Antwerp win their first-ever FIBA 3×3 World Tour Masters in Debrecen

DEBRECEN (Hungary) – Antwerp (BEL) won their first-ever 3×3 World Tour Masters at the Debrecen Masters on August 28, 2022.

The Belgian squad ended Ub Huishan NE’s four-event winning streak on the World Tour to conquer their first-ever World Tour Masters in Debrecen.

They became the first team out of Belgium to do it

Antwerp defeated the #1 team in the world in the final 22-20 on a Maurice Lacroix buzzer-beater courtesy of Thibaut Vervoort. The 24-year-old topped all scorers in the final with 9 points and was named MVP of the Debrecen Masters.

In the individual contests, Christophe Varidel  (Lausanne Sport, SUI), took home the Task Csoport Shoot-Out Contest, while Polish dunk legend Rafal “Lipek” Lipinski won the Leroy Cafe Dunk Contest.

FINAL STANDINGS
1. Antwerp (BEL)
2. Ub Huishan NE (SRB)
3. Amsterdam HiPro (NED)
4. Marijampole Mantinga (LTU)
5. Liman Huishan NE (SRB)
6. Princeton (USA)
7. Lausanne Sport (SUI)
8. Fribourg (SUI)
9. Warsaw Lotto (POL)
10. Tartu Alexela (EST)
11. London (GBR)
12. Debrecen (HUN)
13. Los Angeles (USA)
14. Brussels (BEL)