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The Saudi authorities have completely closed the borders in response to the evolution of the global pandemic, All flights, but also land or water traffic, are suspended for a period of at least one week. The Sport Arena Streetball staff who coordinated the organization FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final is formed in Jeddah from 15 representatives. It was the only international sporting event organized in 2020 in Saudi Arabia, but also the most important basketball event in the world that took place in 2020.
15 Romanians are stranded in Saudi Arabia. Vlad Constantinescu, manager of Sport Arena Streetball: “Representatives from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Sports and the Saudi Basketball Federation are doing their best to find a solution and also offered us all the conditions. “
“It is a delicate and unpleasant situation, but assumed, given that we organize a sporting event in the midst of a pandemic. The representatives of the Ministry of Sports of Saudi Arabia and the Saudi Basketball Federation, partners of the event, do everything possible to find a solution and they also offered us all the conditions so that our unplanned stay here would be as pleasant as possible “said Vlad Constantinescu, managing partner of Sport Arena.
- Contested on the shores of the Red Sea, in the area where next year Jeddah will host the first Formula 1 Grand Prix in history, the FIBA 3 × 3 World Tour Final brought together 12 teams from around the world, the competition being won for the first time by the Latvians of Riga.
- While the event was held without spectators, fans from around the world submitted supporting videos that were projected on the arena screens in an innovative virtual fan system.
“In our situation there are three more participating teams. One of them, Ub from Serbia, remained in Jeddah and two others, Piran from Slovenia and Lausanne from Switzerland, who were stranded in the capital, Riyadh, where they stopped. The Romanian Embassy in Riyadh informed us that it maintains contact with the embassies of other EU states that have citizens in the same situation and that there would be the possibility of organizing joint distribution flights. Both the local partners and FIBA are trying to help us, but at the moment there are no other solutions to get home during the holidays. “Vlad Constantinescu said.
“A bubble-like system was applied, similar to the one in the NBA, in which everyone present was tested, no positive cases were recorded.”
The Sport Arena Streetball team has made everything it has done in recent years a great contribution not only to the promotion of 3 to 3 basketball, but also to the ranking of the girls of the Romanian national team at the Tokyo Olympics.
“It was an extremely difficult year for us from this point of view. The lack of sporting events drastically affected our activity. For everyone, players, FIBA officials, local organizers, this event was a breath of fresh air and was completed without incident.
A bubble-type system was applied, similar to that of the NBA, in which everyone present was tested, no positive cases were recorded since I arrived here, more than three weeks ago, and the medical protocol was strictly followed. . In fact, Saudi Arabia is one of the countries least affected at the moment by the pandemic. The competition was a huge success in the media, and was broadcast in more than 100 countries. Unfortunately for us, it ended this unforeseen situation. “ added the Sport Arena Streetball representative.
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