RIGA (LAT) Team Preview: FIBA 3x3 World Tour Bloomage Beijing Final

BEIJING (FIBA 3x3 World Tour) - The FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final 2017 will be staged in Beijing, China on October 28-29 and we look at the 12 participating teams. We continue our preview with Riga (LAT).

RIGA (LAT)
Seed: #6
Qualified: Finishing 6th in the World Tour Standings
World Tour 2017 Appearances: 3 (3rd in Lausanne, 4th in Debrecen & 3rd in Chengdu)
World Tour 2017 Record: 8W-4L
Previous World Tour Final appearances: 1st time they qualify to the final
Top Scorer: Karlis Lasmanis: 63 points (17th overall)

Roster
#3 Nauris Miezis (LAT): 26 years old; 1.89m; World Rank: 17
#4 Karlis Lasmanis (LAT): 23 years old; 2.00m; World Rank: 24
#5 Janis Antrops (LAT): 26 years old; 1.91m; World Rank: 396
#6 Agnis Cavars (LAT): 31 years old, 1.96m; World Rank: 22


Notes
- Cavars, Lasmanis and Miezis won the FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup for Latvia this year (taking down the 4 players of Novi Sad Al Wahda [representing Serbia] in the semi-finals and the 4 players of Piran [representing Slovenia] in the final.
- Miezis was named MVP of the FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup 2017.
- Lasmanis was named Most Spectacular Player of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Chengdu Masters 2017.
- The team did not win at the World Tour this year but they won a record 3 challengers (international qualifiers to the World Tour) this summer.