Mongolia 🇲🇳 v Poland 🇵🇱 | Women | Full Semi-Finals game | FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2025 | 3x3 Basketball

Not just scoring but rebounding the ball as well just on the four boards per game and that defense as well. Here we go. Semi-final number two. Who wants to meet the Netherlands for gold? Kyle Montgomery at 3x3. The voice in your ear. Ross Rosendahl at 3x3. The mountain alongside. First shot from Mongolia is airballed. That is the action they usually get their shots from, right? A back screen and then a step out for Arjen Tsetseg. Mongolia in a familiar spot considered an underdog. Poland a dark horse in this competition but they performed like thoroughbreds. Well they might be built for a championship run. We will see. Scoreless game still. Two ball on the way. Back iron. Rebound to Telinga. Telinga. Seven rebounds a game. Also contributing five points. She will add the first for Poland. I think she's going to be a problem for Mongolia to deal with. She's going to be active under that basket. Kulon will miss it. Miss Popola inside. Telinga outside. Siemborska off iron. Rebound goes to the Warrior Princess. Batgirl hands it off to Nani. Nani moving right. Nani. Jab step. Batgirl will miss it right. And Poland will get on the board. The arm job does the honors. The crowd letting Poland hear the bulls. This is not a friendly environment for the Poles. I'll tell you that. How are they going to handle that pressure? We already saw USA kind of crumble underneath it. Several other teams as well. Mind you this Mongolia team has now beaten Olympic gold and bronze medalists for the last Olympics. Shot clock violation. A rabid Mongolian crowd of 1,500 strong and some. Several hundred outside of the venue. They got the whole country behind them. How can Poland handle that pressure? Swung around. It's Gertrude will be spawned on the inside. If Mongolia can do this again can make it a game of ones versus two. And there's a shot. And again I told you I wouldn't count this team out. They shot 24 two-pointers in that game against USA. They hit six of them. But they went haywire on shooting from long range. In the tournament 25 percent from two. Averaging 16 points per game. It's been free throws that have won for Mongolia. 15 of 19 coming into this game. Kulan will misfire on that one. Kulan second. Too strong. Poland trailing by one. Kicked out Pavlovska. Down to Telinga. She's double teamed. Give me them cookies. Stolen away. Here comes Kulan. Swings it to the corner. Olympian to Olympian. Back up to the 18 year old. Nani inside. Keep your cool on. The electricity going through this crowd right now is palpable. It makes it very hard for Poland to communicate right. The player on the bench is always trying to coach the players on the court and you cannot hear anything in this venue. One point lead for Mongolia. They'll start it up top. Saren Khan a member of the 2020 Olympic team with Kulan. She will not stop getting to the rack but she will miss the layup and we've seen her convert those more times than not. Maybe some nerves in this one as Kulan checks out. The wind has picked up here in the venue. It's been a day full of sunlight and sunshine and clear blue skies but for now gusts of wind and some darker clouds moving in. Shooters will have to contend with it. There's something in the air that's for sure and I think it's working in Mongolia's favor. Baseline layup. She and Borshka converts. Poland stay close. Mongolia the aggressors in that win over USA. They've been the aggressors in this one early too. They have been. Their action so far has been working. They found mismatches to attack and they're unafraid. The belief these ladies have in their cause and their goal is incredible. Oh my goodness. Batgirl is a superhero right now for Mongolia. Aryan Setsek hits a two but sees it responded to right back by Pavlowska. This game more competitive than squid games. 8-7. My goodness. I told you don't count this Mongolian team out. They got a solid game plan and all these ladies somehow some way have gotten better eventually during this tournament. It's a magical run and everybody in this venue believes in that. 1,500 strong. There's a ton of people outside. There was a line this morning to get in. This morning. Poland the favorites. Yes. But you can never count Mongolia out especially at this point and they continue to prove themselves worthy of every bit of respect they've gotten. I'm done counting them out at this point. I can't do it. I don't know how to describe what this team is doing. They lead it by one right now. Make no mistake. They are not safe. It's a 10-minute sprint not a four-minute sprint. As Zhemborska will turn it over. I certainly think the fifth man factor is impacted the way teams are playing against Mongolia. It is so loud and this intimate setting. Nani will pull up from 10 feet. No good and a reach-in foul. Mongolian teams have actually been pretty disciplined about fouling here early in the game and in both sides that means you can spend some fouls to try to see if you can keep some scores off the board. Claudia Gurchin splashes it from deep. She's been incredible in this tournament. Talked a lot about Zhemborska but Gurchin averaging five points three and a half rebounds per game. She really stepped her game up. Wasn't scoring as much early in the tournament but then came alive. Her two-point shoot. It's been a difference maker. Kulan. Oh she will blow that layup. Poland in front now. Telinga will get it cleared. Pavlovska been a little bit quiet offensively. She's already hit a two and she will turn that over. Down to Batgirl. She is bat that life. I said it once. I'll say it again. She ain't scared. 9-9. It's a tie. Gurchin inside to Telinga and a reach-in foul is called. Wind beginning to pick up here in the late afternoon hours. Something to consider for the shooters. Yeah there's some gusts going around but look at Adien Tsetse. The way she has attacked mismatches has been incredible right. She's hunting a little bit shorter players or at least less physical players and she is going to the basket and she's going to make sure to get a layup going. 5-12 on the game clock. This game is all business. Tied up. Telinga to Gurchin. Off iron. Nani. Oh Nani Nani. Oh Nani Nani. 11-9. Zimborski with a response but how about this 18-year-old boss performing on this stage. Big shots and she's got another one on the way. She's been incredible in this game so far but she's shown a lot of poise throughout the tournament. She's older than her age I guess. 10-11. Mongolia back on the attack. Kulan took her for a drive. The bump and the bucket. She was scored through the contact and to the roar of the crowd. Another great take. She's missed a few already in this game. This one a hit and gets smacked on the arm. Free throw still will not go. Gurchin no hesitation. She'll miss it right. Mongolia maintain the lead approaching the four minute mark. Winner plays for gold against the Netherlands. Ariane Tsetseg. She has been in her bag like a cat burglar. She sneaks to the rim. 13-10. Did you say she's a bat burglar? 13-10. It swung over. Man we got to watch the roof on this magic sky canopy. It is raining underneath. Meantime as Pavlovsky hits another deuce. Credit Poland withstanding this crowd in this game at this stage. What a game. Every time Poland's been down to the three points they've gotten a two to go down. Just to get you know connected in the score category again. Just get close enough to make it uncomfortable in Mongolia. Mongolia was out there trying to throw haymakers. They were up by three points shooting Tsetseg two. The one thing these Mongolian ladies have that is they are used to playing in the open. This city is a mile up. That means you get you run out of breath. There's less oxygen. We talked about this plenty. These ladies are born here obviously. So they know very well the conditions and they are the most adapted to it. They haven't seemed to be running low on energy. The crowd helping add to it. Aryan Tsetseg putting together the game of her life. Batgirl has that one. Blocked Telinga. Time for the tournament leading block shots with that long frame. Not going to let Aryan Tsetseg get a clean look again. The Mongolians are raining twos. It is never a good sign for the opponent. They lead by one. Pavlovska. She will draw the foul. She's been getting to it in this game. She's been aggressive on the attack to the basket. Shooting twos as well. She's been a little quiet so far. I like the way she's taking the lead. Yeah averaging just 2.2 points per game in the tournament coming into this one. She was 2 of 16 from two. She missed that free throw but still off to a good start here. Up to four points already. Three three game and a foul. That's the fourth on Poland. Yeah just a little too physical on that screening action there. But I think Poland should be happy with that foul because that was going to be a point. Smart foul. Aryan Tsetseg hands it over. The Royal Princess Kulon Anovatar off the iron. Offensive foul called. On that screen look at this. Yeah reaching backwards. Nani with the hezi. Good defense there from Pavlovska. Uh-oh she caught her slipping. 14-12. That's a way to split the defense. Two point game. Delinga will make it a one point score again. Nani. Oh there's an offensive foul in a 14-13 contest but Jim Borski was just missing the balance beam. Busted out the splits as Kulon split straight to the rack to make it a 14-13 game. Oh a point plate miss for Delinga who has been contained. They've uh they've actually locked her up pretty well. The National Guard couldn't lock Aryan Tsetseg up right now. But Ardine having an incredible game for the Mongolians. Two minutes to play. Delinga inside drops that. She will miss it. Gets it back and it's going to get wrapped up. That'll be foul number five on Mongolia. That's a smart foul. And that's one of those plays though. We've seen Delinga miss a couple, a couple of funnies. That's a connection in this game right. Delinga just missed two easy buckets. Those are the ones you want to finish. You want to be patient. The catch comes down. No one's going to stop you with that length and finish strong. I can hardly hear myself think in this place. And look they're starting to wave. Oh wow. These Mongolian fans filling themselves. You think that wave might continue through the city. A wave of energy is taking over this place with a minute 53 to go. Gurchin she will hand it off. Anna drops that off the back of the iron. No bucket. Nani trying to get it down low. But that that's a Polish foul. That's a technical foul for flopping. Ramby Kolosko is showing out a little bit on that contact there. Yeah selling the contact. Three on to it. Rico coming up. Aryan Setseg at the line. Leading score for the her team in this game. Eight points. Oh and that's six fouls too. So the next offensive foul could put Mongolia on the line for two. First one goes. Mongolia with a three-point lead. 135. Momentum arrow in favor of the Mongolians. Kulan driving. Two to shoot. Kulan forces it. Off iron it goes. Up to Miss Popola on the drive. She and Borska strong to the rim. Makes it a one possession game. Approaching a minute to play now. Once she puts her head down and gets to the rack there's almost no way of stopping her. Nani up top. Batgirl with the fake but no make. One's out of time. Just a half step too slow. A day late and a dollar short. Aryan Setseg's gotta put she's gotta put that floater up and have that shot clock awareness. She did not. So ball back over to Poland. Pavlowska on the drive. Puts it up and in. It's a strong take. Looking for contact first. Kulan looking for a first deuce. It won't fall. Pavlowska. She wants to work some two-woman action. Pick and roll. She'll get on the baseline. Pavlowska with a wild shot and that tipped out. Off of Terlinga's hands. I think the Poles are going to try to I thought they were going to try to challenge that but they they just call it a timeout. This is one of those games where you throw out the step, throw out the seed, throw out the rink and throw out everything. This Wimbledon team is always performing on their way out. Maybe maybe they aren't over-performing. Maybe this is who they are now. Wonderful. Maybe this is who they are. They turned the corner and they brought their best to the biggest stage in FIBA 3x3. We're 40 seconds away from finding out who plays for goal with Netherlands. Mongolia on the drive. Batgurl down in the post office. She will not convert it. Rebound. Arjen Tsetseg off iron and it's going to get a whistle for a sixth Mongolian foul. 26 seconds to go. This was an opportunity for a score twice. Offensive rebound and Arjen Tsetseg was open. The drive from Gurchin out to Gian Borska. Misses it. Telinga will tie things up. 13 seconds. Another thriller. Oh Nani. She'll miss it. Who touched it last? It's Dean's Poland ball but Mongolia will challenge. That was halfway down. I'm about to go into cardiac arrest boss. I have aged five years on the Mongolian games alone this week. You know CPR? No. So good luck. Oh man. I wish you could help. 6.3 left. Tied up. 16 up. This is for a shot at gold. Netherlands awaiting the winner of this thriller. A 10 minute action film. Big decision coming up from the officials in determining who this possession will belong to. Who will get the last crack at it in this semi-final? How much magic do the Mongolians have left? How much fight do the Poles still have? We could be looking at overtime and in that case the first to score two in overtime would win. 6.3 still left in regulation. They will take an extended look at this. An important decision. Yeah and I think you mentioned already but they have to be 100% sure to overturn the call on the floor. They have to be that the footage has to be very clear and they have to see it and then they can overturn. Now I wonder if there's a camera angle to this because it's on the baseline. It's a good question. I could kind of eavesdrop and see but this is going to be your best camera angle right there. Oh that's it. It looked like it was touched it and I think maybe he got got a fingertip on it. Yep. Is that clear enough to the officials? I'm not sure. That challenge is won. Mongolia will have the last shot. Great job by the officials taking a close look at that. 7.2 left and neither team can foul. They cannot and let's see because Mongolia is usually very sharp at running plays. Here come Mongolia. Offensive foul. Big turn of events that will leave 3.5 seconds left for Poland. Oh extended arms on the screen. Everybody in this place on the edge of their seats. Alexandra Ziborska. Swing another offensive foul to give it right back. What is going on? Wow. The drama. The intensity in this game is nuts. They're going to look at it. Gertsen yeah that off arm definitely swings. I think they're going to check whether that hit in the face. Yeah. Ariane Szczeg is still down. Lano Dean to her feet now. That that would be that'd be an awful foul if they upgraded on Poland to unsportsmanlike because this game could end at the free throw line in that case but I like this call. I like this call. I wouldn't want to see the game decided on that. Fall back up top. Back and forth. How much magic is left? Kulan with a desperation heave out of bounds and maybe that leaves even a little bit of time. They're gonna have to look at this. Can't be more than a second I would think. Let's see here. We need at least 0.5 I think to try to get a shot up. This game is thrilling as we would have expected with the way this crowd has been all week and the success they've seen with this Mongolian women's team. A classic type game here in the semi-finals. 0.8. 0.8 left. Alexandra Ziemborska is going to try to heave it up after the check. She will not touch anything. We will go to overtime. This game will be decided in an extra period. First to score two and OC wins. Y'all know the deal. And I believe possession will go to Poland. Mongolia got open possession and regulation. All right Poland ball. Do they look for the kill shot? I'd say go for one. They're the stronger more athletic team. Mongolia is very dangerous shooting twos with Poland has kept them in check for the last two directions. Special defense. Ziemborska loses it then gets it back. Pawlowska on the drive. Forces up the shot. Telinga will track it down. Around comes Ziemborska. Alexandra will lose it. Out of bounds. Can see Poland making a substitution here. Gerschen and Telinga out. That is the guard at two point arc. They are going to try to stop the long range shot. You know what Mongolia is going to try to do? They are going to try to get a shot up for the win here and a chance at gold. Kulan swings it. Tanani. Batardin slips. Loses it. Loose ball. It'll be white ball. Should be a fresh 12. Officials want to talk about it but I heard white ball. That's what I heard. I'm going to take a look at this. Well probably the shot clock. I think it's a good decision. But if it's a shot clock then it's Mongolia ball no? If it's shot clock then it's Mongolia ball but I thought I heard white ball. Maybe they can just check because it's overtime. We'll find out. You can feel the tension in the air. It's cuttable. My goodness. It's just thick The whole crowd is just staring. Looks like this possession spelled trouble. I think it's Mongolia possession. Paloska hit that. It seemed like going out of bounds. I think it's tough to tell from that angle. I don't know. That's above my pay grade to be making those type of decisions. Tough job. Ball for white and it is a fresh 12 second shot clock. Kulan locking up. You can see that warrior in her eyes. She's got to deal with a straight up killer. And she and Borska. A run in action that is deflected and stolen. Tanani being ran off the two-point line. Kulan for the win. Off iron. Poland have it. Transition offensive try to ignite. Pavlowska. Hezi cross to the crib. Poked away. She'll heave it up. Pavlowska no. Ball to blue. Nani cross. Nani two on the way. No good. You can see Poland going to the basket trying to get it won. They cannot get it done somehow. And Mongolia keeps trying to go for the knockout punch. They had a wide open look from Kulan too. Both of these teams have played with so much heart. So much effort. You hate that one of them's got to lose. Telinga. She'll get it to. She and Borska. She's gonna eye it too. Misses it. Telinga with position underneath. She doesn't know where to go. Goes up and puts Poland in front. Jab step. Nani. Nani. Iso game. She's gonna look for that too. It is on her way off the iron. My goodness. She'll get another look. Nani. Two ball. Oh. Telinga with the rebound. Gertchen on the drive. Poland need one. They give it up to miss. Popola. She won't score it. Instead she goes down. Kulan with a pass up top. Mishandled for a moment. Six to shoot. It swung. Bat girl to the rescue. The Cinderella story continues. Mongolia are going to the bowl. The final. The crowd is roaring but we are speechless. I have no words. Absolutely no words. It is euphoric in this place. Bat girl with the two-piece with Poland in front. Poland will play for bronze. Mongolia will play for gold in their own backyard. I've said it before. I'll say it again. This is the stuffy white Mongolia team.