FIBA 3x3 World Cup

FIBA 3x3 World Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships
Sport	3x3 basketball
Founded	2012
No. of teams	24
Country	FIBA members
Continent	FIBA (International)
Most recent champion(s)	M: Serbia (2nd title) W: Czech Republic (1st title)

The FIBA 3x3 World Championships is the largest tournament for 3x3 Basketball. 3x3 Basketball is a new initiative by FIBA to help make basketball a more versatile sport. The debut FIBA 3x3 World Championship was held in August 2012 in Athens, Greece. The tournament will be played every two years. The current champions are Serbia in the men's division and Czech Republic in the women's division.

In the FIBA 3x3 World Championships there are two events for men and women. Each team has 4 players (3 on court, 1 bench). 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 has been responded to well by the international basketball community and there has even been talk of the possibility of 3x3 Basketball being an Olympic Event.

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 and longer format, has been published in early 2014 and a video has been posted on YouTube.

Under the 2014 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 size 6 basketball (circumference of 727–734 mm/28.5–29.0 in) is used for all divisions, including men's competitions. This is the standard size for women's basketball, and smaller than the size 7 standard (749–780 mm/29.5–30.7 in) 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	Host		Final				Third place match
			Champion	Score	Runner-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

Women's tournament

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Champion	Score	Runner-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

Mixed tournament

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2012 Details	Athens		France	14–8	Argentina		Ukraine	15–8	Czech Republic

Medal table

1	United States	2	1	1	4
2	Serbia	2	1	0	3
3	France	1	2	0	3
4	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
	Qatar	1	0	0	1
6	Ukraine	0	1	2	3
7	Russia	0	1	1	2
8	Argentina	0	1	0	1
9	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia	0	0	1	1

Participating teams

Men's

Nation	2012	2014	2016	2017
Andorra	-	-	13th
Argentina	12th	18th	-
Brazil	22nd	19th	-
Bulgaria	16th	-	-
China	-	15th	18th
Croatia	-	5th	-
Czech Republic	15th	6th	-
Egypt	14th	-	16th
England	11th	-	-
Estonia	17th	10th	-
France	2nd	-	-
Germany	-	23rd	-
Greece	6th	-	-
Guam	23rd	-	-
Hungary	-	-	7th
Indonesia	-	24th	12th
Israel	4th	-	-
Italy	-	-	15th
Japan	-	20th	11th
Latvia	18th	-	-
Lebanon	21st	-	-
Lithuania	-	4th	-
Mexico	20th	-	-
Nepal	24th	-	-
Netherlands	-	21st	6th
New Zealand	-	12th	19th
Philippines	-	-	9th
Poland	-	7th	20th
Puerto Rico	-	16th	-
Qatar	-	1st	5th
Romania	10th	8th	14th
Russia	5th	3rd	10th
Serbia	1st	2nd	1st
Slovenia	9th	9th	3rd
Spain	13th	-	4th
Tunisia	-	11th	-
Turkey	19th	17th	17th
Ukraine	3rd	-	-
United States	7th	14th	2nd
Uruguay	-	13th	8th
Venezuela	8th	22nd	-

Women's

Nation	2012	2014	2016	2017
Andorra	-	24th	16th
Angola	20th	-	-
Argentina	11th	10th	8th
Australia	3rd	-	11th
Belgium	-	3rd	-
Brazil	18th	15th	-
Bulgaria	12th	-	-
China	-	11th	10th
Chinese Taipei	7th	-	15th
Cook Islands	-	-	20th
Czech Republic	6th	4th	1st
England	14th	-	-
Estonia	16th	13th	-
France	2nd	5th	5th
Germany	13th	8th	-
Greece	8th	-	-
Hungary	5th	22nd	6th
Indonesia	-	17th	17th
Italy	-	20th	9th
Japan	-	-	19th
Jordan	22nd	-	-
Macau	-	-	18th
Mexico	23rd	-	-
Nepal	24th	-	-
Netherlands	21st	12th	7th
New Zealand	-	-	12th
Poland	-	-	13th
Romania	17th	7th	14th
Russia	9th	2nd	-
Slovakia	19th	-	-
Spain	10th	9th	4th
Switzerland	-	6th	-
Syria	-	21st	-
Thailand	-	23rd	-
Tunisia	-	18th	-
Turkey	15th	-	-
Uganda	-	14th	-
Ukraine	4th	19th	2nd
United States	1st	1st	3rd
Uruguay	-	16th	-

Mixed

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

See also

• 3x3 (basketball)