streetball 2017 – Tournaments schedule

May 23, 2017May 23, 2017 sportarena

Sport Arena Streetball 2017 will feature a total of 10 tournaments, while for the sixth year in a row we will organize the already well known Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger, the international tournament and FIBA 3×3 World Tour Lausanne qualifier, that will be played in the same iconic University Square from Bucharest. Registrations are opened to all the teams, via 3x3planet.com. The already organized Nike 3×3 Challenge and the first seven tournament of the year are also qualifiers for the Tour Final, held in Bucharest, 18-20 august, which further on,…

One hoop, two teams, three friends, play! Game on, Sport Arena Streetball Tour 2017

May 23, 2017May 23, 2017 sportarena

Over 500 players are expected to show up for the 3×3 basketball national tour opener, this weekend. Sport Arena Streetball Tour 2017 kicks off on the traditional courts at University Politehnica of Bucharest, May 27th-28th, and features 10 stops in seven cities: Bucharest, Iași, Suceava, Oradea, Timișoara, Constanța and Craiova. 3×3 basketball is coming home to where the Sport Arena Streetball fairytale started back in 2005, looking forward to the completion its 13th chapter. Registration for the first stop the 2017 tour, Politehnica Streetball by Raiffeisen Bank, started on Monday,…

The Serbians, unstoppable at Nike 3×3 Challenge. Zmajevi clinch title against “familiar foe” Epic Jam. The juniors stole the show with dramatic last-second deciders

May 8, 2017 sportarena

Serbia made the most out of Nike 3×3 Challenge, the season opener for the Romanian 3×3 calendar, by Sport Arena Streetball. The two teams that had made the trip to Bucharest from the neighboring country reached the final of the Open category, undefeated, and faced-off in an all-Serbian final. Zmajevi, the favorite of the pair, went on to conquer the trophy and booked a place to the Master tournament that will grant the access to the FIBA 3×3 World Tour stop in Debrecen for the winners of the Open Men…

Ready, play, dunk! Nike 3×3 Challenge kicks off Romanian 3×3 season

May 4, 2017 sportarena

It only took five minutes to fill all the spots for Nike 3×3 Challenge, the season opener for the Romanian 3×3 calendar. The 13th season organized by Sport Arena Streetball kicks off this week, in Bucharest, and has already broken registration records, proving that basketball fans have dearly missed their weekly meetings with the soon-to-be Olympic sport.

Dusan Bulut starts 2017 as the FIBA 3×3 World number 1

February 8, 2017February 8, 2017 sportarena

Dusan Domovic Bulut (Team Novi Sad Al Wahda and Serbia) starts the year the best 3×3 player in the world, leading the FIBA 3×3 World Rankings with 1,175,400 points. Bulut and his teammates Marko Savic and Marko Zdero are topping the world ranking, followed on the fourth position by Jasmin Hercegovac (Team Ljubljana and Slovenia), the winner of the 2016 FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final in Abu Dhabi. Dejan Majstorovic, who missed part of the 2016 season because of an injury is on fifth position. The Top 10 is completed by…

Bucharest saw some of the best 3×3 teams in 2016

January 30, 2017February 8, 2017 sportarena

Novi Sad Al Wahda, Ljubljana or the Hungarian women national team were among the 3×3 teams highlighted by fiba.com, after their performances in 2016. All of them were present in Bucharest either for Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger, or for the 3×3 European Championships. Hungary Women 2016 wins: European Championships For the last 3 years, Dora Medgyessy and her team-mates spent every summer crafting their 3×3 game. All the hard work paid off at the European Championships, where they won gold and produced the most entertaining basketball ever seen in the…

Favorites took command after the first day at Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger

August 14, 2016 sportarena

Novi Sad Al Wahda (UAE), Ljubljana (Slovenia) and NY Harlem (USA) stayed undefeated after the first day of the Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger, eachvof them scoring 42 points in the first two games of the pool phase.