{"id":1752,"date":"2024-07-23T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T09:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3la3.ro\/en\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2024-09-13T09:11:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T09:11:04","slug":"3x3-basketball-spectacle-at-iulius-mall-iasi-300-players-battled-for-prizes-at-bcr-sport-arena-streetball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3la3.ro\/en\/3x3-basketball-spectacle-at-iulius-mall-iasi-300-players-battled-for-prizes-at-bcr-sport-arena-streetball_1752.html","title":{"rendered":"3&#215;3 basketball spectacle at Iulius Mall Ia\u0219i: 300 players battled for prizes at BCR Sport Arena Streetball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the first time since 2019, BCR Sport Arena Streetball returned to Ia\u0219i, delivering impressive moments during the national 3&#215;3 basketball circuit tournament at Iulius Mall. Nearly 300 players and 75 teams across all categories participated in the Ia\u0219i tournament, where over 130 3&#215;3 basketball games were played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of participants arrived as early as Friday to join the games and activities on the three courts and in the fan zone, all set up in the Iulius Mall parking lot. Children, parents, basketball players or not, were curious when they saw the courts at Iulius Mall and joined in the fun from the first day of the event. More than 250 prizes were awarded over a weekend full of outdoor sports and entertainment, even though rain disrupted the organizers&#8217; plans, and the Sunday finals had to be played at the Stomart Hall in Ia\u0219i.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3la3.ro\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/3la3.ro\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/3la3.ro\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/3la3.ro\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/3la3.ro\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/3la3.ro\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/3la3.ro\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Close matches and spectacular comebacks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ovidiu Negoi\u021b\u0103 was unstoppable in the Men\u2019s Open category, scoring a total of 51 points across five games. Of these, 13 points were scored in the final, where his team, \u0218tiin\u021ba Bucure\u0219ti, faced the local favorites, CS Politehnica Ia\u0219i. The team from Bucharest won 22-19, ending the game with minutes to spare, and Negoi\u021b\u0103\u2019s average of 10.2 points per game was the highest recorded in any BCR Sport Arena Streetball tournament in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was named the best player of the tournament, alongside Anamaria Pop in the Women\u2019s Open, both of whom were awarded an Undone watch by Albini Prassa, celebrating Romania\u2019s only superhero, C\u0103pitanul Ro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pop scored 11 points in the final, where CS V\u00e2lcea 1924 defeated their rivals, Agro Squad, with a final score of 22-13. V\u00e2lcea thus took revenge after Agro won their head-to-head match in the group stage, 19-16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3la3.ro\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/3la3.ro\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/9-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/3la3.ro\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/9-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/3la3.ro\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/9-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/3la3.ro\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/9-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/3la3.ro\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/9-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/3la3.ro\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/9.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ia\u0219i teams featured in six finals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sport Arena Streetball competitions returned to Ia\u0219i after nearly 60 months, finding the same welcoming city eager for 3&#215;3 basketball. Out of the ten finals played across all categories, six featured local teams. The Urban Groove team, champions of the local high school competition Iulius Mall High Ballers, won the under-18 category, after defeating Sportul Studen\u021besc 21-16 in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entertainment moments were not missing, as the HomeTown and SkyDance dance crews brought street dance to the streetball court on the central court before the day\u2019s final match. The next BCR Sport Arena Streetball event will take place in Timi\u0219oara, at Iulius Town, during the weekend of August 9-11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BCR Sport Arena Streetball 2024 is brought to you by BCR, Mastercard, Nike, BCR Leasing, Horizon, BCR Life Insurance VIG, Tissot, Albini Prassa, Kandia Dulce, Ideal Board Games, Red Bull, and the Romanian Basketball Federation (FR Baschet).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ia\u0219i stop was organized with the support of Iulius Mall, Gatorade, Mountain Dew, and Doritos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time since 2019, BCR Sport Arena Streetball returned to Ia\u0219i, delivering impressive moments during the national 3&#215;3 basketball circuit tournament at Iulius Mall. Nearly 300 players and 75 teams across all categories participated in the Ia\u0219i tournament, where over 130 3&#215;3 basketball games were played. Hundreds of participants arrived as early as Friday to join the games and activities on the three courts and in the fan zone, all set up in the Iulius Mall parking lot. 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