CHANDIGARH, AUG 14
Bangalore and Chandigarh teams from India will participate in the Beijing Masters leg of the 2015 FIBA 3x3 World Tour that will be held on August 15 and 16 in China. Fresh off their recent South Asian 3x3 qualifiers win in Colombo, the Indian senior men’s team, termed as team "Bangalore" and comprising Rajesh Uppar, Siddhant Shinde, Jeevanantham Pandi and Basil Philip, few out to Beijing last night.
A second team, of youngsters Kushmeet Atwal, Arshpreet Bhullar, Arshdeep Dhillon and Rajveer Singh (all from Punjab’s Ludhiana Basketball Academy), has also qualified for the event (as team "Chandigarh") after winning a national 3x3 event organised by the National Basketball Association in India (called NBA "Jam") in December 2014.
The Bangalore team is seeded 9th and placed in Pool A with Novisad Alwahda (UAE) and Zheng Zhou (China). The Chandigarh team is seeded 12th and placed in Pool D with Tokyo (Japan) and Wukesong (China).
The third stage of the 2015 FIBA 3x3 World Tour will be held in Beijing China on 15-16 August 2015. The twelve best teams from the qualifiers held in the Beijing catchment area compete for two days for the pride to represent their city, a USD 10,000 cheque and a chance (for the two finalists) to qualify for the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final in Abu Dhabi on 15-16 October 2015.
The 12 teams are divided into four pools of three teams playing in a round-robin first round against their two respective pool opponents. The top-two placed teams from each pool advance to a standard knock-out round which starts at the quarter-finals stage. The two best teams qualify for the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final, which will be staged in Abu Dhabi on October 15 and 16. Apart from this main event, a dunk contest and a three-point shootout contest will also be held.
Team Bangalore: Basil Philip, Rajesh Uppar, Siddhant Shinde, Jeevanantham Pandi.
Team Chandigarh: Kushmeet Atwal, Arshpreet Bhullar, Rajveer Singh.
Bangalore and Chandigarh teams from India will participate in the Beijing Masters leg of the 2015 FIBA 3x3 World Tour that will be held on August 15 and 16 in China. Fresh off their recent South Asian 3x3 qualifiers win in Colombo, the Indian senior men’s team, termed as team "Bangalore" and comprising Rajesh Uppar, Siddhant Shinde, Jeevanantham Pandi and Basil Philip, few out to Beijing last night.
A second team, of youngsters Kushmeet Atwal, Arshpreet Bhullar, Arshdeep Dhillon and Rajveer Singh (all from Punjab’s Ludhiana Basketball Academy), has also qualified for the event (as team "Chandigarh") after winning a national 3x3 event organised by the National Basketball Association in India (called NBA "Jam") in December 2014.
The Bangalore team is seeded 9th and placed in Pool A with Novisad Alwahda (UAE) and Zheng Zhou (China). The Chandigarh team is seeded 12th and placed in Pool D with Tokyo (Japan) and Wukesong (China).
The third stage of the 2015 FIBA 3x3 World Tour will be held in Beijing China on 15-16 August 2015. The twelve best teams from the qualifiers held in the Beijing catchment area compete for two days for the pride to represent their city, a USD 10,000 cheque and a chance (for the two finalists) to qualify for the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final in Abu Dhabi on 15-16 October 2015.
The 12 teams are divided into four pools of three teams playing in a round-robin first round against their two respective pool opponents. The top-two placed teams from each pool advance to a standard knock-out round which starts at the quarter-finals stage. The two best teams qualify for the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final, which will be staged in Abu Dhabi on October 15 and 16. Apart from this main event, a dunk contest and a three-point shootout contest will also be held.
Team Bangalore: Basil Philip, Rajesh Uppar, Siddhant Shinde, Jeevanantham Pandi.
Team Chandigarh: Kushmeet Atwal, Arshpreet Bhullar, Rajveer Singh.
Fixtures for Aug 15: Chandigarh vs Tokyo (pool D); Bangalore vs Zheng Zhou (pool A); Bangalore vs Novisad Alwahda (pool A) and Chandigarh vs Wukesong (pool D).
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