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CHALLENGE
the strongest players from U.S. col
lege basketball will then face a chal
lenge from the national "dream
teams" from Greece, France and
Spain. In Italy a tournament known as
the Buckler Challenge GIBA will be
sponsored. This will also include a
match between the best players from
the West and East Italian leagues.
College
Lastly, in the winter of 1995 four
college basketball teams from the
United States will come over to
Europe (Paris) to compete against
each other for the Buckler U.S.A.
Challenge. College basketball is
extremely popular in the United 9
States, as today's college players are
tomorrow's profs. Given the great
interest shown in college basketball it
is not surprising that the matches in
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Dream team
Four different events will be organ
ised during the year, all of them
under the Buckler Challenge banner.
The interesting aspect of this spon
sorship is that Buckler consumers will
also be able to participate in one of
the events.
In Spain, France and Italy a large
number of cities will host short bas
ketball contests, known as 3 on 3
games. The teams, wearing special
Buckler 3 on 3 T-shirts, will compete
for the top two placings in their leag
ue. The winners from the respective
countries will be invited to take part
in the Buckler European Challenge
which will be held in Zaragoza, Spain.
Four mixed all-star teams (Spain,
France, Italy and Greece) will then
compete against each other.
The second event is the Buckler
Challenge. Over a two-week period
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