{{Short description|Ball game similar to basketball}} [[File:Piterbasket-Trikrepšis.JPG|thumb|Piterbasket in Lithuania.]] '''Piterbasket''' (ru. - ''Питербаскет'', lt. - ''piterbolas'', ''trikrepšis'') is a team sport closely resembling basketball. The game was initially created for kindergarten children, but is now played by adults and handicapped athletes.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOqlzkUTjOc Darželinukai jėgas išbandė trikrepšio varžybose]</ref>
Piterbasket was created by Anatolij Nesmejanov in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 2002.<ref>[http://www.trikrepsis.iicentras.com/trikrepsio-istorija Trikrepšio istorija]</ref> In 2010 in Kaunas, Lithuania held the world's first international piterbasket match between Kaunas and Saint Petersburg teams. In 2011, piterbasket was included in Lithuania's national Olympic kindergarten festival programme.
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== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.piterbasket.com/}}
Category:Forms of basketball Category:Ball games Category:Team sports Category:Sports originating in Russia Category:Basketball in Lithuania
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