FIBA 3x3 World Cup

The FIBA 3x3 World Cup is a 3x3 basketball tournament for national teams organized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). The debut of the tournament then named as the FIBA 3x3 World Championship was held in August 2012 in Athens, Greece. The current champions are United States in the men's division and China in the women's division.

FIBA 3x3 World Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2019 FIBA 3x3 World Cup
Sport3x3 basketball
Founded2012
No. of teams24
CountryFIBA members
ContinentFIBA (International)
Most recent
champion(s)
Main

M:  United States (1st title)
W:  China (1st title)

Individual contests
Dunk: Dmytro Krivenko
Skills: Alexandra Theodorean
Shoot-out: Janine Pontejos
Most titlesM:  Serbia (4 titles)
W:  United States (2 titles)

There are two events in the tournament; one for men and another for women. Each team has 4 players (3 on court and 1 substitute). In the first edition, there was a mixed event where each team composed of 2 men and 2 women. The match is played on a half court and every rule applies as well as a 12-second shot clock and clearance needed on a new possession. 3x3 basketball received Olympic status in 2017.

Basic rules

FIBA releases from time-to-time a 3x3 supplement to its official basketball rules. The rules state that regular FIBA rules apply to all situations not specifically addressed in the FIBA 3x3 rules. The current set, both in an abbreviated version[1] and longer format,[2] has been published in early 2016 and a video has been posted on YouTube.[3]

Under the 2016 rules, the departures from regular full-court basketball are as follows:

  • Each team consists of three players and one substitute.
  • The game is played on a half-court, with one basket.
  • A dedicated ball is used for all competitions, whether for men, women, or mixed-sex teams. Its circumference is that of the size 6 basketball (circumference of 727–734 mm/28.5–29.0 in) used in the full-court women's game, but its weight is that of the size 7 ball (567–650 g/20.0–22.9 oz) used in the full-court men's game.
  • A jump ball is not used to start the game. Instead, a coin toss is held immediately before the game. The winning team can choose to take possession of the ball at the start of the game, or take the first possession of a potential overtime period.
  • There are no jump balls at any time in the game; neither is there an alternating possession rule. In any held ball situation, the defensive team is granted possession.
  • Every successful shot inside the arc is awarded one point, while every successful shot behind the arc is awarded two points.
  • The game is a single period of 10 minutes with sudden death at 21 points. The winner is the first team to score 21 or the team with the highest score at the end of the 10 minutes. A tie in regulation leads to an untimed overtime period, which is won by the first team to score two points in overtime. Note that if a game is tied at 20 at the end of regulation, reaching 21 does not end the games.
  • Game play starts with the defensive team exchanging the ball with the offensive team behind the arc. This exchange is also used to restart the game from any dead ball situation. If a foul is committed that results in the non-fouling team retaining possession — i.e., a technical or "unsportsmanlike" foul (the latter essentially the same as the "flagrant foul" of North American rule sets) — the non-fouling team will receive the exchange.
  • A 12-second shot clock is used.
  • If the defense gains possession of the ball within the arc, by a steal, a block or a rebound, the team must move the ball behind the arc before being allowed to take a shot.
  • After a made goal or free throw (except for technical or unsportsmanlike fouls and team fouls 10 or more), play restarts with a player from the non-scoring team taking the ball directly under the basket and then dribbling or passing it to a point behind the arc. The defense is not allowed to play for the ball inside the block/charge semi-circle under the basket.
  • The only common feature between the substitution procedure in full-court and 3x3 is that it can occur only in a dead ball situation. In 3x3, a substitute can only enter from behind the end line opposite the basket, and the substitution becomes official once the player leaving the game has made physical contact with the substitute. Unlike the full-court game, no action from referees or table officials is required.
  • Each team is allowed one timeout (The officials may still stop the game in case of player injury or other dangerous situations, as in the standard FIBA rules).
  • Individual personal foul counts are not kept. In other words, players cannot be disqualified on the basis of personal fouls. However, a player who commits two unsportsmanlike fouls is disqualified.
  • Fouls during the act of shooting inside the arc are awarded 1 free throw, whilst fouls during the act of shooting behind the arc are awarded 2 free throws. However, team fouls 7, 8 and 9 are awarded two free throws, whilst team fouls 10 or more are awarded two free throws and possession of the ball.
  • Technical fouls (including unsportsmanlike fouls) result in two free throws plus possession of the ball, as in the standard full-court game.

Results

Men's tournament

Year Hosts Final Third place match
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
2012
Details

Athens

Serbia
16–13
France

Ukraine
19–18
Israel
2014
Details

Moscow

Qatar
18–13
Serbia

Russia
19–18
Lithuania
2016
Details

Guangzhou

Serbia
21–16
United States

Slovenia
17–16
Spain
2017
Details

Nantes[4]

Serbia
21–18
Netherlands

France
18–17
Slovenia
2018
Details

Bocaue[5]

Serbia
16–13
Netherlands

Slovenia
21–16
Poland
2019
Details

Amsterdam[6]

United States
18–14
Latvia

Poland
18–15
Serbia
2020
Details

Women's tournament

Year Hosts Final Third place match
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
2012
Details

Athens

United States
17–16
France

Australia
18–17
Ukraine
2014
Details

Moscow

United States
15–8
Russia

Belgium
14–12
Czech Republic
2016
Details

Guangzhou

Czech Republic
21–11
Ukraine

United States
20–14
Spain
2017
Details

Nantes[4]

Russia
19–12
Hungary

Ukraine
15–13
Netherlands
2018
Details

Bocaue[5]

Italy
16–12
Russia

France
21–14
China
2019
Details

Amsterdam[6]

China
19–13
Hungary

France
21–9
Australia
2020
Details

Mixed tournament

Year Hosts Final Third place match
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
2012
Details

Athens

France
14–8
Argentina

Ukraine
15–8
Czech Republic

Statistics

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Serbia4105
2 United States3115
3 France1236
4 Russia1214
5 China1001
 Czech Republic1001
 Italy1001
 Qatar1001
9 Hungary0202
 Netherlands0202
11 Ukraine0134
12 Argentina0101
 Latvia0101
14 Slovenia0022
15 Australia0011
 Belgium0011
 Poland0011
Totals (17 nations)13131339

Participating teams

Mixed teams

Nation
2012
 Argentina 2nd
 Brazil 10th
 Bulgaria 5th
 Czech Republic 4th
 England 7th
 Estonia 8th
 France 1st
 Greece 11th
 Jordan 15th
 Mexico 6th
   Nepal 16th
 Romania 12th
 Russia 9th
 Spain 14th
 Turkey 13th
 Ukraine 3rd

Individual contests

Dunk contest

Year Host Final Semifinalists
Gold Silver Bronze
2012
Details

Athens
Deivi Añanguren Madriz Adesanya Adetayo Georgi Bojanov
Ometayo Ogedengbe
2014
Details

Moscow
Firas Lahyani Yan Pengfei Demetrius Miller
Toni Vitali
Year Host Gold Silver Bronze Fourth place
2016
Details

Guangzhou
Dmytro Krivenko Alfonzo McKinnie Marco Favretto Sjoerd Van Vilsteren
2017
Details

Nantes
Rafal Lipinski Chris Staples Vadym Poddubchenko Jordan Southerland
2018
Details

Bocaue
Dmytro Krivenko Guy Dupuy David Carlos Vadym Poddubchenko

Skills contest

Year Host Finals
Gold Silver Bronze
2012
Details

Athens
Pirgit Puu Skylar Diggins Burcu Cigil
Sylvie Gruszczynski
2014
Details

Moscow
Valentina Baldelli Hind Abdelkader Jewell Loyd
Fleur Devillers
Year Host Gold Silver Bronze Fourth place
2016
Details

Guangzhou
Alexandra Theodorean Marta Fodor Georgia Agnew Liu Hsi-Yeh
2017
Details

Nantes
Claudia Brunet Karin Kuijt Yuri Hanada Yusen Liu
2018
Details

Bocaue
Alexandra Theodorean Marie-Ève Paget Zalina Kurazova Nancy Fora

Shoot-out contest

Year Host Finals
Gold Silver Bronze
2012
Details

Athens
Stanislav Votroubek Radoslava Bachvarova Charlotte Hoere
Mikhail Gyunter
2014
Details

Moscow
Daniel Hure Sarah Kershaw Christian Gunawan
Yurena Diaz
Year Host Gold Silver Bronze Fourth place
2016
Details

Guangzhou
Angel Santana Paula Palomares Natalie Romeo Tanalp Sengun
2017
Details

Nantes
Angelo Tsagarakis Joey Schelvis Mihaela Uhrova Tatiana Petrushina
2018
Details

Bocaue
Janine Pontejos Alexandra Stolyar Marin Hrvoje Maksim Dybovskii

Free-throw pursuit

Year Host Finals
Gold Silver Bronze
2014
Details

Moscow
Angel Santana Ann Wauters Amaya Gastaminza
Douglas Motta

See also

References

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