# Piterbasket

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{{Short description|Ball game similar to basketball}}
[[File:Piterbasket-Trikrepšis.JPG|thumb|Piterbasket in [Lithuania](/source/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](/source/Anatolij_Nesmejanov) in [Saint Petersburg](/source/Saint_Petersburg), [Russia](/source/Russia) in 2002.<ref>[http://www.trikrepsis.iicentras.com/trikrepsio-istorija Trikrepšio istorija]</ref> In 2010 in [Kaunas](/source/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.

== References ==
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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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