Saigon Heat and Thang Long Warriors make history, closing stage 2 VBA 3x3 Prime 2023
After three days of intense competition under beautiful weather in the coastal city of Nha Trang, VBA 3x3 Prime 2023 ended on the evening of March 26, honoring two extremely deserving champions.
In the women's open event for the first time in the tournament's history, Rohto Saigon Heat Club was convincingly crowned champion after losing only 2 matches in 3 days of competition.
In the Men Pro content, two familiar names met again in the final: Saigon Heat and Thang Long Warriors. Despite his best efforts, "Mr 30" still could not change the results compared to stage 1 and accepted the second consecutive defeat against the "dinosaurs".
As the only women's team to own foreign soldiers, Rohto Saigon Heat's victory is what most fans and experts predicted in advance. However, the journey to the throne of the Heat girls was not easy.
Marena Whittle and her teammates started sublime with 4 consecutive victories, but then faced two defeats against Discovery Club (guest team from the Philippines) and Cantho Catfish.
Fortunately, the Saigon Heat team regained their confidence and certainty when they overcame Sniper Club (the guest team from Thailand), then won the rematch with Discovery in the women's final with the score. 19-16.
It was also the Saigon Heat in the final, but in the men's event, "Mr 30" faced Thang Long Warriors to recreate the Men Pro final stage 1 in Hanoi. , Thang Long Warriors had the enthusiastic support of the home audience and performed extremely sublimely.
In this stage 2, when playing at a neutral location, the coastal city of Nha Trang, the two teams had a slightly more similar "starting point". Even so, the final result did not change.
Warriors showed that the Spanish foreign army including Carlos Martinez and Jose Blazquez was still too difficult to stop. At times of stalemate, these two former national players took turns to speak up.
In addition to the timely shine of two internal soldiers, Dang Thai Hung and Tran Phi Hoang Long (replacing To Quang Trung with health problems), the "dinosaur army" won an absolute victory with a score of 21. -15.
This result helps Thang Long Warriors to be crowned champion at stage 2 VBA 3x3 Prime 2023, becoming the first team in tournament history to win both legs.
