FIBA Basketball

    3x3 - Germany edge out Spain to win first-ever 2 Ball

    ALCOBENDAS - Germany are the winners of the inaugural 2 Ball Contest at the FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championships. The team consisting of Robert Zinn and Terry Thomas scored 5 points in 49 seconds. It was just enough to deny the home favourites of Borja Mendia and Ariadna Pujol who scored 4 points in 47 seconds. "It's great that we get to go ...

    ALCOBENDAS - Germany are the winners of the inaugural 2 Ball Contest at the FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championships.

    The team consisting of Robert Zinn and Terry Thomas scored 5 points in 49 seconds.

    It was just enough to deny the home favourites of Borja Mendia and Ariadna Pujol who scored 4 points in 47 seconds.

    "It's great that we get to go home with a medal for winning this event," Zinn said afterwards.

    "This is a fun event and I definitely will play in it again," added Thomas.

    2 Ball Final results
    1 Germany (Terry Thomas/Robert Zinn) 5 points in 49 seconds
    2 Spain (Borja Mendia/Ariadna Pujol) 4 points in 47 seconds
    3 Netherlands (Aleks Correia Semedo/Gillian Boldewyn) 3 points in 57 seconds
    4 Romania (Vlad Stoicoviciu/Andrei Damian) 0 points in 47 seconds

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