KAOHSIUNG (Taiwan) - After a spectacular triumph at the World Tour Shanghai, top seed Miami (USA) aim to bring the heat at the FIBA 3x3 Kaohsiung City Challenger 2025.
Let's preview the 16th Challenger of the season. The Favorites
Miami will arrive with swagger following their second title on this season's WT, where superstar Henry Caruso proved that he is Captain America with an MVP performance.
The Americans naturally have top billing in Kaohsiung, but another title won't be easy amid such a tough field.
No.2 Liman (SRB) should be refreshed after a month's breather and will have fresh legs, while No.3 seed Barcelona (ESP) are rapidly rising up the ranks as they proved with a semi-final finish at the Manila Challenger.
Fourth seed Kandava Turiba (LAT) have a nice blend of youth and experience, but it's been OG Edgars Krumins showing that he can still go on heat checks after helping his side reach the final at the recent Mataro Challenger.
The Field
We've been waiting for Utrecht (NED) to seriously emerge and this might be their breakout after a lean 2025 so far. They will need athletic marvel Nesta Agasi to leap over buildings, while you can bet that Paris Olympic gold medalist Dimeo van der Horst will play his air guitar.
You just know Shinagawa CITY EXE (JPN) can make a giant-killing run because Ryo Ozawa has established himself as the Steph Curry of the half-court.
Taipei WanBao (TPE) and Podebrady (CZE) loom as dark horses, while we're interested to see how new kids on the block Los Angeles (USA) fare in the QD.
Pools Pool A: Miami (USA), Podebrady (CZE), Kanazawa (JPN) Pool B: Liman (SRB), Taipei WanBao (TPE), Tainan (TPE) Pool C: Barcelona (ESP), Shinagawa CITY EXE (JPN), QD Pool D: Kandava Turiba (LAT), Utrecht (NED), QD What's at stake The top 3 teams in Kaohsiung will qualify for the WT Abu Dhabi on October 25-26 as part of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2025. How to watch The two-day extravaganza is on October 4-5 and you can follow it live on the FIBA 3x3 YouTube pages.
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