The 2026 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament was the 7th edition of the FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup, the annual international 3x3 basketball championship organised under the auspices of FIBA for under-23 men's national teams across the world.
The tournament took place in Wuhan, marking the first time the city hosts the event and fourth time it will be in China after, 2018, 2019, and 2025.
Twenty teams took part for the seventh time. Lithuania are the defending champions after beating Serbia in the final in Xiong'an.https://fiba3x3.basketball/2025/u23worldcup/news/lithuania-and-the-netherlands-win-the-fiba-3x3-u23-world-cup-2025
Lithuania won their second title with a win against Latvia in the final.
Participating nations Host China as well as defending champions Lithuania automatically qualifies. The winner of the FIBA 3x3 Nations League conferences as well as the best performing team across all conferences qualified. Qualification Qualification method Berths Qualified team Host nation 1 2025 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup champions 1 FIBA 3x3 Nations League 2026 Americas North Conference 1 2026 Africa East Conference 1 2026 Pacific Conference 1 2026 FIBA 3x3 Nations League Asia Conference 1
Seeding The seeding and groups were as follows: Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D (1) (8) (9) (16) (17) (2) (7) (10) (15) (18) (3) (6) (11) (14) (19) (4) (H) (5) (12) (13) (20)
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 7 7 0 100% 20.6 144 2 7 6 1 86% 19.9 139 3 7 6 1 86% 20.6 144 4 7 5 2 71% 20.0 140 5 5 3 2 60% 20.2 101 6 5 3 2 60% 19.0 95 7 5 3 2 60% 18.4 92 8 5 2 3 40% 17.4 87 9 4 2 2 50% 18.3 73 10 4 2 2 50% 17.3 69 11 4 2 2 50% 16.3 65 12 4 2 2 50% 16.0 64 13 4 1 3 25% 17.5 70 14 4 1 3 25% 15.5 62 15 4 1 3 25% 15.3 61 16 4 1 3 25% 15.0 60 17 4 1 3 25% 13.8 55 18 4 0 4 0% 13.3 53 19 4 0 4 0% 12.3 49 20 4 0 4 0% 11.0 44
Notes
See also 2026 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Women's tournament 2026 FIBA 3x3 World Cup – Men's tournament 2026 FIBA 3x3 World Cup – Women's tournament
References
External links
Official website