Tag: 3×3 basketball

World Tour champs, to play at Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger

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The 2015 FIBA 3×3 World Tour champions, Novi Sad Al Wahda, are among the headliners of the fifth edition of Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger that will take place in the iconic University Square, on 13 and 14 of August. The world number one ranked player, Dusan Domovic Bulut and his team are coming back in Bucharest after they won the 2013 edition and finished third in the 2012. Their arch rivals, Team Ljubljana, will join the list of World Tour teams to play in Bucharest and once again there is…

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Sport Arena: 3×3 basketball everywhere, for everybody

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Sport Arena was celebrating in 2015 its tenth year of existence as a promoter of 3×3 basketball and it was not better way to show respect for the game than to provide top class competitions for everyone and everywhere. It was by far the busiest year for Sport Arena team with seven competitions organized and a total of 29 tournaments with more than 8000 players involved, on two continents. The spring season saw the Sport Arena debut in United Arab Emirates, where two competitions, Abu Dhabi 3×3 Basketball Tour and…

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Romania, qualified for the 3×3 World Championships in 2016

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Romania will be present in three out of four 3×3 World Championships that will be organized in 2016. Three national teams qualified for their respective age and gender categories thanks to the country position in the FIBA 3×3 Federation Ranking and the results from the past editions. 

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Jose Martin, top scorer at Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger

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Jose Martin, from El Palo Peak Malaga was the top scorer of Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger, with a total of 45 points and a record of 21 made shots from beyond the 2 point arc. Martin scored a record-tying 5 shots from the 2 point line in one game, the semifinal against Make-A-Wish. He powered his team into the big final where, even if he connected for another 4 long distance shots, his team was defeated by Master Belgrade. The top scorers podium was completed by Ismael Reina, also from…

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Top class teams at Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger 2015

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Top 3×3 basketball teams from all over the world will meet on 15 and 16 of August at the fourth edition of Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger. The road to Abu Dhabi, where will take place the biggest event of the year, the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final, will pass also through Bucharest, where 16 teams from 12 countries will try to take home the crown, the 4000 USD prize and the spot in the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Lausanne. From Lausanne, both finalists will qualify to FIBA 3×3 World Tour…

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3×3 June Fever: Sport Arena starts in style the 2015 season

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Inspired by the famous March Madness, Sport Arena starts the new 3×3 basketball Romanian season with a similar concept, the 3×3 June Fever. With ten consecutive days of 3×3 basketball games and a total of 12 in just two weeks, with three competitions going on one after another, it’s a perfect way to start a summer with plenty events to come. The final rounds of Sprite Streetball Battle – the High School 3×3 Championship, the Final Tournament of the 3×3 University Championships and the first tournament of the season of…

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Meet the best 3×3 player in the world! Dusan Bulut: “I want to be remembered as a winner”

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You have seen him knocking down shot after shot, or diving after a loose ball, or taking bumps in the chest from an opponent, or looking with his fearless eyes to his next victim on the court. If you are not strong enough to measure with the best, you probably never want to meet him on the basketball court. His competitive nature will not let you see what’s behind those eyes and even if you are his closest friend, when it’s about business, he will give you THE business. Otherwise…

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World Champions at Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger

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The second edition of Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger, an event powered by Sport Arena Streetball, will gather some of the best 3×3 basketball teams from Central and Eastern Europe, featuring the World Champions from Serbia. The members of team Basket 3×3 Novi Sad were part of the Serbian national team last year in Athens when they conquered the first ever 3×3 basketball world title. Sixteen teams, 12 from across Europe and four local, will battle for a place in FIBA 3×3 World Tour Prague and a 4000 USD prize. The…

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Wizz Air Sport Arena Streetball: Family Holiday!

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After the biggest tournament of the summer, 3×3 EuroTour Wizz Air Sport Arena Streetball, our championship continued with a third tournament, this time in our traditional location, the University of Politehnica Bucharest. It was like a family holiday, and almost all the members were here. Meaning that 200 teams and 800 players, who battled hard for every point of the game and also for points in the standings. It was the last chance for every player to add points for the Master Tournament, who will feature the best of the…

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From streets, to the Olympics

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Sport Arena Streetball, together with the Romanian Basketball Federation, launched a campaign to support the road of 3×3 basketball, from streets, to the Olympic Games.  Prior to the 3×3 EuroTour Wizz Air Sport Arena Streetball, many Romanian sports personalities, former Olympic champions, Olympic medalists or with excellent results in other world stage competitions showed their support for 3×3 basketball, who is trying to became and Olympic discipline this year. Legends like Gheorghe Hagi, the greatest Romanian footballer of all time, and one of the greatest in the world, Elisabeta Lipa,…

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