Organizer of basketball competitions 1×1 Liga Stavok — B1BOX, former defender of the Russian national team Victor Keyru summarized the results of the past season and also told that in future the tournament intends to actively involve players from the VTB United League and plans to invite participants from China and the United States.
Pavel Kazakevich became the seventh-round and all-season winner of the 1×1 Basketball League Stavok – B1BOX competition. In the final, Kazakevich defeated Andrey Klimov with a score of 13:12.
— The 2022/23 season was very successful for us, the tournament took place. The decisive 7th round became particularly brilliant. We had a lot of spectators. The atmosphere in Luzhniki was just amazing. Interest in round-to-round competitions has increased. Special thanks to ” for the excellent detailed coverage of the tournament.
As for the decisive round, it turned out to be very unpredictable. The big surprise here was that season leader Vladislav Meleshkin already dropped out in the quarter-finals and couldn’t compete for the championship belt throughout the tournament. Vlad went to Yegor Tikanov, who finished eighth in six runs. I must say that Yegor was perfectly prepared psychologically: he was confident that he would beat Meleshkin.
It is necessary to note the character of the winner of the seventh round and the whole tournament, Pavel Kazakevich. A year ago, by the way, this player was not yet particularly well-known, and now even commentators speak of him as an experienced fighter. He is already one of the recognizable players.
In general, everything went very well. I think the second season of the tournament will become even more interesting. And there will be more participants. We are also thinking about the selection format for the tours. In other words, we will have one or two places for selection in each round. We will attract even more contest participants. The interest is growing, many people are writing to us who want to try their hand at the 1×1 format.
— Will the number of participants who have already played in the VTB United League be increased?
– Yes, now we will see which of the basketball players in the league has the opportunity to play. We will negotiate with them. Either it will be those who have just finished their career, or we will try to discuss this possibility with current players. In any case, we will involve basketball players from the VTB United League. We also anticipate the participation of foreigners. Although we also had basketball players from Serbia, Montenegro and Armenia last season. We position the competition as international. And now we are thinking of inviting Chinese athletes. There are already some indications in this regard. We are thinking of inviting players from the United States. There is no agreement yet with American basketball players, but there is an agreement on who can participate, who will be interested, Keiru told a correspondent.
Source : MatchTV
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