Tag: 3×3 basketball

Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger – Admission Test for the Old School

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The players who make up the team have gained enough experience at international competitions, both together and individually, yet the 2017 edition of Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger feels like a true admission test for the Old School. Under the Romanian flag, the Old School players were one step away from the semis at Poitiers – in the qualification tournament that would have granted them tickets for the European Championship. They stumbled against the Netherlands, losing in extra-time a match that could have given those players the much-needed confidence and reassure…

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Rahova sends its Finest to Bucharest Challenger. Romania’s #1 player featured in a legendary team

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Rahova’s Finest, alongside Bucharest Old School, is one of the well-established brands in 3×3 Romanian basketball and Sport Arena Streetball tournaments. In 2017, the team bond together by strong wires of long-lasting friendship, dating back to high school or even elementary school, is once again led by Cătălin Vlaicu, the Romanian number one player in the World Individual Rankings (# 92). A finalist at the end of the first European 3×3 League, Rahova’s Finest comes to the Bucharest Challenger in a classic formula – Cătălin Vlaicu, Alin Bordei, Alin Spahiu…

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“The Bullet” set for Bucharest Challenger. The World Champions are coming to Bucharest

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With 11 tournaments won in 2016, out of the 20 played on the 3×3 World Basketball Circuit, Novi Sad Al Wadha is THE TEAM, when it comes to the single panel-contests. A brand itself, a renowned quartet and a one hundred percent pro team, lured by a strong sponsor in the Asian desert to play for the United Arab Emirates, Novi Sad comes to Bucharest after a big victory at the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Utsunomiya Master. In Japan, they managed to shine although they did not play in the…

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European Champions take their aim at Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger

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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…

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3×3 basketball will be played at the Olympics

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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…

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

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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…

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Sport Arena Streetball 2017 – Tournaments schedule

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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,…

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

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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,…

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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

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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…

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

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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.

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