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“Top Gun” summer final stage in 3×3 basketball ends with victories of Latvian men’s and women’s national teams

On Saturday, group tournament games took place, in which the best men’s teams of the summer stages took part – “Ķekava” (Latvian national team four), “3×3 Jelgava” (second national team), “Saldus”, “3×3 Madona”, “Mārupe”, RSU, ” University of Latvia “,” Bauerfiend “,” VEF BA Valka “/ VJCĢ,” EAST-Ball “, as well as teams that received” wild card “invitations -” Ādaži “,” Madona / BJSS “and” OT / Gatves bode ” .

On Sunday, there were elimination games for men’s teams, as well as a women’s team tournament, in which the team “3×3 women” also participated in the 2019 European Championship bronze medalist Baiba Eglīte and Kristīna Petermane. Both the women’s and men’s teams competed for the cash prize. The total prize pool was 4,800 euros.

The teams of “Ķekava” and “Mārupe” reached the finals in the men’s tournament. The men of the Latvian national team (Agnis Čavars, Edgars Krūmiņš, Kārlis Lasmanis and Artūrs Strēlnieks) playing in the final game under the flag of “Ķekava” defeated “Mārupi” with 22:12, who had previously knocked out the second composition of the Latvian national team (“3×3 Jelgava”) and Saldus unit. Nick Višņēvičs (“Mārupe”) was recognized as the most valuable player in the men’s tournament.

Meanwhile, in the fight for the third place, “Saldus” beat the University of Latvia with 14:10.

The final game of the women’s tournament “3×3 women” (Baiba Eglīte, Kristīna Petermane, Enija Ķīvīte and Ieva Veinberga) beat “Mārupi” (21:17). In the fight for the third place, “Daugavpils University” defeated “Jelgava” with 18:14. Enija Ķīvīte received the award for the most valuable player.

In the six stages of the Top Gun summer, 28 men’s teams from 16 cities and municipalities, as well as 14 women’s teams, including two quartets from Lithuania, participated. In the men’s competition, “Ķekava” won in two stages, represented by the players of the Latvian national team, but from time to time the teams of Saldus, Madona, Mārupe and Jelgava triumphed. In turn, “3×3 women” won the women’s competition in all qualification stages and finals. In total, the summer tournaments brought together 140 basketball players.

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