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The road to Paris passes through the Sultan's pool: Israel will host the European 3x3 basketball championship Israel today

2023-02-02T13:54:04.207Z


The Basketball Association announced that it was chosen to host the prestigious tournament, which will start on September 5 • In total, eight teams will qualify for the Olympic Games in 2024


The Israel Basketball Association was chosen to host the European 3x3 Championship, which will be held at the Sultan's pool in Jerusalem starting on September 5 this year.

This is an important competition for the Olympic criteria, since on November 1, the first teams in the world ranking will be determined, which will qualify for the Olympic Games in Paris. 

It should be remembered, only teams that did not participate in the last two Olympics in the traditional 5x5 basketball will be able to participate in these tournaments, and out of eight teams, one will go to Paris.

Along with the other qualifying tournaments, a total of eight teams will participate in the Olympics. 

In addition, the 3x3 World Championship qualifying tournament will also take place in Israel, and this will happen on May 6-7 in Ice versus Eilat.

Another tournament that will be held in Israel is the Challenger for men and women, on July 3-5 at a place yet to be determined.

In addition to all these tournaments, for the first time in Israel, a 3x3 basketball league will be launched.

The league will be called the BIG League and will be held in four tournaments that will be held in BIG complexes throughout the country.

The league will be open to players who are not active in 5x5 frames. 

The coach of the Israel women's 3x3 team, Liron Cohen: "I also grew up on the asphalt in Gan Ha'Pamon and played a little in the neighborhood, this is a commendable initiative to revive this branch of basketball and turn it into something official and Olympic, it is exciting to have the opportunity to be part of and coach the team, there is quite a bit of potential here And you can do beautiful things. Do things before us, good luck to us and the basketball association, thanks to the Olympic Committee, Kfar Maccabiah and Cellcom." 

Coach of the Israeli men's 3x3 team Meir Tapiro: "You brought them back to the neighborhood where we all started, I am very excited to be a part of this. There is a big and important goal here, I hope we will be able to make more good achievements, there are good and talented guys here and we will do our best to be The best there is and to bring as many successes as possible." 

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Source: israelhayom

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