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Bordeaux BALListik elite troops target Bucharest Challenger success

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The sixth largest metropolitan area in France sends its BALListik elite troops to Bucharest Challenger. The mission: to make a name for Bordeaux – other than the home of fine wines. The four “Bordelais” come to Bucharest in an unusual formula: Eddy Steiner, the shortest of the French players, only 1.81 m, sets the traditional core with Charles Albert. The two made a first appearance on the FIBA World Tour last year in Debrecen with a 11th place finish and were forced to recruit two new teammates, as Alex Vialaret…

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Georgia’s “Old School”: four Goliaths shadow rivals at Bucharest Challenger

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Tbilisi sends its own “Old School” to Bucharest Challenger, to compete with Bogdan Sandu & Co, aka Romania’s “Old School”. Even though they have not played together all the time this season, the four basketball players coming to Bucharest via Istanbul have a fantastic record in the season: they have never failed to reach the semis in any of the tournaments they have signed in for and the team is now on a roll, with three consecutive wins – including the 2017 3×3 finale in Georgia. Richard Matiashvili has no…

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Bucharest Littles, the new kids on the block trying to make a name for themselves against giants at Bucharest Challenger

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Bucharest Littles, the team that won the U23 category at the first European 3×3 basketball league (3×3 Veranda League by Fitbit), is testing the ground and trying to measure up to the “top guns” at Bucharest Challenger. Still working on making the full transition between junior and Open senior competitions, the former Romanian 3×3 junior national team players are hungry for results and experience. Alexandru Coconea, the Mainea twins (Ștefan-Daniel and Cristian) and Luca Paraschiv team up in an unusual formula, before joining their  5×5 League teams for the new…

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C’mon, Zemun! Serbia’s shot at Bucharest Challenger: they’ve taken down both Novi Sad and Ljubljana in 2017 finals

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Serbia, the strongest nation in the 3×3 FIBA World Federation Rankings, sends eight players altogether for the Bucharest Challenger (August 12-13). Yet, with Novi Sad Al Wadha playing for the United Arab Emirates, only four of them will fly the Serbian flag. Together, they are Zemun. When it comes to men’s 3×3 basketball, Serbia’s supremacy is quite impressive: the leading nation has almost twice as many points as the 4th ranked Netherlands and about 5 million points more than 2nd  place, Slovenia (based on the individual points won by each…

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

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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…

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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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Team Bucharest, tough mission at FIBA 3×3 World Tour Lausanne

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For the fourth year in a row Romania will have a representative in the FIBA 3×3 World Tour. Team Bucharest will face some really tough opponents during the pool phase in Lausanne Masters, teams Trbovlje (Slovenia) and Malaga (Spain). The tournament takes place on August 28-29. The Slovenians will try to defend their title in Lausanne, while Team Malaga stepped up to replace Team Yaounde as they finished second the last qualifier to Lausanne, the Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger. Team Bucharest, the winner of the Sport Arena Streetball Quest, will feature…

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