Beach basketball

Beach Basketball is a modified version of basketball, played on beaches. It was invented in the United States by Philip Bryant.[1]

USA

Beach basketball is played in a circular court with no backboard on the goal and no out-of-bounds rule, with the ball movement to be done via passes or 2½ steps, as dribbling is next to impossible on sand. Beach basketball has become a very popular, widespread competitive sport. Fifteen Annual World Championships have been organized.

Germany

Beach volleyball in Köln, Germany

In Germany beach basketball, or "Beachbasketball" as it is written in German,[2] is played in a way that is similar to basketball. The beach court is smaller than a standard basketball court and without lines. Over the year, several tournaments are held, ending in the German championship which is organized by the German basketball federation.[3] Within this tournaments various beach basketball teams play against each other.

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