Austria's 3x3 basketball players fail just at the quarter-finals!

Austria's 3x3 basketball players fail just at the quarter-finals!

in Vienna, where the 3 × 3 basketball tournament is in full swing, the domestic women missed their chance of the quarter-finals. The team, consisting of Alexia Allesch, Anja Fuchs-Robtin, Rebekka Kalaydjiev and Sigrid Koizar, had to give up the Hungarian team from Györ with 10:13 on Friday evening. In the decisive game against Portugal, a long lead was not enough, and the Austrians lost with 18:21. Rebekka Kalaydjiev was disappointed with the defeats and emphasized that they had a victory in the repertoire in both games. The Austrian women had previously successfully qualified for the European Championship, but only have a short time for a revenge.

whereas the Austrian players left the tournament, the 3 × 3 men, as a team Vienna, can demonstrate their skills on Saturday. The question remains whether you can make up for women's achievements. The anticipation of your games is noticeable and the fans hope for exciting basketball.

impressive performance in the EM

A completely different picture shows the German 3 × 3 basketball players who were able to qualify for the quarter-finals at the European Championship in Vienna. They impressively won their opening game with 21: 7 against Romania. Despite a defeat against Poland (14:21), you can compete against the Netherlands on Saturday. Only Elisa Mevius, the best shooter in the game against Romania, has been added to the current team from the successful Olympian of the Gold team in Paris after Svenja Brunckhorst ended her career and Svenja Greinacher pauses with a hand injury. National coach Samir Suliman is still optimistic, his players have shown impressive achievements and aim for another victory. "We just have to attack," he says to the girls.

For Germany, the success in 3 × 3 basketball is not a coincidence. The national women's team has developed continuously in recent years and, for the first time, drew attention to themselves at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. At that time, however, the team remained without a medal because they had missed the qualification. But in 2024 the team finally won the gold medal at the Olympic Summer Games in Paris after completing an impressive group phase with six wins and only one defeat. This success illustrates how far you have come within a very short time, as well as the will to continue to play at the top.

The current developments show that the 3 × 3 basketball in Austria and Germany is increasingly coming. The elite of the basketball players gives everything to make their nations proud. The look is now looking forward to the next encounters in Vienna and the further development of sport in the region.

For more information about the games and the respective teams, take a look at the reporting on laola1 , Sportschau and the articles about the German 3 × 3 basketball players .