Our men's national team, which is preparing for the qualifying round of the European 3x3 basketball championship to be held in Cyprus on June 4-5, continues its training camp in Novi Sad, Serbia.

On May 11, 2022, the opening ceremony of the national basketball championship among students of higher education institutions was organized by the Azerbaijan Basketball Federation and the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan Firudin Gurbanov, Rector of the Baku Higher Oil School Elmar Gasimov and Executive Director of the Azerbaijan Basketball Federation Farrukh Mahmudov wished student basketball players success in the competition.

It should be noted that the national basketball championship will be held from 11 to 20 May in the gym of the Baku Higher Oil School with the participation of 24 universities.

Our men's national 3x3 basketball team continues its training camp in Novi Sad, Serbia.

Our national team, which is preparing for the qualifying round of the European Championship to be held in Cyprus on June 4-5, tested its strength in the category A tournament "IVAN JOVANOVIC ICA MEMORIAL" in Nis, the same country. Our team, which reached the final out of 24 teams, lost to "PIRON" basketball players 12-21 in the final and finished the tournament in the second place.

The next training tournament of our team will take place in Belgrade, Serbia.

 The final match of the Student League Super Cup in basketball took place in the gym of the Border Sports Complex jointly organized by the Azerbaijan Basketball Federation and the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In the final match, the student teams of the Azerbaijan State University of Oil Industry and the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Culture and Sports faced each other. After a tense struggle until the last ball, the students of ADBTIA won from the parquet with a score of 78-77. After the final match, Minister of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan Farid Gayibov, President of the Azerbaijan Basketball Federation Emin Amrullayev and Deputy Chief of the State Border Service Lieutenant General Abbas Khalilov presented the trophy to the winning team and congratulated them on the victory.

Our men's 3x3 basketball team played group matches within the qualifying round of the European Championship in Limassol, Cyprus. The opponents of our team in group B were Cyprus, Luxembourg and Andorra. In the first match, our team beat the Cypriot basketball team with a score of 19-11. In the second match, our team met with Luxembourg and won with a score of 16-10. In the last match of the group, our team met with Andorran basketball players and won with a score of 21-13. Our team, which took first place in the group, advanced to the semi-finals of the tournament 

Our 3x3 national team defeated all its rivals and made it to the finals of the European Championship. Thus, our men's 3x3 basketball team, which first defeated its rivals in group games, today played a semifinal match in the qualifying round of the European Championship in Limassol, Cyprus. Our national team defeated the Luxembourg basketball team with a score of 15-13 and made it to the final of the tournament. In the final, our national team met with the Irish team and left the field with a score of 20-16. Following these results, our national team qualified for the finals of the European Championship, which will be held September 9-11 in Gratz, Austria. It should be noted that our national team has reached the main stage of the European 3x3 basketball championship for the second time since 2014.

Last night, our 3x3 basketball team returned home from Limassol, Cyprus. The captain of our team Amil Hamzayev, who qualified for the main stage of the European Championship, and one of our key players Orkhan Hajiyeva shared their views on the competition with the media. First of all, the members of our national team spoke about the month-long training camp in Serbia, which aims to prepare for the competition. They said that qualifying for the European Championship was the second great success for them after an 8-year break. In the end, they concluded by saying that the next goal is to prepare for the main basketball tournament, which will take place on June 28 in Malta.

  The European Championship held among small countries, our national team faced San Marino in the 1/4 final stage. Our team, which started the match actively, eventually won the course 68-51. The captain of our national team, Amil Hamzayev, was selected as the most productive basketball player of the match with 21 points. After this win, our national team advanced to the 1/2 finals of the tournament. Our opponent in the semi-finals will be the Malta team. The game will start on July 2 at 18:15 Baku time.

 Our U-18 national team played its first match in Group B of the "C" division of the European Youth Championship organized in San Marino. Our team, which faced the Luxembourg selection, left the match with a score of 75-71.  The next opponent of our national team in the group will be the Gibraltar team. The game will start on July 26 at 19:00 Baku time

 Our U-18 national team played its third match in Group B of the "C" division of the European Youth Championship organized in San Marino. Our team, led by Tahir Bakhshiyev and Anar Sariyev, who faced the Armenian team, started the match with a good start and in the end defeated their opponent with a score of 76-65 and left the parquet with victory. After this victory, our national team qualified for the semi-finals of the tournament.  The last opponent of our national team in the group will be the Moldovan team. The game will start on July 28 at 14:30 Baku time.

 Our U-18 national team played its last match in the B group of the "C" division of the European Youth Championship organized in San Marino. Our team, led by Tahir Bakhshiyev and Anar Sariyev, who faced the Moldova selection, continued the advantage gained at the beginning of the match until the end of the game, and in the end defeated the opponent with a score of 75-66. Our national team, which defeated all its opponents in the group, entered the semi-finals of the tournament.  The opponent of our national team in the 1/2 final will be the Albanian team. The semi-final match will take place on July 30 at 21.15 Baku time.

 Our U-18 national team reached the semi-finals of the "C" division of the European Youth Championship held in San Marino. Our team, which faced the selection of Albania, lost to its opponent with a score of 56-76.  Our national team will play for the 3rd place against Luxembourg at 19:45 Baku time on July 31.

 Our U-18 national team competed for the 3rd place in the "C" division of the European Youth Championship held in San Marino. Our team, which had defeated Luxembourg in the group, managed to beat its opponent in a hard-fought match. Tahir Bakhshiyev and Anar Sariyev's students won the game with a score of 78-73 and won the bronze medal of the European Championship.

 With the organization of the Azerbaijan Basketball Federation, tournaments were held in several regions of our country in connection with the development of basketball. Azerbaijan cup "ABF 3x3" held in 3x3 basketball type is one of these tournaments. In the first stage of the competition, which took place in Ganja, 56 male players competed in 14 teams, and 20 female players competed in 5 teams. In the next round of the tournament held in Lankaran city, 32 boys took part in 8 teams. It is to continuously hold the "ABF 3x3" Azerbaijan Cup, which takes place in the conditions of an interesting sports competition, and further increase the interest in this type of sport in our country.

 In the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games to be held in Konya, Turkey, our men's and women's 3x3 basketball teams will compete in group "C". Our men's national team will face the teams of Mali, Turkey, Morocco and Gabon, and our women's national team will face the teams of Turkey and Kyrgyzstan. We present to you the hours of the games in Baku time. 

Men

August 13 - 17.20 / Azerbaijan - Mali

August 13 - 22.00 / Azerbaijan - Turkey

August 15 - 18.45 / Azerbaijan - Morocco

August 15 - 20.35 / Azerbaijan - Gabon 

Women

August 14 - 19.10 / Azerbaijan - Turkey

August 14 - 20.35 / Azerbaijan - Kyrgyzstan

 On September 9-11, our national team will compete in group "D" at the European 3x3 basketball championship, which will be held in Graz, Austria. The opponents of our team in the group will be Belgian and Dutch teams. Our national team will hold both matches in the group on September 9. The first match of our team will be against the Belgian team at 18:45 Baku time, and the second match will be against the Dutch team at 21:30. It should be noted that the teams that occupy the first two places in the group will advance to the 1/4 final stage.

 In the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games, the first opponent of our national team in group "C" was the team of Mali. Our 3x3 basketball team, consisting of Amil Hamzayev, Zaur Pashayev, Orkhan Aydın and Endar Poladkhanli, left the tense game with an 18-15 victory. In the second match, the opponent was the home team of Turkey, which is considered the main favorite of the tournament. Our team started the game quickly and won a 21-12 victory over the opponent.

It should be noted that our team will play its last game in the group on August 15 at 18:45 against the Moroccan team.

 In the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games, the first opponent of our national team in group "C" was the host team of Turkey. The intense match ended with a 14-12 victory of our national team. Our second opponent in the group was Kyrgyzstan. Our women's 3x3 basketball team, which made a very fast start to the match against its opponent, won a comfortable 21-4 victory in the end. Our women's team finished the group as the leader and qualified for the 1/4 final stage. 

 It should be noted that our team's opponent in the 1/4 final stage will be the Qatari team.