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FIBA 3×3 U23 World Cup, a show to remember

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Acrobatics. Slam dunks. Dance. Blocked shots. Kiss Cam. Assists. Circus moments. Crossovers. Music. Game winners. Basketball showtime. It was quite difficult for anyone to choose their preferred moment from the FIBA 3×3 U23 World Cup at the Metropolitan Circus in Bucharest. There were so many crazy games, so many incredible shots and so many entertainment moments that were simply jaw-dropping and kept not only the audience but also the teams, the delegates in a constant wow mood. And the finals. Oh, the finals. Who could have imagined a finish like…

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Sport Arena Streetball in 2021: A World Final, basketball at the Palace and a “Covid-free” season

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After a year of fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, 3×3 basketball was back in full force. The year 2021 was a revival one for Sport Arena Streetball, which has hosted among others, the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final in Jeddah, the FIBA 3×3 Finals at the Palace of Parliament and the Raiffeisen Bank Sport Arena Streetball Tour in the “University of Politehnica”, a circuit that reminded us of the romantic period of the late 2000s. Following the 2020 season in which Sport Arena Streetball reinvented itself, moving 3×3 basketball competitions online,…

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A Romanian gal steers France towards the European title

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The FIBA 3×3 Europe Cup has turned The Metropolitan Circus of Bucharest into a spectacular basketball arena for three days. Ana Maria Filip, a Romanian-born basketball player, who plays for France, was the star of the 2018 FIBA 3×3 Europe Cup which ended on Sunday evening in Bucharest. Ana led France to the European title and was nominated in the All-Tournament Team. On the men’s side, four-times world champion Serbia broke the curse in the European competition and won its first-ever title in four appearances. Nearly 2,000 spectators attended Sunday’s…

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Mukubu Bosses Belgium: they bring an U18 World Champion to Bucharest

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Belgium competes for the second time at the FIBA 3×3 Europe Cup, lining up at the start as an outsider capable of overturning hierarchies, given their unlikely victory at the U18 World Championship last year. Belgian players make sporadic appearances on the 3×3 tour and only one athlete scores in the Top 200 Individual World Ranking, but at the U23 level. In a team where experience rules, the team leader is veteran Wen Boss Mukubu, a Belgian player of Congolese origin, who played a decisive part in his national team’s…

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3×3 basketball is back home: Romania will host for the third time FIBA 3×3 Europe Cup and for the first time a qualifier

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The fourth edition of the FIBA 3×3 Europe Cup will be staged in Bucharest, Romania on September 14-16, 2018. The Romanian capital will play host to the most important 3×3 national team competition in Europe for a record third time in four editions, cementing its legacy as one of the capitals of 3×3. Romania shined in previous editions: men won gold in 2014 while women struck silver in 2016. The event will be hosted by the Romanian Basketball Federation and organized by Sport Arena. The exact venue will be announced at a later…

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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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Nike 3×3 Challenge is the 3×3 Tour Romania 2017 season opener

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Nike 3×3 Challenge is the season opener of 3×3 Tour Romania 2017 and will be organized by Sport Arena Streetball between 5 and 7 May in ParkLake Shopping Center. The FIBA 3×3 endorsed tournament is opened to all traditional age and gender categories from the Sport Arena Streetball tournaments (U14, U18, Open and Veterans, both men and women). REGISTER HERE (registrations are limited to 50 teams for all categories combined) The total value of the prizes reaches 25.000 RON (aprox. 6000 euros) while the winner of the Open Men category…

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Sonia Ursu, among Top 10 women who ruled 3×3 in 2016

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The Romanian 3×3 star Sonia Ursu was among the top 10 women who ruled 3×3 basketball in 2016, according to fiba.com, who highlighted some of the best players in the world.  The world number 52 in FIBA 3×3 World Ranking for women, Sonia was a silver medalist of the 3×3 European Championships in Bucharest, with the Romanian National Team, together with Gabriela Marginean, Anca Sipos and Andra Haas. “Don’t let the arty Instagram account distract you, Ursu means bear in Romanian and when Ursu steps on the court, she’s all…

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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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