2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships

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2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships
2016 FIBA 3x3 世界锦标赛
2016 FIBA 3x3 shì jiè jǐn biāo sài
2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships logo.png
Tournament details
Host country China
City Guangzhou
Dates11–15 October 2016 (2016-10-11 2016-10-15)
Teams 40
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
2014
2017

The 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships , hosted by China, was an international 3x3 basketball event that featured separate competitions for men's and women's national teams. The tournament was run between 11 and 15 October 2016, in Guangzhou outside the Tianhe Sport Complex. It was co-organized by the FIBA. [1]

Contents

Host selection

On May 10, 2015, FIBA announced the Guangzhou as host city of the 2016 tournament. [1]

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's
Details
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Women's
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Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Participating teams

The FIBA 3x3 Federation Ranking was used as basis to determine the participating FIBA member associations. China as hosts automatically qualifies in both men's and women's tournament while the Qatar and the United States winners of the 2014 edition in the men's and women's tournaments respectively. [1] [2]

The pools for the tournaments were unveiled on 20 September 2016. [3]

Men

Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D

Women

Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Guangzhou to host 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships". FIBA. 11 May 2015. Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  2. "30 countries to participate in 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships in Guangzhou". FIBA. 17 December 2015. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  3. Pools unveiled for 3x3 World Championships