Tag: romania

Celebratory finale at BCR Sport Arena Streetball 2024

Andu Kedei

The exhibition match featuring Andrei Pavel, Anghel Damian, and Virgil Stănescu against the 2014 European champions marked a grand conclusion to the 2024 season of the BCR Sport Arena Streetball national 3×3 basketball circuit. The event took place over the weekend on the courts of Politehnica University Bucharest. More than 570 teams and 2,500 players participated throughout this season’s six BCR Sport Arena Streetball tournaments, which featured 950 3×3 basketball games. The final event coincided with the 10th anniversary of Romania’s 2014 European Championship win in 3×3 basketball. Angel Santana,…

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Romania becomes European Universities 3×3 basketball champions

Andu Kedei

The University Politehnica team won the four-day tournament held in Debrecen from July 12-15. On July 12, the first day of the competition, the Romanian men’s national team made its debut against one of the host teams, Szechenyi Istvan University, with a score of 21-9. It was a strong start for the quartet made up of Amedeo Casale, Nicolae Ciucă, Bobe Nicolescu, and Marius Ciotlăuș, all players in Romania’s National Basketball League. The semifinal match, however, promised to be even tougher. University Politehnica faced Vytautas Magnus University, a team composed…

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Urban 3×3 basketball festival at ParkLake Shopping Center: Romania Competes in the Nations League

Andu Kedei

The FIBA 3×3 Youth Nations League, a European 3×3 basketball competition dedicated to youth teams, is set to host a stage in Romania for the third consecutive year at ParkLake Shopping Center, from July 5-7. Romania’s national teams, both men’s and women’s, will face off against teams from the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Spain, and Turkey over three days of competition, with the goal of qualifying for the FIBA 3×3 World Cup U23. The matches will take place on the indoor court set up inside ParkLake Shopping Center, and entry…

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Red warning for 3×3 Basketball: incredible performances at BCR Sport Arena Streetball

Andu Kedei

The weekend heatwave put participants of the third stop of the national 3×3 basketball circuit, BCR Sport Arena Streetball, to the test, but it also brought a true red alert for performance. Over 400 players competed from Friday to Sunday in 190 games at the courts of the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. The standout individual achievement of the tournament came from Alexandra Vasile, who scored 16 points in the final of the U18 category, leading her team, Tricicleta, to a 21-10 victory over Belelele. Alexandra scored a total of 30…

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Yellow warning for 3×3 basketball

Andu Kedei

An intense weekend is expected with hundreds of matches at Poli Arena during the third stop of the 2024 BCR Sport Arena Streetball season. After the first two tournaments of the year kicked off in May, it’s time for a stage that starts in June. And that will be reflected in the thermometers—over 30 degrees across three days, during which more than 400 players will once again storm the courts at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. We have a seasonal record of teams registered in the U18 category, with 19…

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Romania qualifies for the 3×3 Europe Cup

Andu Kedei

For the eighth time out of a total of nine editions, the Romanian women’s national team has qualified for the European 3×3 basketball championships. This weekend, one of the four qualifying tournaments for the 3×3 Europe Cup, which will take place from August 22-25 in Vienna, was held at UNEFS. Romania competed for qualification with both the women’s and men’s national teams, but only the women secured their spot, and they did so without losing a single game. The other teams that secured their places in the continental competition from…

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Spectacular finals in the Open categories: Știința and CS Vâlcea 1924 crowned champions

Andu Kedei

Spectacular Finals in the Open Categories: Știința and CS Vâlcea 1924 Crowned Champions The final stages of the elite categories, Men’s Open and Women’s Open, at the BCR Sport Arena Streetball Brașov kept the spectators on the edge of their seats. CS Vâlcea 1924 triumphed in the women’s category, led by Alexandra Bobar, who scored a total of 22 points, earning her the MVP title and the best offensive performance of the tournament. She was awarded an Undone “Captain Ro” watch by Albini Prassa, the first limited edition watch series…

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3×3 Basketball Reaches New Heights: The 2nd stop of BCR Sport Arena Streetball Tour Takes Place in Brașov

Andu Kedei

The 3×3 national basketball circuit, BCR Sport Arena Streetball, will continue with the second stop, scheduled for the weekend of May 31 – June 2 on the courts beneath Tâmpa. The project is financed by the Municipality of Brașov and is a true urban sports festival, including activities for the whole family. Admission is free. After a successful debut stop at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, players and outdoor basketball enthusiasts are now preparing for the next tournament on the road to the grand final of the BCR Sport Arena…

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Missing3x3: Full House at the First Stop of BCR Sport Arena Streetball

Andu Kedei

“It’s so cool, I missed it so much” was the most frequently heard phrase, in one form or another, among the hundreds of participants at the first stop of the national 3×3 basketball circuit, BCR Sport Arena Streetball, which was played from Friday to Sunday on the courts at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. After 251 days since the last game of the 2023 season, at the final in Constanța, the 3×3 basketball community reunited at Politehnica, the place where the story of this Olympic discipline began almost 20 years…

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Returns, Transfers, and Newcomers at the First Stop of BCR Sport Arena Streetball 2024

Andu Kedei

In the off-season, some basketball players found a new home, others are returning to the most popular urban sport, while some will make their debut in the Open category. Bogdan Sandu participated in all the stops of last season, representing only one team, CSU Pitești. At the first tournament of 2024, he will play alongside Rahova Finest, one of the most famous teams in the BCR Sport Arena Streetball circuit. In fact, Sandu has played for this team before, back in 2018, along with Cătălin Vlaicu and Cătălin Bordei, two…

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