On August 24 and 25 in Riga, Grizinkalns and Daugava Sports House, FIBA Challenger series tournament in 3×3 basketball “Ghetto Basket Riga 2021” will take place, where Olympic champions Agnis Čavars, Kārlis Pauls Lasmanis and Nauris Miezis, as well as Artūrs will start as part of the team “Rīga”. Sagittarius. The games are broadcast live on LTV7.
On Tuesday, in the first game of the group tournament, “Riga” drew victory over “Raudondvaris” (Lithuania) at the dramatic end – 21:20.
In the game with the Russian team “Runa”, which previously beat Jelgava in the decisive game of the qualifying tournament with 15:11 (Armands Ginters, Roberts Pāže, Armands Senankans, Mārtiņš Šteinbergs), the Rigans initially took the lead (5: 1), but in the second part of the match was mostly driven, losing at the end with 18:19. In the last game of the group tournament, “Raudonvaris” beat “Runa” with 20:18, winning the 1st place. “Riga” – second position and in the quarterfinals on Wednesday at 18 at the match with the Serbian team “Ub”.
In group D “Grīziņkalns” (Andris Epners, Rendijs Feikners, Edgars Lācis and Ivars Rihards Žvīgurs) lost “Amsterdam” (Netherlands) in the first game with 11:19. Princeton (USA) – Amsterdam 18:21. “Princeton” – “Grizinkalns” 21:15.
In group B “Šakiai” (Lithuania) – “Utrecht” (Netherlands) 21: 9, Šakiai ”-“ Dusseldorf ”(Germany) 16: 9,“ Utrecht ”-“ Dusseldorf ”15:21.
In group C “Ub” (Serbia) – “Reval” (Estonia) 21:11, “Ub” – “Antwerp” (Belgium) 21:17, “Reval” – Antwerp ”16:21.
Wednesday Due to the rain, the games were moved to the Daugava Sports House. CIn the quarterfinals with the Serbian team “Ub”, which also includes the Olympic bronze winner Dejan Majstorovic, the Rigans were in the lead almost the whole match (5: 2, 13: 9, 18:16), but in the last second the opponents equalized the result with a long shot. In the extension, the fate of the match was decided by Lasmanis’ exact long shot – 20:18.
Also “Red Riding Hood” – “Antwerp” 9:16, “Amsterdam” – “Dusseldorf” 12:10 (pag.), “Šakiai” – “Princetone” 19:17.
In the semi-finals at 19:25 “Antwerp” – “Amsterdam”, 19:50 “Šakiai” – “Riga”. 20:15 – slam dunk competition final, 20:45 – final game.
The top two teams will receive a ticket to the Abu Dhabi Masters Tournament at the end of October, with the four semi-finalists sharing the $ 25,000 prize pool.
Tickets can be purchased at TurTur.lv. Entrance to the event with Covid-19 certificates (applies to all ages – including children).
“Ghetto Basket Riga 2021” is organized by the association “STREETBASKET” and the Latvian Basketball Union. The competition is supported by the Ministry of Education and Science.
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