In the first stage of the Latvian 3×3 Basketball Cup – Kandava Oak Cup – on Saturday, May 28, the first place in the competition of 12 men’s teams in Kandava Sports Hall was won by the “TRUBasketball” quartet – Kārlis Šenbergs, Francis Lācis, Oskars Hlebovickis and Gints Zomerfelds. They got their first ticket to the final tournament of the “Quest” tour on August 6 and 7 in Ventspils.
The most valuable player in the men’s group was Gints Zomerfelds, whose performance was decisive in TRUBasketball’s most intense victory in this tournament, defeating Kandava Technical School in the quarterfinals with 21:20.
The Estonian quartet “Estonia” won in the women’s competition, in the U14 group – the Riga unit “Mesmale Grill 2008”. The most valuable players are Kadri Anna Lassa and Krišjānis Mazburšs, respectively.
The first stage of the Latvian 3×3 Basketball Cup – the Kandava Oak Cup – took place in cooperation with the Kandava Culture and Sports Center. The prize winners were taken care of by the supporters of the tour – LBS, “Sportland”, construction company “Restaurators”, Kandava cafe “Pie Kristapa” and “Kandavas kartodroms”. “Mangaļi” provided water for 3×3 basketball players during the tournaments.
Winners of the Kandava Acorn Cup:
“Open Men”
1. “TRUBasketball” (Kārlis Šenbergs, Francis Lācis, Oskars Hlebovickis, Gints Zomerfelds);
2. “East-Ball / FastBreak” (Mārtiņš Zviedris, Ričards Barkovskis, Rolands Dižgalvis, Valters Mazburšs);
3. “3×3 NERK” (Edvards Struža, Kristaps Vanags, Rihards Vāvers, Nikita Kuznetsov).
“Open Women”
1. Estonia “Estonia” (Annika Kostere, Johanna Elīse Tedere, Kadri Anna Lassa, Marie Anette Seppa);
2. “Latvia” (Janeta Rozentāle, Ketija Vihmane, Marta Krista Miščenko, Paula Mauriņa);
3. Estonia’s “Estonia U23 NT” (Anette Laura Toksa, Helena Stina Svilberg, Sofia Kosareva, Viktoria Ida Vahi).
Group U14 (2008 and younger)
1. “Mesmale Grill 2008” (Eduards Briekmanis, Krišjānis Mazburšs, Kristaps Pētersons, Miks Pfeifers);
2. “Cuatro Amigos” (Henrijs Lejnieks, Linards Eihmanis, Rems Meroža, Rolands Lavrinovičs);
3. “Ancestors” (Jorens Stikāns, Marko Deksnis, Ralfs Mugurevičs, Roberts Ozoliņš).
Kandava Oak Cup info.
Overall evaluation of the Latvian Cup.
Text: Renārs Buivids. Photo: Renārs Koris.
