The 2018 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament is the inaugural edition of this championship. The event was held in Xi'an, China. It was contested by 20 teams.
Russia won their first title with a win against Latvia in the final.
Host selection Chinese city, Xi'an, was given the hosting rights on 17 July 2018.
Teams FIBA announced the qualified teams on 26 September 2018.
Africa Egypt
Americas None
Asia and Oceania China (hosts) Chinese Taipei Indonesia Japan Kyrgyzstan Mongolia Philippines Turkmenistan
Europe Czech Republic Estonia France Hungary Latvia Netherlands Romania Russia Serbia Slovenia Ukraine
Seeding The pools were announced on 26 September 2018. The seeding and groups were as follows: Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Latvia (1) Mongolia (8) Estonia (9) Indonesia (16) Hungary (17) Russia (2) Netherlands (7) France (10) Kyrgyzstan (15) Egypt (18) China (3) (H) Slovenia (6) Serbia (11) Turkmenistan (14) Philippines (19) Romania (4) Ukraine (5) Czech Republic (12) Japan (13) Chinese Taipei (20)
Venue
Preliminary round
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Knockout stage All times are local.
Final standings Tiebreakers 1) Wins 2) Points scored 3) Seeding
Pos Team 1 Russia 7 7 0 149 101 +48 2 Latvia 7 6 1 145 98 +47 3 Hungary 7 5 2 120 113 +7 4 France 7 4 3 124 102 +22 5 Ukraine 5 4 1 102 81 +21 6 China 5 3 2 94 75 +19 7 Slovenia 5 3 2 90 78 +12 8 Chinese Taipei 5 3 2 82 79 +3 9 Philippines 4 2 2 72 65 +7 10 Netherlands 4 2 2 71 57 +14 11 Romania 4 1 3 68 83 –15 12 Estonia 4 1 3 67 73 –6 13 Mongolia 4 1 3 65 71 –6 14 Serbia 4 1 3 65 79 –14 15 Japan 4 1 3 62 69 –7 16 Egypt 4 1 3 61 76 –15 17 Czech Republic 4 1 3 59 75 –16 18 Indonesia 4 1 3 49 83 –34 19 Turkmenistan 4 1 3 45 83 –38 20 Kyrgyzstan 4 0 4 38 83 –53
Awards These players were given the awards after the competition:
Most valuable player Alexander Zuev
Top scorer
Alexander Zuev (52 points)
Team of the tournament Alexander Zuev Armands Ginters Attila Demeter
See also 2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup – Men's tournament 2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup – Women's tournament 2018 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Women's tournament 2018 FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup 2018 FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup
References
External links Official website