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

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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

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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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The biggest 3×3 basketball event in Romania’s history took place in Constanța, at City Park Mall

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Four days of basketball, three courts, a community tournament with over 100 teams gathered in the Sport Arena Streetball Tour finals, the first ever stop of the FIBA 3×3 World Tour professional circuit with 16 teams from 11 countries and a temporary five-star arena built at City Park Mall in Constanța. These were the main coordinates of a long weekend attended by more than 7000 spectators which concluded the series of 3×3 outdoor basketball events in Romania in 2023. Huge surprise at the first ever World Tour in Romania Hangzhou…

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Champions League winner at Sport Arena Streetball: Alexia Căruțașu kicked off the final in the 3×3 basketball tournament

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More than 600 players, registered in less than two hours, participated in the second Sport Arena Streetball tournament of 2023, with a total of 143 teams registered in the 13 age categories. The competition, which this year celebrates its 18th birthday, scheduled 257 3×3 basketball games from Friday to Sunday in a legitimate outdoor sports festival. The second stop of the national 3×3 Sport Arena Streetball basketball circuit ended with the victory of the Foreign Ballers, who dramatically defeated, 17-15, the first stop champion CSM Constanta. Recent winner of the…

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CSM Constanta and Agro Squad dominated the first Sport Arena Streetball tournament. 10-year-olds, protagonists in a unique slam-dunk competition

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CSM Constanța and Agro Squad, the team of the Bucharest club Agronomia, shared their success in the elite categories in the first Sport Arena Streetball tournament of 2023. The 3×3 basketball competition, in which more than 500 players participated, ended on Sunday evening on the courts of the Politehnica University of Bucharest. The finals of both the Men’s Open and Women’s Open categories had the same protagonists. The Agro girls, with Sonia Ursu, Romania’s representative at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Gamesnin the spotlight, won the final against CSM Constanta, 20-16.…

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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 man and a vision: Basketball, more popular than soccer!

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The 2020 class of the NBA Hall of Fame, the gall­ery of American basketball legends, is one of the most star-studded in history. The late Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett or Tamika Catchings, as well as other personalities, will receive the highest honors in basketball. One of these personalities, Patrick Baumann, was the man in the International Basketball Federation’s­­­­ leadership who blindly believed in the success of 3×3 basketball and its inclusion in the Olympic Program. He also supported the Sport Arena Streetball since its early years. For 16…

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