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.