From September 30th (Fri) to October 1st (Sat), 2022, the world-class 3×3 basketball “Red Bull Half Court 2022 World Final” was held in Cairo, Egypt. The representatives (26 teams) from 24 countries who won the preliminaries competed fiercely in front of the World Heritage Pyramids, cheered by thousands of spectators.
BEEFMAN, the men’s representative from Japan, came in 2nd, and G FLOW, the women’s representative from Japan, won their first victory.
Alexis Minatoya, our representative, participated as a member of BEEFMAN.
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Comment from CEO Alexis Minatoya
“In the Japan qualifiers, we received a lot of support from the teams we were competing with and the team boosters, and we were able to play as a representative of Japan. I am happy that I was able to show that 3×3 basketball can compete on the world stage.I will continue to work as a player and as a team to improve the level of competition so that Japanese basketball can develop and everyone who supports me can enjoy it. increase.”
HMB supplement developed by Alexis Minatoya (ReHope)
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Tournament Overview: Red Bull Half Court 2022 World Final
・Location: Cairo, Egypt, in front of the Pyramids of Giza
・Participation: 26 teams representing men and women from 24 countries
Men’s Japan representative BEEFMAN
Tatsuhito Noro
Minatoya Alexis
Lazar Popovic
Takaaki Shimizu
Women’s Japan Representative G FLOW
Wakana Yagami
Shinobu Yoshitake
Li Renju
Kisa Yagi
·result:
Men’s Champion Italy, 2nd Japan (BEEFMAN)
Women’s Champion Japan (G FLOW), 2nd Australia
・Organizer: Red Bull
■Result details
man
Qualifying 1: vs Egypt ●12-16
Qualifying ②: vs Great Britain 9-10
Qualifying ③: vs Georgia 〇13-10
Qualifying ④: vs Sri Lanka 〇19-11
Final Tournament ①: vs Kuwait 〇12-8
Quarterfinals: vs Egypt 〇9-7
Semifinals: vs Serbia 〇15-12
Final: vs Italy 10-11 (second place)
girls
Pre-selection ①: vs Hong Kong 〇15-7
Qualifying ②: vs India 〇16‐6
Qualifying ③: vs Egypt 〇13-11
Qualifying ④: vs Czech 〇10‐9
Quarterfinals: vs Italy 09-5
Semifinals: vs Egypt 〇11-8
Final: vs Australia 〇10-8 (Winner)
