16 Sep. 2016- Beirut 3×3 Basketball team that consists of Toni Serhan, Karam Mechref, Elie Ghaleb and Costy Koudsy represented Lebanon at the 2016 FIBA 3×3 World Tour held in Beijing, China.
Beirut faced Gdansk POL in their opening game but unfortunately our players failed to match up with the strong level of their opponent and lost the game 9-19.
In the second game Beirut faced Jinan from China, the level was really close between the 2 teams and the game ended with a lot of excitement. Both teams needed the win to qualify to the quarterfinals.
3 minutes were left and Jinan team was leading the game by only 2 points, our players showed a great fighting spirit and tied the result on 19-19 ! Unfortunately, Jinan’s player could get the ball fast and take a shot from behind the arc to finish the game 19-21 and knock our team off the tournament.
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