2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships

The 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships, hosted by China, was an international 3x3 basketball event that featured separate competitions for men's and women's national teams. The tournament was run between 11 and 15 October 2016, in Guangzhou outside the Tianhe Sport Complex. It was co-organized by the FIBA.[1]

2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships
2016 FIBA 3x3 世界锦标赛
2016 FIBA 3x3 shì jiè jǐn biāo sài
Tournament information
Dates11 October–15 October
Host(s)China
Teams40

Host selection

On May 10, 2015, FIBA announced the Guangzhou as host city of the 2016 tournament.[1]

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
Details		  Serbia  United States  Slovenia
Women's
Details		  Czech Republic  Ukraine  United States

Participating teams

The FIBA 3x3 Federation Ranking was used as basis to determine the participating FIBA member associations. China as hosts automatically qualifies in both men's and women's tournament while the Qatar and the United States winners of the 2014 edition in the men's and women's tournaments respectively.[1][2]

The pools for the tournaments were unveiled on 20 September 2016.[3]

Men
Main article: 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships – Men's tournament
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D

Women
Main article: 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships – Women's tournament
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D

References
  1. "Guangzhou to host 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships". FIBA. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  2. "30 countries to participate in 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships in Guangzhou". FIBA. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  3. Pools unveiled for 3x3 World Championships
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