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3x3 basketball has been a European Games sport since the inaugural edition.
Games | Venue | Other sports hosted at venue | Capacity | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 Baku | Basketball Arena at Flag Square cluster | – | 2,500 | [1] |
2019 Minsk | Palova Arena | – | 1,000 | |
2023 Kraków-Małopolska | Cracovia Arena | – | 31,103 | |
2027 Istanbul |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
6 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
10 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (11 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
Year | Host | Final | Third Place Game | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gold medalists | Score | Silver medalists | Bronze medalists | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2015 Details | Baku | Russia | 18–14 | Spain | Serbia | 21–14 | Slovenia | ||
2019 Details | Minsk | Russia | 21–14 | Latvia | Belarus | 21–15 | Poland | ||
2023 Details | Kraków–Małopolska | Latvia | 19–11 | Belgium | Poland | 21–18 | Germany |
Nation | 15 | 19 | 23 | Years |
---|---|---|---|---|
Andorra (AND) | 12th | 16th | 2 | |
Austria (AUT) | 5th | 1 | ||
Azerbaijan (AZE) | 5th | 1 | ||
Belarus (BLR) | 3rd | 1 | ||
Belgium (BEL) | 11th | 2nd | 2 | |
Czech Republic (CZE) | 6th | 8th | 6th | 3 |
Estonia (EST) | 13th | 14th | 9th | 3 |
France (FRA) | 7th | 12th | 2 | |
Germany (GER) | 4th | 1 | ||
Greece (GRE) | 7th | 1 | ||
Israel (ISR) | 15th | 8th | 2 | |
Italy (ITA) | 9th | 15th | 2 | |
Latvia (LAT) | 2nd | 1st | 2 | |
Lithuania (LTU) | 8th | 6th | 7th | 3 |
Netherlands (NED) | 10th | 16th | 2 | |
Poland (POL) | 4th | 3rd | 2 | |
Romania (ROU) | 10th | 11th | 13th | 3 |
Russia (RUS) | 1st | 1st | 2 | |
Serbia (SRB) | 3rd | 5th | 15th | 3 |
Slovenia (SLO) | 4th | 12th | 11th | 3 |
Spain (ESP) | 2nd | 10th | 2 | |
Switzerland (SUI) | 16th | 14th | 2 | |
Turkey (TUR) | 14th | 13th | 2 | |
Ukraine (UKR) | 9th | 1 | ||
Year | Host | Final | Third Place Game | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gold medalists | Score | Silver medalists | Bronze medalists | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2015 Details | Baku | Russia | 22–17 | Ukraine | Spain | 19–9 | Slovenia | ||
2019 Details | Minsk | France | 21–8 | Estonia | Belarus | 21–16 | Germany | ||
2023 Details | Kraków–Małopolska | Lithuania | 19–16 | France | Spain | 21–15 | Romania |
Nation | 15 | 19 | 23 | Years |
---|---|---|---|---|
Andorra (AND) | 15th | 1 | ||
Austria (AUT) | 5th | 1 | ||
Azerbaijan (AZE) | 6th | 1 | ||
Belarus (BLR) | 3rd | 1 | ||
Belgium (BEL) | 12th | 1 | ||
Czech Republic (CZE) | 9th | 5th | 6th | 3 |
Estonia (EST) | 2nd | 11th | 2 | |
France (FRA) | 1st | 2nd | 2 | |
Germany (GER) | 4th | 13th | 2 | |
Greece (GRE) | 7th | 15th | 2 | |
Hungary (HUN) | 13th | 14th | 2 | |
Ireland (IRL) | 8th | 1 | ||
Israel (ISR) | 16th | 7th | 2 | |
Italy (ITA) | 14th | 1 | ||
Latvia (LAT) | 16th | 16th | 2 | |
Lithuania (LTU) | 11th | 1st | 2 | |
Netherlands (NED) | 13th | 8th | 9th | 3 |
Poland (POL) | 8th | 1 | ||
Romania (ROU) | 10th | 12th | 4th | 3 |
Russia (RUS) | 1st | 6th | 2 | |
Serbia (SRB) | 10th | 1 | ||
Slovakia (SVK) | 14th | 1 | ||
Slovenia (SLO) | 4th | 1 | ||
Spain (ESP) | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | 3 |
Switzerland (SUI) | 5th | 11th | 12th | 3 |
Turkey (TUR) | 15th | 1 | ||
Ukraine (UKR) | 2nd | 9th | 10th | 3 |
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