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Their first major project: their own 3x3 court
How much potential lies within the young basketball club, founded on October 2, 2025, is illustrated by the story of its own 3x3 court. While the Lions were still affiliated with another sports club, they organized their first 3x3 tournament on a rented court. The tournament was a success, but transporting and setting up the court proved too expensive – prompting the club to consider purchasing its own mobile court..
The idea did not go unchallenged. “Then our treasurer came to us and said: With what money? I told him, ‘We’ll figure it out,’” recalls Björn Weck, one of the eight founding members of the Lions Adenau, in an interview with the spized Club Academy. The club explored various funding options, including grants, support from banks and, ultimately, a crowdfunding campaign. The plan worked. After just six weeks, the club had raised the necessary funds and placed the order.
In April 2026, the first 3x3 tournament on the Lions’ own court took place at the Nürburgring. The second edition followed in Adenau in August, featuring teams from Fulda, Kiel, Cologne and Belgium. The court quickly became more than just a purchase: it turned into a project of their own, helping the Lions gain visibility beyond their regular training activities. Weck feels vindicated: “That’s exactly what we created with the 3x3 event.”
Looking back, the chairman and coach admits that his team’s concerns about the purchase were justified. “It’s also important that someone asks: Are we sure this is what we want to do?” His advice, therefore, is not to implement every idea immediately, but to carefully weigh the risks together. Failure is part of the process – you just have to “fail in a calculated way.” But how does a club that has only just been founded come to the idea of purchasing its own 3x3 court and organizing tournaments? The answer can be found not in a basketball hall, but on a schoolyard.
