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FIBA.basketball Lipik marks return of 3x3 Challenger season LIPIK (Croatia) - The wait is over. For the first time since October 2019, the 3x3 Challengers are back, beginning action in Lipik, Croatia, May 21-22. Lipik has been a home away from home for 3x3, hosting a Challenger each year since 2016. At 2019's event, Vrbas (now Ub) were crowned champions. While they won't be in this year's tournament, their Serbian compatriots are primed to continue the country's winning ways. Novi Sad, to no surprise, has been dominant at the event, winning in both 2016 and 2017. It was a different team, but ...

FIBA.basketball ULE 3x3 heating up heading into Stop 3 ST PETERSBURG (Russia) - After two star-studded stops in Russia, the ULE 3x3 returns this week, April 14-15 in the last event before the finals. At Stop 2, Team NL, coming in hot after their Doha Masters win, took home the title behind an MVP performance from Jessey Voorn. The number 4 seeded team won 4 of their 5 games, including wins against Riga, and finally Novi Sad in a rematch of the Doha Masters 2021 final.   th ranked player in the Netherlands, to an already stacked team. Still sitting atop of the ULE 3x3 rankings is Riga, the S...

FIBA.basketball No.1 3x3 team Liman are 'stronger' after last season's heartbreak LIMAN (Serbia) - World number one Liman returned to the site of a nightmare but emerged from the World Tour season opener Doha Masters with their reputation further enhanced. The sensational Serbs were back in Qatar just four months after one of the most heartbreaking losses ever seen on the World Tour. In a classic final against Riga, Liman were up 20-15 and on the brink of a third Masters title in a shortened 2020 season before the Latvians produced the greatest escape since Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Re...

FIBA.basketball 3x3 teams that could win a Masters for the first time in 2021 MIES (Switzerland) - 2020 saw the dominance of Novi Sad end and the emergence of the Liman-Riga two-headed monster. Heading into 2021, it’s a new year with major changes. Players and teams are returning, while the breakup of Novi Sad has shifted the balance up and down the rankings. Let's take a closer look at some of the teams that are ready to make a move and win their first Masters title in 2021. Ub (Team Ranking: 3) Ub jumped 7 spots up the rankings after three strong  World Tour appearances in 2020, coupled...

FIBA.basketball Who's next? A look at the 3x3 landscape after Novi Sad NOVI SAD (Serbia) - Since the beginning of the World Tour in 2012, Novi Sad have had unprecedented success. Four World Tour titles and more Masters wins than any other team. It's been a joy watching them take on the world's best, and time again come up victorious. Now that they have split up, the next generation of 3x3 teams are ready to dominate.  Here are the 5 teams that can step out of Novi Sad's shadow and take the mantle for the undisputed best team in FIBA 3x3.