Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger 2018 – Women Master: Team Rome (ITA)

The FIBA 3×3 World Champions in women’s competition are coming to Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger to play in the Women Master tournament. With two new additions to the roster compared with the winning formula from Philippines back in June, Team Rome will definitely be one of the favorites to the 5000 USD money prize awarded to the winning team. Star player Giulia Ciavarella Recently crowned World Cup champion at FIBA 3×3 World Cup 2018 in Manila, Philippines. 27 years, 1,85 m, Rome(Italy) World Ranking: 2270 National Ranking: 55 Best results:…

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Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger 2018 – Women Master: Stiinta Bucharest (ROU)

Stiinta Bucuresti is one of the two teams which will represent Romania at Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger. The team has won two tournaments this season: Nike 3×3 Challenge and Raiffeisen Bank Cluj-Napoca Streetball. Anca Stoenescu, Gabriela Margineanu and Gabriela Irimia played for Romanias national team at the FIBA 3×3 Europe Cup Qualifier, where they managed to get a ticket to the final tournament for Romania with 3 wins out of 3. Dora Ardelean won the gold medal at the 3×3 Basketball EUSA, event that took place last month in Coimbra,…

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Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger 2018: Team Novi Sad Al Wahda (UAE)

The most famous streetball team on the planet. With a perfect 2018 season, they managed to win five consecutive tournaments between 30 june- 21 july: FIBA 3×3 Europe Cup Qualifier in Constanta, the tournaments in Oroszlany (even with the absence of Dusan Bulut at this event), in Novi Sad, Bar, as in the first event of the World Tour series in 2018, played in Saskatoon, Canada. Novi Sad Al Wahda has won six tournaments until this moment in the 2018 season. Star Player Dusan Bulut 32 years, 1.91m, Novi Sad(Serbia)…

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Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger 2018: Lausanne (SUI)

The best team from Switzerland this season so far. Composed of the first four players in the Swiss national ranking, team Lausanne obtained the 3rd place at FIBA 3×3 Europe Cup Andorra Qualifier at the beginning on June. Star player Westher Molteni – 31 years, 1.98 m, Lugano (Switzerland) – FIBA Rank: 50 – National Rank: 3 An active player in the italian events, country where he obtained many medals, including the tast two final tournaments of the 3×3 competition. He is a very important member of the team wich…

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Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger 2018: Team Belgrade (SRB)

The team has an impressive 2018 season. Belgrade has won two tournaments in one single week at the begining of june: one in Serbia and one in Slovakia.. Belgrade played other two finals and six semifinals this season, having three of the top 50 players in FIBA World Ranking.   Star Player Ivan Popovic – 26 years, 1.93 m, Ub (Serbia) – World Rank: 30 – National Rank: 13 The highest ranked player in the national and world Ranking is Ivan Popovic. He played together with Dragan Bjelica and Dušan…

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Star loaded FIBA 3×3 Europe Cup qualifier in Romania, in the most exquisite tourist destination

Men’s world champions, Serbia. Women’s world silver medalists Russia. Two of the most amazing dunkers in the world, Guy Dupuy and Jonathan Clark. Plus plenty to cheer for the local fans, as both Romanian NT will be part of the tournament. These are the main ingredients for what will most probably be an unforgettable 3×3 basketball weekend at Mamaia Beach, the most exquisite tourist summer destination in Romania, located in the city of Constanta. Freshly crowned kings of the world for a whooping fourth time, the Serbians from Novi Sad…

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Sport Arena Streetball Tour 2018 kicked off in style with Nike 3×3 Challenge by Raiffeisen Bank

Top players, music and sports celebrities and thousands of fans had one destination during the last weekend: ParkLake Shopping Center. For three days, the shopping mall was the host of Nike 3×3 Challenge by Raiffeisen Bank, the season opener for the Sport Arena Streetball Tour 2018. Famous Romanian singer Lora had plenty of fun on the basketball court in the celebrity game, teaming up with football legend Bogdan Stelea and Andrei Pavel, one of Simona Halep’s coaches. Their opponents were famous basketball players Anca Stoenescu, a player with 14 national…

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Ready to play! Nike 3×3 Challenge inaugurates this season of Sport Arena Streetball, in ParkLake Shopping Center.

The second edition of Nike 3×3 Challenge will represent again, as in 2017, the official debut of the Romanian 3×3 basketball season, by being the first tournament of the national tour of Sport Arena Streetball. The event will take place between 11 and 13 may, in ParkLake Shopping Center. 2018 will represent the first complete season since the 3×3 basketball was included in the Olympic Games program, where it will be starting with the 2020 edition. After the success of the inaugural edition, Nike 3×3 Challenge returns in Park Lake,…

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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

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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Radu Petrescu is the best junior in the world at 3×3 basketball

The 3×3 Basketball World Rankings published earlier this year by the International Basketball Federation reveal Radu Petrescu as the top ranked junior at the age of 18. The third place is sealed by another Romanian player, Victor Bogdan, a teammate of Petrescu in Romania’s U18 national team which ranked 8th at the World Championship and 9th at the European Championship, back in 2017. Radu, who plays for Ştiinţa Bucureşti in the 2nd tier 5×5 basketball league, managed to win three tournaments on the national tour powered by Sport Arena Streetball…

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