The Captain Jack team, consisting of Bojan Šmigić, Lazar Bailović, Bodin Šaranović and Stefan Varagić, won the first qualifying tournament of the fifth edition of Basket in My Neighborhood.
Held last Saturday on the renovated field near the ''Splićanka'' building in Zabjelo and organized by the Secretariat for Sports and KK Junior, the tournament brought together 16 teams, divided into 4 groups.
The ''captains'' took second place in their group, and then in the quarterfinals they beat Point Masters with a convincing 22:11 score.
In the semi-final match, they defeated DG 3x3 with a score of 21:14, and in an extremely interesting final duel, in a great atmosphere of street basketball, after a fierce fight, they defeated the Krokodil team with a score of 21:19.
In addition to a visa for the final tournament on June 6th in Njegošev Park, the winners received a cash prize of 400 euros, as well as a protein package.
The second-place team Krokodil (Damjan Šimun, Đorđe Parović, Petar Bošković and Dejan Posuka) also secured a place in the finals at the temple of Podgorica basketball, and in addition to protein from 7nutrition, its members also earned Baseus Bowie headphones.
In an exciting clash for the third, final place leading into the grand final on June 6, the reigning champions Republicans (Miljan Stojanović, Stefan Čarapić, Novak Božović and Radule Raspopović) triumphed over DG 3x3 (Đorđije Tatar, Milan Dragović, Milovan Pavicevic, Nemanja Andić), with a close score of 21:19.
The Republicans were also awarded with proteins, while the citizens of Danilovgrad received a consolation prize - packages with refreshing drinks.
Captain Džeko's player, Lazar Bailović, was declared the MVP of the tournament, and along with that title, he also earned a cash prize of 50 euros.
The next Basketball tournament in my neighborhood is scheduled for May 9th at Arena Court in Bar, followed by three more tournaments in Podgorica: May 16th at Bemax Park, May 24th at SRZ, July 13th at Stari Aerodrom, and May 31st at Stara Zlatica.
The fifteen best teams from the qualifiers, along with the Kobe team that qualified from the humanitarian tournament in honor of the soldiers who defended Podgorica from the fire, will compete on June 6th in the final tournament at the Dragan Ivanović court in Njegoš Park for a prize fund of 4000 euros.
Teams interested in participating in one of the qualifying tournaments can apply via email to basketumomkvartu@gmail.com: the application must include the names and dates of birth of the players, the team name, the captain's Viber contact, as well as the location where the team wishes to perform.
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