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.

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.

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