FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final - Team Preview: Kranj (SLO)
ABU DHABI (2015 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final) - The 2015 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final will be staged in Abu Dhabi on 15-16 October 2015 and we look at Team Kranj.
ABU DHABI (2015 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final) - The 2015 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final will be staged in Abu Dhabi on 15-16 October 2015 and we look at the 12 participating teams. We continue our preview with Kranj (SLO).
KRANJ (SLO)
Seed: #5
Qualified: Winning the Prague Masters
Previous World Tour Final appearances: 4th at the 2013 and 3rd at the 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final.
Roster
-Boris 'Zrelo' Jersin (SLO): 30 years old; 1.83m; World Rank: 16
-Jaka 'Kamela' Hladnik (SLO): 33 years old; 1.92m; World Rank: 98
-Mensud 'Mens' Julevic (SLO): 29 years old; 2.00m; World Rank: 22
-Jure 'Curi' Erzen aka 'Ironman' (SLO): 40 years old; 2.02m; World Rank: 20
Notes
- Won the 2013 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Lausanne Masters and the 2015 Prague Masters winners.
- One of only two teams with Novi Sad Al Wahda to reach the semi-finals of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final the last two seasons
- Erzen and Jersin represented Slovenia at the 3x3 event of the 2014 European Games and finished 4th.
- Erzen and Julevic are part of an exclusive group of 12 players who have played in all 4 editions of the World Tour.