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WORLD TOUR DOHA MASTERS 2019

APRIL 18-19

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Website: fiba3x3.basketball

FIBA 3x3: FACTS AND FIGURES

WHO is FIBA:

A non-profit organization established in 1932, comprised by over 200 national federation members and the sole world governing body for basketball recognized by the IOC.

FIBA has developed 3x3 as second basketball discipline to attract the urban youth and provide more opportunities for its member associations and players worldwide.

WHAT is 3x3:

SIMPLE: Half-court, 1 hoop, 2 teams, 3 players + 1 substitute, no in-game coaching

FAST: 10-minute games, 12-second shot clock, no halftime

ENTERTAINING: Game over at 21 pts, non-stop music, fan engagement

URBAN; Played in iconic location in the heart of the cities, 3x3 tournaments are more than just basketball; they are an urban cultural festival with dancers, MCs and DJs

WHEN is the 3x3 season:

Challengers, the pre-qualification to the World Tour begin in April and end in September

World Tour from April to November

National Team from May to November WHERE is 3x3 played: In National Team competitions: Yearly World Cup,U23 World Cup, U18 World Cup, Continental Cups, U18 Continental Cups, U23 Nations League, Youth Olympic Games and will make his Olympic debut in Tokyo 2020. In the Professional Season which includes World Tour and Challengers where players gain ranking points and prize money In Grassroots tournaments: 3x3 originated in the streets where it is continued to be played at grassroots levels. HOW to watch 3x3:

All events are livestreamed on youtube.com/FIBA3x3

50k spectators on site per event

Broadcast in 100+ countries

250 million views on social media

FIBA 3x3 WORLD TOUR The FIBA 3x3 World Tour is the pinnacle event of an 'open' network of FIBA-endorsed 3x3 tournaments. Any group of four players - regardless of their nationality - representing a city can qualify for the FIBA 3x3 World Tour by winning a qualifying tournament which will lead to the World Tour. Each Masters has teams competing for a ticket to the final and prize money. The top 12 teams in the World Tour season standings qualify for the Final.

PAST WINNERS

Year Winners

2012 San Juan (PUR)

2013 Brezovica (SLO)

2014 Novi Sad (SRB)

2015 Novi Sad Al Wahda (UAE)*

2016 Ljubljana (SLO)**

2017 Zemun (SRB)

2018 Novi Sad Al Wahda (SRB)

*Formerly known as Novi Sad (SRB)

**Formerly known as Brezovica (SLO)

2019 CALENDAR

Masters Location Date

1 Doha, QATAR April 18-19

2 Chengdu, CHINA June 1-2

3 Mexico City, MEXICO July 6-7

4 Saskatoon, CANADA July 20-21

5 Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC August 3-4

6 Lausanne, SWITZERLAND August 23-24

7 Debrecen, HUNGARY August 27-28

8 Montreal, CANADA September 7-8

9 Los Angeles, USA September 21-22

10 Nanjing, CHINA October 12-13

FINAL Utsunomiya, JAPAN November 2-3

COMPETITION FORMAT Main Event 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. Dunk Contest The 3 Dunkers in the Final have 75 seconds and 3 attempts per round to complete a dunk. An attempt means the dunker had the intention to dunk and he or the ball touched the rim and/or the backstop unit. The only exception to the 75-second-rule is the third round of the final where there is no time limit. The 75 seconds start running once the dunker's name is called up. The first successful dunk is considered the valid one. A dunk is considered successful if the ball does not leave the ring in an upward vertical direction after it has left the dunker's hand. The dunks are marked (0, 5-10) by each one of the 3 members of the jury. David Carlos aka “Air David” (Philippines) Height 1,75m Weight : 84kg Vertical : 1,07m Nationality : Philippines Vadim Poddubchenko (Ukraine) aka ‘Miller’ Height : 1.92m Weight: 95kg Vertical: 1.27m Age: 25 Reining 3x3 World Tour dunk contest winner. Joel Henry (Great Britain) aka “The Royal Guard” Height:1,89m Weight: 78kg Vertical: 1,07m

Shoot-Out Contest The Shoot-Out Contest qualification takes place on the first day and the final on the second. Qualification:

A maximum of one player per team participates in the qualification

Each player shoots ten balls (45º & 2 racks)

Participants are ranked by successful shot and by time in case of tie

Time limit is 30 seconds.

The best 4 qualify for the final

Final:

There are three racks of five balls worth one point from three different spots behind the arc and one rack of three ‘moneyballs’ worth two points from the end line (11 metres)

Time limit is a 60-second shot-clock

AWARDS AND PRIZES Awards An MVP (Most Valuable Player) will be named by FIBA at the end of the event based on the player’s performances during the whole tournament. An MSP (Most Spectacular Player) will be named by the fans on the social media one week after the event based on the player’s exciting plays during the whole tournament. Prizes (in USD) Team competition:

Position Each Masters WT Final Pre-WT Final Standings

1 30,000 50,000 60,000

2 20,000 38,000 48,000

3 12,000 26,000 38,000

4 8,000 18,000 30,000

5 5,000 10,000 24,000

6 18,000

7 14,000

8 10,000

Player individual prizes (at the end of the season)

Top ranked player 7,500

Top scorer (Challengers + WT) 5,000

Top key-assist passer (Challengers + WT) 5,000

Dunk Contest: Dunk Contest winner: $2,500 Dunk Contest second and third: $500 Shoot-Out Contest Winner: $500 Winner + New record (>15 pts): $5,000 Winner + Perfect record (21pts): $10,000

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POOLS

POOL A POOL B POOL C POOL D

Liman (SRB) Novi Sad (SRB) Riga Ghetto (LAT) Piran (SLO)

Pasig Chooks (PHI) Tokyo Dime (JPN) Moscow Inanomo

(RUS)

Ljubljana (SLO)

Katara (QAT) Doha (QAT) Balanga Chooks

(PHI)

Mount-Royal U

McGill (CAN)

SCHEDULE

TEAMS

Balanga Chooks (PHI) Players: Karl Dehesa, Travis Franklin, Alvin Passaol, Leonard Santillan

Seed at WT Stop:11 How they qualified to Doha: Finishing 2nd at the first-ever 3x3 asia-Pacific SUperQuest in the Philippines

World Tour History

Years at the WT: 1 Total Appearances: 1

PLAYER PROFILE

Jersey Player Name -Phonetic Pronunciation -Nick Name

Height/Weight Age Nationality World Ranking (National Ranking)

Karl Dehesa 1,88m / 88kg 31 Philippines 1278 (19)

Travis Franklin 2,00m / 102kg 30 USA 4195 (62)

Alvin Pasaol 1,92m / 97kg 23 Philippines 328 (4)

Leonard Santillan

1,95m / 90kg 23 Philippines 418 (5)

Player Stats

Karl Dehesa Years at the WT: 2 (2015 and 2019) Total Appearances: 3 Finished 2nd at the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Manila Masters 2015 (lost the final to Novi Sad) and qualified to the Abi Dhabi Final (6th) with team Manila North.

Finished 9th at the FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2016 in Guangzhou (China)

Travis Franklin

Years at the WT: 1

Total appearances: 1 Instagram: Tfrank_1

Alvin Pasaol Years at the WT: 1 Total appearances: 1 Instagram : alvinpasaol

Leonard Santillan

Years at the WT: 1 Total appearances: 1

Doha (QAT) Players: Seydou Ndoye, Moustafa Essam Fouda, Nedim Muslic, Ousseynou Ndiaye Seed at WT Stop: 10 How they qualified to Doha: Wildcard from LOC

World Tour History


PLAYER PROFILE



Seydou Ndoye 2,05m / 116kg 19 Qatar 334 (7)

Moustafa Essam Fouda

1,74m / 75kg 21 Qatar 312 (6)

Nedim Muslic 1,98m / 93kg 21 Qatar 295 (4)

Ousseynou Dniaye

1,93m / 82kg 33 Qatar 464 (10)

Player Stats

Seydou Ndoye Years at the WT: 1 Total Appearances: 1 Won gold in both the 3x3 U18 World Cup and 3x3 U18 Asia Cup in 2015 representing Qatar. Bronze at the FIBA 3x3 U18 Asia Cup 2017 and 12th at the 3x3 U18 World Cup that year. Finished 10th at the FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup 2017.

Moustafa Essam Fouda

Years at the WT: 1

Total appearances: 1 Finished 6th at the 18th Asian Games 2018 representing Qatar

Nedim Muslic Years at the WT: 1 Total appearances: 1 Finished 6th at the 18th Asian Games 2018 representing Qatar Won gold at the 5th Asian Indoor And Martial Arts Games (2017) and silver at the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games (2017) Won gold in both the 3x3 U18 World Cup and 3x3 U18 Asia Cup in 2015 representing Qatar.

Ousseynou Dniaye Years at the WT: 1 Total appearances: 1

Katara (QAT) Players: Bobo Magassa, Aaron Randolph Mitchell, Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad, Fadi Abilmona Seed at WT Stop: 9 How they qualified to Doha: Winning que Qatar quest

World Tour History


PLAYER PROFILE



Bobo Magassa

2.06m / 100kg 18 Qatar 749 (19)

Aaron Randolph Mitchell

1.88m / 86kg 29 USA 1185 (46)

Abdulrahman Mohamed

Saad

1.90m / 96kg 22 Qatar 358 (8)

Fadi Abilmona 1.70m / 80kg 33 Qatar 250 (2)

Player Stats

Bobo Magassa Years at the WT: 1 Total Appearances: 1 Won gold in at the 3x3 U18 Asia Cup in 2016 representing Qatar. Bronze at the FIBA 3x3 U18 Asia Cup 2017 and 12th at the 3x3 U18 World Cup that year. Finished 10th at the FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup 2017.

Aaron Randolph Mitchell

Years at the WT: 1

Total appearances: 1

Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad Years at the WT: 2 (2016 & 2019)Total appearances: 2 Represented Qatar at the 3x3 U18 World Cup 2013 in Jakarta (Indonesia), finishing 24th Made his 3x3 World Tour debut at the Utsunomiya Masters 2016 (8th), where they (Team Doha) defeated Novi Sad in the pool phase. Won gold at the 5th Asian Beach Games in 2016. Finished 5th at the FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2016 in Guangzhou, China. Finished 4th at the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in 2017. Finished 6th at the FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2017 in Nantes, France. Won gold at the 5th Asian Indoor and Martials Arts games in 2017 Finished 10th at the FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup 2017 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Fadi Abilmona Years at the WT: 1 Total appearances: 1

Finished 6th at the FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2017 in Nantes, France and 6th as well in the Asia

Cup 2018 in China.

LIMAN (SRB)

Players: Aleksandar Ratkov, Mihailo Vasic, Stefan Kojic, Maksim Kovacevic.

Seed at WT Stop: 1

How they qualified to Doha: Based on ranking Also qualified to: Prague, Lausanne and Debrecen (Based on ranking) Team Song: “You don’t know me” by Jax Jones

World Tour History

Years at the WT: 4 (2016-19) Total appearances: 16 Wins: 5 – Debrecen Masters 2017, Mexico City Masters 2017, Utsunomiya Masters 2018 Chengdu Masters 2018, Penang Masters 2018 2nd place: 3 - Saskatoon Masters 2018, Lausanne Masters 2018 & Hyderabad Masters 2018 Challengers record in 2019

Wuxi Challenger 3rd

LIMAN HEAD to HEAD IN 2019

Opponent Record Games

Moscow Inanomo

1-0 Wuxi Challenger – Quarter-Finals – W

Tokyo Dime 1-0 Wuxi Challenger – Pools - W

LIMAN HEAD to HEAD IN WT HISTORY


Novi Sad 1-4 Debrecen Masters 2017 – Semi-Final – W Beijing Final 2017 – Quarter-Finals – L Saskatoon Masters 2018 – Final – L Hyderabad Masters 2018 – Final – L Lausanne Masters 2018 – Final – L

Ljubljana 2-0 Debrecen Masters 2017 – Final – W Utsunomiya Masters 2018 – Semi-Final – W

Piran 1-1 Utsunomiya Masters 2017 – Semi-Final – L Lausanne Masters 2018 – Quarter-Final – W

Riga 2-3 Beijing Final 2017 – Pools – L Debrecen Masters 2018 – Semi-Final – L

Chengdu Masters 2018 – Final – W Lausanne Masters 2018 – Semi-Final – W

Beijing Final 2018 – Quarter-Finals - L

PLAYER PROFILE



Aleksandar Ratkov

1.94m / 94 kg 27 Serbia 3 (3)

Mihailo Vasic 2.01m / 102kg 25 Serbia 4 (4)

Maksim Kovacevic

1.96m / 96kg 32 Serbia 404 (36)

Stefan Kojic 2,01m / 96kg 26 Serbia 7 (7)

Player Stats

Aleksandar Ratkov Favorite song is “My way” from Calvin Harris Instagram: Aleksa_ratkov Role model: His father Years at the WT: 4 (2016-2019) Total appearances: 13 Instagram: aleksa_ratkov Achievements MVP and top scorer of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Mexico City Masters 2017

Stefan Kojic

Signature move: Shooting

Favourite song: Jax Jones - You don't know me

Favourite food: Pizza

Years at the WT: 3 (2017-19) Instagram: instazvonko Achievements In 2016 he was crowned King of the rock world champion in the RedBull King of the Rock in

Belgrade, Serbia

Maksim Kovacevic

Years at the WT: 2 (2018-19)


Replacing Stefan Stojacic, who in injured.

Made his World Tour debut last year winning the Chengdu Masters.

Mihailo Vasic

Signature move: Spin move



Instagram: mihailo42

He studied psychology and played basketball at the University of New Haven (Division II

college).

LJUBLJANA (SLO)

Players: Blaz Cresnar, Jasmin Hercegovac, Dejan Mlakar & Zelimir Zagorac

How they qualified to Doha: Based on ranking

Seed at WT Stop :5

Also qualified to: Chengdu (ranking)

Instagram account: Ljubljana3x3 Twitter accounts: 3x3Ljubljana Team song: Detka Lambada by Vazov

World Tour History

Years at the WT: 7 (2013-19) Total Appearances: 21 Wins: 5 (Istanbul Final 2013, Prague Masters 2016, Abu Dhabi Final 2016, Saskatoon Masters 2017 and Mexico City 2018) 2nd Place: 5 (Lausanne Masters 2013, Beijing Masters 2015, Debrecen Masters 2016, Prague Masters 2017 & Debrecen Masters 2017)

LJUBLJANA HEAD TO HEAD IN WT HISTORY


Piran 1-1 Lausanne Masters 2015 – semi-finals - L Abu Dhabi Final 2016 – Quarter-finals - W

Novi Sad 2-4 Istanbul Final 2013 – Final – W Utsunomiya Masters 2016 – semi-finals – L

Prague Masters 2016 – semi-finals – W Debrecen Masters 2016 – Final – L Prague Masters 2016 – Final – L

Beijing Final 2018 – Pools - L

Riga 1-0 Debrecen Masters 2017 – semi-finals – W

Liman 0-2 Debrece Masters 2017 – Final – L Utsunomiya Masters 2018 – Semi-finals -L

PLAYER PROFILE



Blaz ‘Birdman’ Cresnar

[Blash Shray-snar]

2.16m / 112kg 32 Slovenian 29 (5)

Jasmin Hercegovac

[Yas-mean Hair-tsay-go-vats] Aka “Iceman”

1.90m / 96kg 41 Slovenian 31 (6)

Dejan Mlakar 1,89m / 94kg 31 Slovenian 33 (7)

Zelimir Zagorac 2.04m / 112kg 38 Slovenian 39 (8)

Player Stats

Blaz Cresnar aka Birdman Years at the WT: 7 (2013-19) Total appearances: 22 Achievements National Team: Member of Slovenian National team that won silver at FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup 2014 Tallest player at the event (2.16m) Instagram: birdman3x3

Jasmin Hercegovac Years at the WT: 7 (2013-19) Total appearances: 22 Achievements MVPs: Prague Masters 2016, Abu Dhabi Final 2016 and Mexico 2018

National Team: Member of Slovenian National team that won silver at FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup 2014 Instagram: hercegovac3x3 Former number 1 3x3 player in the World Star profile video: https://youtu.be/to6aBHZDNgs

Dejan Mlakar Years at the WT: 3 (2017-19) Total appearances: 9 Instagram: mleks7

Zelimir Zagorac

Years at the WT: 3 (2017-19) Total appearances: 9 Achievements Zagorac represented Slovenia at the 2006 FIBA World Championship (World Cup in basketball). His younger brother Sasa played on the Slovenian team that won the Eurobasket 2017.

https://youtu.be/to6aBHZDNgs

Moscow Inanomo (RUS)

Players: Denis Bergman, Semen Debda, Nikita Makshev, Yuta Bespalov

Seed at WT Stop: 6 How they qualified to Doha: Winning the Russian Quest Team song: The Game & Skrillex - El Chapo

World Tour History

Years at the WT: 2 (2018-19) Total appearances: 3 Challengers record in 2019

Wuxi Challenger 8th

MOSCOW INANOMO HEAD to HEAD IN 2019


Liman 0-1 Wuxi Challenger – Quarter-Finals - L

MOSCOW HEAD to HEAD IN WT HISTORY


Liman 0-1 Prague Masters 2018 – Pools - L

PLAYER PROFILE

Jersey Player Name

-Phonetic

Pronunciation

Height/Weight Age Nationality World

Ranking

(National

Ranking)

Denis Bergman 2,01m / 112kg 26 Rusia 68 (7)

Semen Debda 1,96m / 93kg 26 Rusia 52 (4)

Nikita Makshev 1,85m / 81kg 28 Rusia 54 (5)

Yuta Bespalov 1.98m / 105kg 27 Russia 121 (12)

Player Stats

Denis Bergman Years at the WT: 2 (2019) Total appearances: 3 Instagram: enjoybergRole Model: Lebron James

Favourite food: Pasta carbonara

Hidden Talent: Hip hop, dance, boxing.

Semen Debda Years at the WT: 2 (2019) Total appearances: 3 Instagram: semendebda

Nikita Makshev Years at the WT: 2 (2018-19) Total appearances: 3 Instagram: makish15 Favourite Food: Sushi favourite Singer: Beyoncé Hidden Talent: Coach Achievements: Russian championship season 2017-2018. Champion Night League 2018

Yura Bespalov Years at the WT: 1 (2019)


Mount-Royal U McGill (CAN)

Players: Avery Cadogan, Noah Daoust, Jamal Mayali & Daniel Pieper

How they qualified to Doha: Thanks to the FISU league final, where they finished 2nd. Seed in WT stop: 12

World Tour History

Years at the WT: 1 (2019) Total appearances: 1

PLAYER PROFILE



Avery Cadogan 1.95m / 85kg 23 Canadian 3570 (20)

Noha Daoust 2.03m / 104kg 24 Canadian 3163 (19)

Jamal Mayali 1.90m / 82kg 20 Canadian -

Daniel Pieper 2.00m / 90kg 22 Netherlands -

Player Stats

Avery Cadogan Instagram: avery.cadogan Years at the WT: 1 (2019) Total appearances: 1

Noah Daoust

Years at the WT: 1 (2019) Instagram: blocboy_nd

Jamal Mayali Years at the WT: 1 (2019) Instagram: jsmooth1098

Daniel Pieper Years at the WT: 1 (2019) Instagram: danielpieps

NOVI SAD (SRB) Players: Dusan Bulut, Dejan Majstorovic, Marko Savic, Marko Zdero How they Qualified to Doha : Based on Ranking Also qualfied to: Chengdu, Montreal & Los Angeles (based on ranking) Seed at the WT stop : 2 Team song: ‘By the way’ by Red Hot Chili Peppers Team info: They are Red Bull sponsored Athletes. First-ever fully professional 3x3 team

Bulut, Savic and Zdero grew up in the same neighbourhood and have been friends since childhood. Bulut and Savic won the World Cup 4 times for Serbia (2012, 2016, 2017 & 2018), Majstorovic won it 3 times (2016, 17 & 18) Zdero won it 3 times (2012, 2016, 2017).

World Tour History

Years at the WT: 7 (2013-2019) Total appearances: 23 Wins: 18 (Prague 2013, Prague 2014, Tokyo Final 2014, Manila 2015, Rio de Janeiro 2015, Abu Dhabi Final 2015, Utsunomiya 2016, Debrecen 2016, Beijing 2016, Utsunomiya 2017, Prague 2017, Lausanne 2017,Saskatoon 2018, Prague 2018, Lausanne 2018, Debrecen 2018, Hyderabad 2018 & Beijing Final 2018) 2nd place: 2 (Istanbul Final 2013 & Bloomage Beijing Final 2017) Finished 2018 undefeated in the World Tour with a 32-0 record.

NOVI SAD HEAD TO HEAD IN WT HISTORY


Riga 4-1 Lausanne Masters 2017 – Semi-finals – W Chengdu Masters 2017 – Quarter-Finals – L

Debrecen Masters 2018 – Final – W Hyderabad Masters 2018 – Semi_finals – W

Beijing Final 2018 – Final - W

Liman 3-1 WT Debrecen 2017 - Semi-Final – L WT Bloomage Beijing Final 2017 –Quarter Final- W

Saskatoon masters 2018 – Final - W Lausanne Masters 2018 – Final -W

Piran 8-1 Bloomage Beijing Final – Semi-Finals - W Mexico City Masters 2017 – Quarter-Finals - L

Utsunomiya Masters 2017 – Final - W Utsunomiya Masters 2016 – Final – W Abu Dhabi Final 2015 – Semi-finals –W Istanbul Final 2013 – Quarter-finals- W Prague Masters 2013 – Semi-finals – W

Hyderabad Masters 2018 – Quarter-Finals - W2018 Beijing Final 2018 – Quarter-Finals - W

Ljubljana 4-2 Istanbul Final 2013 – Final – L Utsunomiya Masters 2016 – semi-finals – w

Prague Masters 2016 – semi-finals – L Debrecen Masters 2016 – Final – W

Prague Masters 2017 – Final – W Beijing Final 2018 – Pools - W

Tokyo 1-0 Chengdu Masters 2017 – Pools - W

PLAYER PROFILE

Jersey Player Name -Phonetic

Pronunciation


Dejan ‘The Maestro’

Majstorovic [Day-yan My-store-

ovitch]

2.00m / 100kg 30 Serbia 6 (6)

Dusan Domovic Bulut aka

‘MrBullutproof’ [Do-shan Dough-maw-vitch Boo-

loot]

1.91m / 90kg 33 Serbia 1 (1)

Marko Savic [Marko Sa-vitch]

1.96m / 112kg 31 Serbia 5 (5)

Marko Zdero

[Marko Zdayraw]

1.90m / 93kg 34 Serbia 43 (13)

Player Stats

Dejan Majstorovic aka “The Maestro” Years at the WT: 7 (2013-19) Total Appearances: 24 Hidden talent: Table tennis Favorite song: Balada Disidente by Beogradski Sindikat Favorite Food: Sarma Achievements MVP: Utsunomiya Masters 2017 & Lausanne Masters 2017, Hyderabad Masters 2018 Shoot-Out contest all-time record holder (15pts at the Mexico Masters 2017) Top scorer and MVP of FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2017 Former Number one 3x3 player in the World National Team: Member of Serbian National team that won FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2016, 2017 & 2018 and the Europe Cup 2018

Runner-Up at FIBA 3x3 Europe 2016 Cup, FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2014 and Bronze Medalist at the inaugural European Games (2015) Instagram account: Dejan.Majstorovic8 Star profile: https://youtu.be/TAxWqVHF46o

Dusan Bulut Years at the WT: 8 (2013-18) Total Appearances: 26 Number 1 3x3 player in the World Achievements MVP: Manila 2015, Rio 2015, Abu Dhabi 2015, Utsunomiya 2016, Debrecen 2016, Beijing 2016, Prague 2017, Saskatoon 2018, Prague 2018, Debrecen 2018, World Tour Final 2018 National Team: Member of Serbian National team that won FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2012, 2016, 2017 & 2018 and the Europe Cup 2018 MVP of the FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2016 & 2018 and Europe Cup 2018 Runner-Up at FIBA 3x3 Europe 2016 Cup and Runner-Up at FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2014 and Bronze Medallist at inaugural European Games (2015) Star profile video: https://youtu.be/8eqTrfMtIjw Facebook Page: Dusan Domovic Bulut Twitter: MrBullutproof Instagram: Dusan.Bulut

Marko Savic Years at the WT: 7 (2013-19) Total Appearances: 25 Achievements Won the Shoot-Out Contest at the Chengdu Masters 2017 Former number one 3x3 player in the World National Team: Member of Serbian National team that won FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2012, 2016 2017 & 2018 and the Europe Cup 2018 Runner-Up at FIBA 3x3 Europe 2016 Cup, FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2014 and Bronze Medalist at the inaugural European Games (2015) Star profile video: https://youtu.be/zkhshybOl4M

https://youtu.be/TAxWqVHF46o

https://youtu.be/8eqTrfMtIjw

Instagram: Marko_savic_17 Marko Zdero Years at the WT: 7 (2013-19) Total appearances: 20 Achievements National Team: Member of Serbian National team that won FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2012, 2016 2017 and the Europe Cup 2018 Runner-Up at FIBA 3x3 Europe 2016 Cup, FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2014 and Bronze Medalist at the inaugural European Games (2015) Instagram: zdero13

Pasig Chooks (PHI) Players: Joshua Munzon, Nikola Pavlovic, Taylor Statham, Angelo Tsagarakis Seed at WT Stop: 8 How they qualified to Doha: Winning the first-ever Chooks to Go 3x3 League in The Philippines

World Tour History


PLAYER PROFILE



Joshua Munzon

1,93m / 84kg 24 Philippines 266 (1)

Nikola Pavlovic

1,98m (98kg 25 Serbia 162 (28)

Taylor Statham 1,98m / 95kg 26 Philippines 267 (3)

Angelo Tsagarakis

1,90m /90kg 34 France 989 (29)

Player Stats

Joshua Munzon Years at the WT: 1 Total Appearances: 1

Nikola Pavlovic

Years at the WT: 2 (2017 & 2019)

Total appearances: 4 Achievements:

Won 3 Masters in 2017 playing with Novi Sad (Utsunomiya, Prague and Lausanne)

Taylor Statham Years at the WT: 1 Total appearances: 1 Played at Cal State Bernardino in the US NCAA and has been playing basketball professionally for the last 6 years, but he will try his luck now on the 3x3 court.

Angelo Tsagarakis

Years at the WT: 2 (2015 & 2019) Total appearances: 2 Made his 3x3 World Tour debut in 2015 with Team Paris in the Prague Masters where they reached the Semi-finals, defeating Novi Sad in the quarter-finals. Achievements Won bronze at the FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2017 in Nantes (France) and gold in the shoot-out competition. Was silver at the shoot-out contest of the FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup 2017 in Amsterdam (Netherlands) and gold in last year’s 3x3 Europe Cup in Bucharest (Romania).

PIRAN (SLO)

Players: Adin Kavgic, Anze Srebovt, Gasper Ovnik, Simon Finzgar

How they qualified to Doha: After winning the Slovenian Quest Also Qualified to: Saskatoon and Montreal (based on ranking) Seed at WT stop: 4 Twitter & Instagram: Piran3x3 Team Song: “TNT” – AC/DC Won the FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup in 2016, silver in 2017 and bronze in 2018. Also earned bronze at the World Cup 2016 and 2018.

World Tour History

Years at the WT: 8 (2012-19) Total appearances: 23 Wins: 2 (Lausanne 2014 & Chengdu 2017) 2nd Place: 5 (Madrid 2012; Lausanne 2015, Utsunomiya 2016, Utsunomiya 2017, Penang 2018)

PIRAN HEAD TO HEAD IN WT HISTORY


Novi Sad 1-8 Bloomage Beijing Final 2017– Semi-Finals - L

Mexico City Masters 2017 – Quarter-Finals -W

Utsunomiya Masters 2017 – Final – L

Utsunomiya Masters 2016 – Final – L

Abu Dhabi Final 2015 – Semi-finals –L

Istanbul Final 2013 – Quarter-finals- L

Prague Masters 2013 – Semi-finals – L

Hyderabad Masters 2018 – Quarter-Finals - L Beijing

Beijing Final 2018 – Quarter-Finals - L

Ljubljana 2-1 Abu Dhabi Final 2016 – Quarter-Final – L Lausanne Masters 2018 – Pools – W

Lausanne 2015 – semi_finals - W

Liman 1-1 WT Utsunomiya 2017 - Semi-Final -W Lausanne Masters 2018 – Quarter-Finals – L

Riga 1-0 Chengdu Masters 2017 – Pools – W

PLAYER PROFILE

Jersey Player Name -Phonetic Pro-nunciation -Nick Name

Height/Weight Age Nationality World Rank-ing (National

Ranking)

Simon Finzgar 1.96m / 88 kg 39 Slovenian 14 (1)

Adin Kavgic 1.97m / 105kg 32 Slovenian 19 (4)

Gasper Ovnik 1.90m /100kg 36 Slovenian 18 (3)

Anze Srebovt 1.97m / 115kg 27 Slovenian 17 (2)

Player Stats

Simon Finzgar aka ‘The Sphinx’ Years at the WT: 8 (2012-2019)


Finzgar is a former number one 3x3 player in the World

MVP of the Chengdu Masters 2017 and Top Scorer with 40 points

Simon Finzgar and Adin Kavgic are part of an exclusive group of 3 players who have played

in all 7 editions of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour (Mensud Julevic – Kranj – is the third one)

National Team: Member of the Slovenian national team that won 3 medals at the Europe

Cup (gold in 2016, silver in 2017 and bronze in 2018), finished third at the World Cup both in

2016 and 2018.

Member of Team of Tournament: Europe Cup 2018

Instagram: Simonfinzgar

Gasper Ovnik aka “Gapi”

Favorite song: Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - I Won't Back Down Hidden talent: Photography Years at the WT: 7 (2013-2019) Total appearances: 20 Achievements National Team: Member of the Slovenian national team that won 3 medals at the Europe Cup (gold in 2016, silver in 2017 and bronze in 2018), finished third at the World Cup both in 2016 and 2018. Top Scorer at the FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2018

Instagram: Gasperovnik12

Anze Srebovt aka “Buco” Favourite song: Acdc TNT

Years at the WT: 6 (2014-19) Total appearances: 19

Achievements: He won his first FIBA 3x3 WT Masters in Chengdu in 2017. National Team: Member of the Slovenian national team that won 3 medals at the Europe Cup (gold in 2016, silver in 2017 and bronze in 2018), finished third at the World Cup both in 2016 and 2018. Instagram account: srebovt10 Adin Kavgic aka “Kavga” Signature move: Rebound Years at the WT: 8 (2012-2019) Total appearances: 22 Toughest player to guard: Alexandr Pavlov Achievements National Team: Member of the Slovenian national team that won 3 medals at the Europe Cup (gold in 2016, silver in 2017 and bronze in 2018), finished third at the World Cup both in 2016 and 2018. Simon Finzgar and Adin Kavgic are part of an exclusive group of 3 players who have played

in all 7 editions of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour (Mensud Julevic – Kranj – is the third one)

Instagram: adinkavgic

RIGA Ghetto (LAT) Players: Agnis Cavars, Edgars Krumins , Karlis Lasmanis & Nauris Miezis How they qualified to Doha: Winning the United League Europe Seed: 3 Also Qualified to: Mexico City (Ranking), Debrecen (ranking), Nanjing (ranking) and Chengdu (winning in Wuxi) National Team: Won the FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup 2017 in Amsterdam and represented Latvia at the World Cup 2018 in The Philippines (5th). Finished 2nd at the Europe Cup 2018 Team Song: “Mans Lielais Singls” by Gacho

World Tour History

Years at the WT: 3 (2017-19) Total Appearances: 11 2nd: 3 (Debrecen 2018, Chengdu 2018 & Beijing Final 2018) 2019 Challengers record

Challengers Rank

Wuxi 1st

RIGA HEAD TO HEAD IN WORLD TOUR HISTORY


Liman 3-2 Beijing Final 2017 – Pools – W Lausanne Masters 2018 – Semi-finals – L Debrecen Masters 2018 – Semi-finals – W

Chengdu Masters 2018 – Final – L Beijing Final 2018 – Quarter-Finals - W

Ljubljana 0-1 Debrecen Masters 2017 – Semi-finals – L

Piran 0-1 Chengdu Masters 2017 – Pools – L

Novi Sad 1-4 Lausanne Masters 2017– Semi-finals – L Chengdu Masters 2017 – Quarter-Finals – W

Debrecen Masters 2018 – Final – L Hyderabad Masters2018 – semi-final- L

Beijing Final 2018 – Final - L

PLAYER PROFILE



Arturs Strelnieks 1.94m / 94kg 33 Latvian 149 (8)

Agnis Cavars 1.96m / 100kg 32 Latvian 11 (3)

Karlis Lasmanis 2.00m / 88kg 25 Latvian 9 (1)

Nauris Miezis 1.92m / 88kg 28 Latvian 10 (2)

Player Stats

Arturs Strelnieks Years at the WT: 2 (2018/19) Total appearances: 2 First year playing with Riga Ghetto, finished 13th last year with team Zkalns at the Debrecen Masters

Agnis Cavars Years at the WT: 3 (2017-19) Total appearances: 11 Points scored at the WT in 2018: 70 (18th) Favorite Song: “Bap U” by Part Favor Achievements National team: Member of the Latvian national team that won the Europe Cup 2017 in Amsterdam and finished 2nd in Bucharest, Romania in 2018

Karlis Lasmanis Years at the WT: 3 (2017-19) Total appearances: 10 Signature move: Dunking Fav song: “We are the champions” Fav Food: Fast food Hidden Talent: Fishing Achievements MVP of the Wuxi Challenger 2019 National team: Member of the Latvian national team that won the Europe Cup 2017 and finished 2nd in 2018. He was included on the team of the tournament in 2018. Competed at the U18 World Cup back in 2012. Instagram: Klasmanis Star profile: https://youtu.be/mDGw5sIqdwQ Nauris Miezis Years at the WT: 3 (2017/19) Total appearances: 11 Favorite Song: “Bup U” by Part Favor Achievements National team: Member of the Latvian national team that won the Europe Cup 2017 in Amsterdam. Was named MVP of the tournament. Finished 2nd at the Europe Cup 2018. Instagram: miezis_n Player profile: https://youtu.be/RZGQve7-58U

Tokyo DIME (JPN) Players: Keita Suzuki, Masahiro Komatsu, Petar Perunovic, Tomoya Ochiai Seed at WT Stop: 7 How they qualified to Doha: Winning the first-ever Chooks to Go 3x3 Asia Pacific Superquest

World Tour History

Years at the WT: 7 (2012-14, 2015-19) Total Appearances: 7 2019 Challengers record

Challengers Rank

Wuxi 7th

TOKYO HEAD to HEAD IN 2019


Liman 0-1 Wuxi Challenger – Pools - L

TOKYO HEAD to HEAD IN WT HISTORY


Novi Sad 0-1 Chengdu Masters 2017 – Pools - L

PLAYER PROFILE



Keita Suzuki 1,83m / 83kg 37 Japan 313 (28)

Masahiro Komatsu

1,91m / 89kg 34 Japan 99 (2)

Petar Perunovic

1,93m / 95kg 28 Serbia 42 (12)

Tomoya Ochiai 1,95m / 95kg 31 Japan 88 (1)

Player Stats

Keita Suzuki aka “K-TA” Years at the WT: 7 (2012-14, 2015-19) Total Appearances: 7

Member of the Japanese 3x3 Team at the 3x3 Asia Cup 2018 (3rd) Member of the Japanese 3x3 team at the World Cup 2016 (11th). Member of the Japanese 3x3 Team at World Cup 2014 (20th) Pro 3x3 Career - Competed at FIBA World Tour since 2012

Masahiro Komatsu aka “Komatyu”

Signature move: Roll turn

Favourite food: His wife’s dishes



Member of the Japanese Team at the 3x3 Asia Cup 2018 (3rd)

Member of the Japanese 3x3 team at the World Cup 2016 (11th).

Member of Japanese Team at the 3x3 Asia Cup 2017 (8th)

Petar Perunovic Years at the WT: 2 (2018-19) Total appearances: 4 First season playing with Tokyo Dime, last year, he played 3 Masters with Ralja Intergalactic (SRB)

Tomoya Ochiai Aka “Worm” Signature move: Hustle Favourite food: Sushi Years at the WT: 7 (2012-18) Total appearances: 7 Member of Japanese 3x3 Team at Asia Cup 2018 (3rd) Member of Japanese 3x3 Team at Asia Cup 2017 (8th) Member of the Japanese 3x3 team at the World Cup 2016 (11th). Member of Japanese 3x3 team at the World Cup 2014 (20th) Pro 3x3 Career - Competed at FIBA World Tour since 2012 (only missed 1 edition in 2017) Personal - Nicknamed ‘Worm’ and wears “91” as a tribute to idol Dennis Rodman - Also a model

FIBA 3x3 OVERALL STATS and RECORDS

ALL-TIME

Biggest Win in WT History: 22-4 (+18) Saskatoon (CAN) vs Wukesong (CHN), WT Chengdu Masters 2018

Most points scored by an individual player in a game in WT history: 19 Corey Campbell (Team Denver, WT San Juan Masters 2013)

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