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Crazy finish of the Sport Arena Streetball’s 11th season

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The 11th season of the popular Romanian 3×3 basketball Quest, Sport Arena Streetball, came to an end last Sunday in dramatic fashion. Outsiders from “We Got Game” won the Open Men category and booked their tickets to Lausanne FIBA 3×3 World Tour after their overtime win against “Old School”. Victor Constantin, brother of Andrei Constantin, who played for Team Bucharest in the first FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final in Miami, was the unlikely hero, scoring the game winning two pointer in overtime. “Old School”, featuring Vasile Stefan, who reached last…

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3×3 June Fever: Sport Arena starts in style the 2015 season

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Inspired by the famous March Madness, Sport Arena starts the new 3×3 basketball Romanian season with a similar concept, the 3×3 June Fever. With ten consecutive days of 3×3 basketball games and a total of 12 in just two weeks, with three competitions going on one after another, it’s a perfect way to start a summer with plenty events to come. The final rounds of Sprite Streetball Battle – the High School 3×3 Championship, the Final Tournament of the 3×3 University Championships and the first tournament of the season of…

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Romanian official, to take part at the 1st FIBA Clinic for 3×3 Referee Candidates

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Vlad Ghizdareanu, one of the most experienced 3×3 basketball referees from Romania, will represent our country at the first FIBA Clinic for 3×3 Referee Candidates, organized between 11 and 13 December in Doha, Qatar.  The Clinic will take place in parallel with the second edition of the FIBA 3×3 All Stars, the competition that reunites in Doha the best 3×3 basketball players in the world and where Team Bucharest will be present for the first time. Our official has over six years experience in Sport Arena Streetball competitions, he officiated…

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Saskatoon and Kaunas, our opponents in the pool phase, in Doha

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Team Bucharest will meet Team Saskatoon and Team Kaunas in the pool phase of the FIBA 3×3 All Stars (12 December, Doha, Qatar).  Coming in Doha with big changes in the roster (more details here), Team Bucharest will face their nightmare from the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final, Team Saskatoon. The Canadians came back from 16-13 with 1 minute to go from a dramatic semifinal, to win it 19-16 and shatter the dreams of Team Bucharest to reach the final for the first time. The other opponent of the Romanian…

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Romania, for the first time at FIBA 3×3 All Star, in Doha

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Romania will be represented for the first time at the FIBA 3×3 All Stars, which will take place in Doha, Qatar, on 12 December. The best 3×3 players in the world will battle for 120.000 USD prize money. Angel Santana, the number one in Europe, will lead Team Bucharest, the only 3×3 basketball team in the world who took part in all FIBA 3×3 World Tour Finals. Santana, European Champion with the Romanian National Team, will play together with Iulian Corneanu and Cristian Craciun, his teammates from Stiinta Bucharest, a…

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Palo Peak, from Spain, winner of Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger 2014

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The Spanish team Palo Peak won the third edition of the Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger, played in the Romanian capital, between 26 and 27 of July. The Spanish players received a 4000 USD money prize and they qualified for FIBA 3×3 World Tour Masters in Prague. After two tough games in the quarter finals and semifinals, not even them could believe that the final would be the easiest game. But the  long range shots hit their target and everything became easy against Team Tricolorii, the Romanian National Team in fact,…

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FIBA.com: Sport Arena Streetball offers first test for Romanian National Teams

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Both men and women’s Romanian national teams showed they will be a force to be reckoned with in Moscow at the upcoming FIBA 3×3 World Championships on 5-8 June, after winning the first stage of the Sport Arena Streetball quest on 16-18 May. 157 teams gathered in Bucharest, the Mecca of 3×3, to kick off the 10-year anniversary season of the Sport Arena Streetball Quest. The event featured a lot of familiar faces as a generation of players has grown up with the event and gone from the U14, to…

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Meet the best 3×3 player in the world! Dusan Bulut: “I want to be remembered as a winner”

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You have seen him knocking down shot after shot, or diving after a loose ball, or taking bumps in the chest from an opponent, or looking with his fearless eyes to his next victim on the court. If you are not strong enough to measure with the best, you probably never want to meet him on the basketball court. His competitive nature will not let you see what’s behind those eyes and even if you are his closest friend, when it’s about business, he will give you THE business. Otherwise…

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Basket 3×3 Novi Sad, champions at Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger

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Team Basket 3×3 Novi Sad, from Serbia, with three World Champions from Athens 2012 in the roster, won the second edition of the Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger by Sport Arena Streetball. The Serbians came from behind in the final with the Romanian team Salajean Hustlers and won in the end with 11-9. They received a 4000 USD prize and a spot in the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Prague. The Hustlers led by six points after five minutes of playing, but they couldn’t keep the pace. They missed a lot in…

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World Champions at Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger

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The second edition of Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Challenger, an event powered by Sport Arena Streetball, will gather some of the best 3×3 basketball teams from Central and Eastern Europe, featuring the World Champions from Serbia. The members of team Basket 3×3 Novi Sad were part of the Serbian national team last year in Athens when they conquered the first ever 3×3 basketball world title. Sixteen teams, 12 from across Europe and four local, will battle for a place in FIBA 3×3 World Tour Prague and a 4000 USD prize. The…

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