Ghetto Games
FounderRaimonds Elbakjans[1]
TypeNon-governmental organization
FocusYouth street sports and culture
Area served
Sport, Culture
Websiteghetto.lv

The major sports of youth street sports and culture movement Ghetto Games[2] are 3x3 basketball, 3x3 football,[3] 3x3 floorball, pancration - Ghetto Fight, street dance - Ghetto dance and such extreme sports as BMX, skateboarding, extreme inline, scooters, wakeboarding, velo trial and velo trial bikes and freestyle motorcycle.[4][5] Individual sports might have direction as well, such as 1vs1 football and 1vs1 basketball. The event also includes the musical project similar to X-Factor.[6]

Ghetto Games was founded by former Latvian basketball player Raimonds Elbakjans.[7][8]

The Mission

Ghetto Games slam dunk contest in Riga, Latvia (2018)

The mission of Ghetto Games is to create a platform for young people to develop their talents - where they can open up physically and morally as well as create a place where people who were dropped out of school or rejected from other places, would feel accepted.[9]

Ghetto Art

Vladislav Lakse joined Ghetto Games in the first season and did his first form of digital art about street basketball which was later used in Ghetto street art.[10]

Ghetto Football Euro League 2022

Eleven 3x3 street football tournaments, in eleven European countries - "Ghetto Football Euro League 2022" will take place in eleven countries - Italy, Croatia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, the final, in the capital of Latvia, Riga.[11]

Honors

  • 2018 UEFA Grassroots Awards winners: Bronze Award[12]
  • 2016 European Commission granted award #BeActive Local Hero for work with young people on grassroots level

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGQFcjY_nfU&t=56s

Filmography

  • From Ghetto to the Olympics Gold (2022)[13]
  • From Ghetto to the Olympics (2019)
  • Intelligent Hooligans [14]
  • This is only beginning (2013)
  • This is our freedom (2012)
  • 60 events in 90 days (2010)

References

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