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DEBRECEN (Hungary) – Liman (SRB) won the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Debrecen Masters for the second and third time in a row (2017, 2019, 2020) from August 29-30, 2020.
The world’s number one 3×3 team had a perfect 5-0 run in Hungary’s second-largest city, culminating in a 21-17 victory in the final against Utena. Uniclub (LTU). Stefan Stojacic and Aleksandar Ratkov scored 8 in a spectacular title game.
For his return to the World Tour after an injury-plagued 2019 season, former world number one player Stojacic won MVP. The man known as ‘Mister Robot’ was a machine in Debrecen, as he was the event’s top scorer with 41 points from 5 games and outperformed all players in Player Value, which measures the overall statistical contribution of each player.
It was a special day for his teammate Stefan Kojic, who also became a father and thus will never forget the day Liman won his sixth Masters.
Utena Uniclub was the history of the tournament, competing in his first Masters and reaching the final as the number 12 and last favorite. Ignas Vaitkus, 27, topped the scorers table in Debrecen, tied with Stojacic.
In the individual competitions, Rafal ‘Lipek’ Lipinski (POL) won the VITESCO Dunk Contest while Arvin Slagter from Amsterdam dominated the Tissot shooting contest.
The FIBA 3×3 World Tour Debrecen Masters 2020 was FIBA’s first official competition since FIBA suspended all its competitions due to the COVID-19 outbreak on March 13, 2020.
It was the first of 3 Masters, taking place in Debrecen during an incredible 3×3 week. The Hungarian Masters will take place from September 1-2, and the European Masters will follow on September 4-5.
For the occasion, all the health and safety measures requested by the local and national authorities and the Guidelines for the Return to Basketball, developed by the FIBA Medical Advisory Group (MAG), were implemented.
FINAL CLASSIFICATIONS
1. Liman (SRB)
2. Utena Uniclub (LTU)
3. Riga (LAT)
4. Novi Sad (SRB)
5. Amsterdam (NED)
6. NY Harlem (United States)
7. Graz (AUT)
8. Piran (SLO)
9. Sakiai (LTU)
10. Humpolec Bernard (JUN)
11. Tallinn (EST)
12. Debrecen (HUN)
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