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
Sport	3x3 basketball
Founded	2012
No. of teams	24
Country	FIBA members
Continent	FIBA (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 titles	M:  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	Kiev

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	Kiev

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Serbia	4	1	0	5
2	United States	3	1	1	5
3	France	1	2	3	6
4	Russia	1	2	1	4
5	China	1	0	0	1
	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
	Italy	1	0	0	1
	Qatar	1	0	0	1
9	Hungary	0	2	0	2
	Netherlands	0	2	0	2
11	Ukraine	0	1	3	4
12	Argentina	0	1	0	1
	Latvia	0	1	0	1
14	Slovenia	0	0	2	2
15	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 nations)		13	13	13	39

Participating teams

Men's teams Nation 2012 2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020  Andorra – – 13th 13th – - -  Argentina 12th 18th – – – - -  Australia – – – – – 10th -  Brazil 22nd 19th – – 18th 18th -  Bulgaria 16th – – – – - -  China – 15th 18th – – 19th -  Canada – – – – 6th q -  Croatia – 5th – – 10th - -  Czech Republic 15th 6th – – – q -  Egypt 14th – 16th 18th – - -  England 11th – – – – - -  El Salvador – – – 19th – - -  Estonia 17th 10th – 14th 9th 15th -  France 2nd – – 3rd – 6th -  Germany – 23rd – – – q -  Greece 6th – – – – - -  Guam 23rd – – – – - -  Hungary – – 7th – – - -  Indonesia – 24th 12th 16th 20th - -  Israel 4th – – – – - -  Italy – – 15th – – q -  Japan – 20th 11th – 14th 14th -  Jordan – – – – 19th - -  South Korea – – – 17th – 17th -  Kyrgyzstan – – – – 17th - -  Latvia 18th – – – 5th 2nd -  Lebanon 21st – – – – - -  Lithuania – 4th – – – 9th -  Mexico 20th – – – – - -  Mongolia – – – – 8th 13th -    Nepal 24th – – – – - -  Netherlands – 21st 6th 2nd 2nd 11th -  New Zealand – 12th 19th 15th 12th - -  Nigeria – – – – 16th - -  Philippines – – 9th 11th 11th - -  Poland – 7th 20th 10th 4th 3rd -  Puerto Rico – 16th – 9th – 5th -  Qatar – 1st 5th 6th – 12th -  Romania 10th 8th 14th 12th 15th q -  Russia 5th 3rd 10th 8th 13th 16th -  Serbia 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 4th -  Sri Lanka – – – 20th – - -  Slovenia 9th 9th 3rd 4th 3rd 7th -  Spain 13th – 4th – – - -  Tunisia – 11th – – – - -  Turkey 19th 17th 17th – – 20th -  Ukraine 3rd – – 5th 7th 8th Q  United States 7th 14th 2nd 7th – 1st -  Uruguay – 13th 8th – – - -  Venezuela 8th 22nd – – – - -

Women's teams Nation 2012 2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020  Andorra – 24th 16th 14th 20th 18th -  Angola 20th – – – – - -  Argentina 11th 10th 8th 11th 16th - -  Australia 3rd – 11th 9th – 4th -  Belgium – 3rd – – – - -  Brazil 18th 15th – – – q -  Bahrain – – – 19th – - -  Bulgaria 12th – – – – - -  China – 11th 10th 17th 4th 1st -  Chinese Taipei 7th – 15th – – - -  Cook Islands – – 20th – – - -  Czech Republic 6th 4th 1st 7th 6th 9th -  England 14th – – – – - -  Estonia 16th 13th – – – q -  France 2nd 5th 5th 10th 3rd 3rd -  Germany 13th 8th – 12th 15th - -  Greece 8th – – – – - -  Hungary 5th 22nd 6th 2nd 8th 2nd -  Indonesia – 17th 17th – 19th 20th -  Iran – – – – 14th 16th -  Italy – 20th 9th 5th 1st 8th -  Japan – – 19th 13th – 13th -  Jordan 22nd – – – – - -  Kazakhstan – – – 15th 18th - -  Kyrgyzstan – – – 20th – - -  Latvia – – – – – 15th -  Macau – – 18th – – - -  Malaysia – – – – 13th - -  Mali – – – – – q -  Mexico 23rd – – – – - -  Mongolia – – – – – 17th -    Nepal 24th – – – – - -  Netherlands 21st 12th 7th 4th 9th 12th -  New Zealand – – 12th – – 10th -  Philippines – – – – 17th - -  Poland – – 13th – – - -  Puerto Rico – – – – – q -  Romania 17th 7th 14th – – 7th -  Russia 9th 2nd – 1st 2nd 6th -  Slovakia 19th – – – – - -  Spain 10th 9th 4th 8th 7th 5th -   Switzerland – 6th – 6th 10th 11th -  Syria – 21st – – – - -  Thailand – 23rd – – – - -  Turkmenistan – – – 16th 11th 19th -  Tunisia – 18th – – – - -  Turkey 15th – – – – - -  Uganda – 14th – – 12th q -  Ukraine 4th 19th 2nd 3rd – 14th Q  United States 1st 1st 3rd – 5th - -  Uruguay – 16th – – – - -  Venezuela – – – 18th – - -

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

• 3x3 basketball
• World Street 3s
• Date The FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2019

References

1. https://fiba3x3.com/docs/FIBA-3x3-Basketball-Rules-2016.pdf
2. https://fiba3x3.com/docs/FIBA-3x3-Basketball-Rules-Full-2016.pdf
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN6LywHcihI
4. "Nantes to host 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Championships". FIBA. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
5. "Philippines to host FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2018". FIBA. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
6. "Amsterdam to host 3x3 Europe Cup 2017 and 3x3 World Cup 2019". FIBA. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.