Posts Tagged ‘Tournament’

Moscow Open 3on3

…and the winner is – Ukraine!

For three years now Moscow hosts one of the most representative international streetball tournaments. On the 4th, 5th and 6th of September 17 teams from all over the world battled for the champion title and the main prize of 10K $. Europe, Asia and America all sent some of their best players.

Germany vs. Russia at the Moscow Open 3on3

Germany vs. Russia at the Moscow Open 3on3

Competitors came from Germany, Italy, China, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Croatia, Estonia, USA and Russia. Teams like the S.K.Y Streetball Syndicate took part and when you hear that S.K.Y with its players Spyda, Chris Crump and Erick Price got kicked out by Estonia in the first play-off round, you know how strong the competition was. Read the rest of this entry.

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Posted on Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 in Events by Courts of the World | 2 Responses »

The Awakening of a New Lipik

Streetball in Croatia

Basketball is a national sport in Croatia, which gave birth to numerous NBA players like Dražen Petrović, Toni Kukoč, Krešimir Ćosić, Gordan Giriček, Žan Tabak and many others. While most of these players derive from the famous clubs in Zagreb and Split, the heart of the country’s streetball scene lies in the rather small city of Lipik. This is even more surprising if you take into consideration that the city’s infrastructure was burned down and destroyed in the Yugoslav wars in 1991. The tournament is organized by a local youth association, a generation from whom the war has taken a major part of their childhood.

The annual streetball tournament at the basketball court at Lipik Orphanage exists since 1999 and has grown over the years to one of the most popular streetball events in Croatia. While being regional at the beginning, its popularity and importance has increased year by year. In 2007, the Final Croatian Championship for Young Players were carried out, and in 2009, the Final Croatian Championship Masters will take place in Lipik – being the highest step in Croatian streetball.

Impressions of the Streetball Tournament in Lipik, Croatia. Read the rest of this entry.

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Posted on Thursday, July 16th, 2009 in Events by Courts of the World | No Responses »

Uplifting Ghana’s Youth

Hoops Care is Making a Difference Through Basketball

There are good reasons why we don‘t hear a lot about Basketball in Africa. First off, in many African countries, people have to deal with very serious issues such as poverty and HIV. And you can make the case that showing kids how to throw a ball into a hoop is not really something that has to be tackled with the same kind of urgency.

Secondly, accessibility to media we use everyday, i.e. the internet, is much more scarce (Insert „hot spot“-joke here). That‘s probably a big reason why a lot of things going on in Africa are not „visible“ to the rest of the world.

But we have started courtsoftheworld.com four weeks ago to show what‘s happening on courts all over the globe. So Africa has got to be represented, regardless. Read the rest of this entry.

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Posted on Friday, July 3rd, 2009 in Events by Courts of the World | No Responses »

Romanias VIT – The Sportarena Streetball Championships

Very Important Tournament

Some streetball tournaments are known worldwide – the EBC in NYC or Quai54 in Paris just to name two… – others are not and still they are most important to a regional scene. The Sportarena Streetball Championships is such a series of tournaments that without a single doubt became a social phenomenon on the top basketball court of Romania – Politehnica!

Streetball tournament at Politehnica in Bucharest, Romania

This streetball tournament is the most important 3on3 and 5on5 streetball tournament series in Romania having hosted almost 1.000 teams (4.000 players) in 2008. 2009 is the 5th consecutive year the series takes place and the aim to make things even more spectacular than in 2009 is set high. Making it even more spectacular also means topping the list of VIP dunkers such as Flying 101 (USA), Slam Nation (France), Kadour Ziani (France), Ken Golden Child (USA), Guy Dupuy (France), Troy McCroy (USA), Justin Darlington (Canada), Peter Kostic (Serbia) and Dmytro Kryvenko a.k.a. “Smoove” (Ukraine). Read the rest of this entry.

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Posted on Thursday, June 18th, 2009 in Events by Courts of the World | 3 Responses »

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