World Champions at Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger

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!

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

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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Season debut at Wizz Air Sport Arena Streetball

Wizz Air Sport Arena Streetball, main 3×3 basketball championship from Romania, started last weekend in Bucharest, with over 170 teams and more than 700 players ready to take off from the streets to the Olympics. It was a stormy start of the ninth season, with the windy and rainy weather playing hide-and-seek with the organizers, but in the end basketball was the big winner and everybody celebrated the return of the 3×3 basketball in their lives, after almost seven months. The four Sport Arena Courts, from University of Politehnica Bucharest were…

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Sport Arena Streetball on the world stage

Sport Arena Streetball, the only 3×3 basketball championship from Romania, prepares for the start of its ninth season. The competition became, over the years, one of the most important in Europe and even in the world. Since 2005, Sport Arena Streetball gathered more than 7000 teams and 28.000 players, and had in the audience more than 80.000 spectators. Starting the 2013 season, Sport Arena Streetball will register its tournaments and players on the global platform of FIBA, www.3x3planet.com, after a deal reached with the International Basketball Federation. This way, all…

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New rules for 3×3 basketball

The International Basketball Federation published the new „Rules of the game” for 3×3 basketball, which will be applied starting the 2013 season. The most significant change regards the ball. The use of a size 6 ball is now mandatory in both genders and throughout all categories. Last year, a size 6 ball was used for the first time in a male competition at the FIBA 3×3 World Championship U18 in Spain, where the Romanian national team finished sixth. Another important change regards the clearance of the ball. According to the…

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Carpathian Bears, ready for Moscow Open

Romanian 3×3 basketball team Carpathian Bears are ready to hit the court at the Moscow Open 2012, on 28th of August. They are compared in the presentation from the official website with the NBA champions Miami Heat. Angel Santana, one of the most loved players in Moscow, after the show he put on during the 2010 edition, will return for the Bears this year, ready to entertain the crowd and also to bring useful points on the court for his team. Santana was the best scorer of the 2010 edition…

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