2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships – Men's tournament

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2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships
Tournament details
Host country China
City Guangzhou
DatesOctober 11–15
Teams20
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Third placeFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Fourth placeFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Tournament statistics
MVP Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Bulut
2014
2017

The 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships was held in Guangzhou, China, and was contested by 20 teams.

Contents

Participating teams

All five FIBA zones were represented. The top 20 teams, including the hosts, based on the FIBA National Federation ranking qualified for the tournament. [1] [2] [3]

FIBA Africa
Team
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (18)
FIBA Americas
Team
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (4)
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay (7)
FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania
Team
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (12)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia (15)
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar (16)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (17)
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines (19)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (20) {hosts}
FIBA Europe
Team
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (1)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia (2)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (3)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (5)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania (6)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (8)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (9)
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra (10)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (11)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey (13)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (14)

Preliminary round

Pool A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification Flag of Serbia.svg Flag of Qatar.svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg
1Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 4407860+18Knockout stage21–1621–1416–1320–17
2Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 4317669+716–2120–1719–1521–16
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4227370+314–2117–2020–1722–12
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4136666013–1615–1917–2021–11
5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 40456842817–2016–2112–2211–21
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-Head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Pool B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification Flag of Slovenia.svg Flag of Uruguay.svg Flag of Indonesia.svg Flag of Andorra.svg Flag of Egypt.svg
1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4408243+39Knockout stage21–921–719–1321–14
2Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 422576699–2121–1518–149–16
3Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 4226381187–2115–2120–1921–20
4Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 4136771413–1914–1819–2021–14
5Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 4136472814–2116–920–2114–21
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-Head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Pool C

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification Flag of Spain.svg Flag of Hungary.svg Flag of the Philippines.svg Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Poland.svg
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4407852+26Knockout stage16–1221–1621–1620–8
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4315756+112–1618–1613–1114–13
3Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 4227466+816–2116–1821–1921–8
4Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4136671516–2111–1319–2120–16
5Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4044575308–2013–148–2116–20
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-Head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Pool D

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification Flag of the United States.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Turkey.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4407750+27Knockout stage15–1121–1220–1221–15
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4316551+1411–1521–1214–819–16
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4226472812–2112–2121–1619–14
4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 41358741612–208–1416–2122–19
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (H)40464811715–2116–1914–1919–22
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-Head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.
(H) Host

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 22
 
 
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 10
 
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 17
 
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 22
 
 
 
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 6
 
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 21
 
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16
 
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 21
 
 
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 10
 
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 15
 
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17Bronze Final
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 12
 
 
 
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 11
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 16
 
 
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 17
 

Final standings

#TeamPldWLPFPAPD
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 77013899+39
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 76112297+25
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 76113586+49
4thFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 75212992+37
Eliminated in the quarterfinals
5thFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 5418781+6
6thFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5417573+2
7thFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 5416777–10
8thFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 5326388–25
Eliminated in the preliminary round
9thFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 4227466+8
10thFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 4227370+3
11thFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 4226472–8
12thFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 4226381–18
13thFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 41366660
14thFlag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 4136771–4
15thFlag of Romania.svg  Romania 4136671–5
16thFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 4136472–8
17thFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 4135874–16
18thFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4046481–17
19thFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4045684–28
20thFlag of Poland.svg  Poland 4044575–30

Awards

 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Champions – Men's  
Flag of Serbia.svg
Serbia
2nd title

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player
Team of the Tournament
Dunk Contest Champion

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