Sport | 3x3 basketball |
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Founded | 2012 |
No. of teams | 24 |
Country | FIBA members |
Continent | FIBA (International) |
Most recent champion(s) | Serbia (men) United States (women) |
Most titles | Serbia (men; 6 titles) United States (women; 3 titles) |
The FIBA 3x3 World Cup is a 3x3 basketball tournament for national teams organized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). The debut of the tournament originally named as the FIBA 3x3 World Championship was held in August 2012 in Athens, Greece. The current champions are Serbia in the men's division and United States in the women's division.
There are two events in the tournament: one for men and another for women. In the first edition, there was a mixed event where each team was composed of 2 men and 2 women.
Year | Hosts | Final | Third place match | ||||||
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Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2012 Details | Athens | Serbia | 16–13 | France | Ukraine | 19–18 | Israel | ||
2014 Details | Moscow | Qatar | 18–13 | Serbia | Russia | 19–18 | Lithuania | ||
2016 Details | Guangzhou | Serbia | 21–16 | United States | Slovenia | 17–16 | Spain | ||
2017 Details | Nantes [1] | Serbia | 21–18 | Netherlands | France | 18–17 | Slovenia | ||
2018 Details | Bocaue [2] | Serbia | 16–13 | Netherlands | Slovenia | 21–16 | Poland | ||
2019 Details | Amsterdam [3] | United States | 18–14 | Latvia | Poland | 18–15 | Serbia | ||
2022 Details | Antwerp [4] | Serbia | 21–16 | Lithuania | France | 18–17 | Belgium | ||
2023 Details | Vienna | Serbia | 21–19 | United States | Latvia | 22–12 | Brazil | ||
2025 Details | Ulaanbaatar [5] |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Serbia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
2 | United States | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Qatar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
6 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
9 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (11 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Nation | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | Total |
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Andorra | – | – | 13th | 13th | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Argentina | 12th | 18th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Australia | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | 15th | 2 |
Austria | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | 6th | 2 |
Belgium | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 11th | 2 |
Brazil | 22nd | 19th | – | – | 18th | 18th | 16th | 4th | 6 |
Bulgaria | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Canada | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | 1 |
Chile | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | 1 |
China | – | 15th | 18th | – | – | 19th | 17th | – | 4 |
Chinese Taipei | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20th | – | 1 |
Croatia | – | 5th | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | 2 |
Czech Republic | 15th | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Egypt | 14th | – | 16th | 18th | – | – | 18th | – | 4 |
El Salvador | – | – | – | 19th | – | – | – | – | 1 |
England | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Estonia | 17th | 10th | – | 14th | 9th | 15th | – | – | 5 |
France | 2nd | – | – | 3rd | – | 6th | 3rd | 8th | 5 |
Germany | – | 23rd | – | – | – | – | 11th | 17th | 3 |
Greece | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Guam | 23rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Hungary | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | 19th | 2 |
Indonesia | – | 24th | 12th | 16th | 20th | – | – | – | 4 |
Israel | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | 2 |
Italy | – | – | 15th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Japan | – | 20th | 11th | – | 14th | 14th | 19th | 12th | 6 |
Jordan | – | – | – | – | 19th | – | – | – | 1 |
Kyrgyzstan | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | 1 |
Latvia | 18th | – | – | – | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 3rd | 5 |
Lebanon | 21st | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Lithuania | – | 4th | – | – | – | 9th | 2nd | 10th | 4 |
Madagascar | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | 1 |
Mexico | 20th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Mongolia | – | – | – | – | 8th | 13th | 9th | 18th | 4 |
Nepal | 24th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Netherlands | – | 21st | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 11th | 5th | 5th | 7 |
New Zealand | – | 12th | 19th | 15th | 13th | – | 10th | – | 5 |
Nigeria | – | – | – | – | 17th | – | – | – | 1 |
Philippines | – | – | 9th | 11th | 11th | – | – | – | 3 |
Poland | – | 7th | 20th | 10th | 4th | 3rd | 8th | 7th | 7 |
Puerto Rico | – | 16th | – | 9th | – | 5th | 13th | 13th | 5 |
Qatar | – | 1st | 5th | 6th | – | 12th | – | – | 4 |
Romania | 10th | 8th | 14th | 12th | 15th | – | – | – | 5 |
Russia | 5th | 3rd | 10th | 8th | 12th | 16th | DQ | – | 6 |
Serbia | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | 8 |
Slovenia | 9th | 9th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 7th | 14th | 20th | 8 |
South Korea | – | – | – | 17th | – | 17th | – | – | 2 |
Spain | 13th | – | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Sri Lanka | – | – | – | 20th | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Switzerland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 1 |
Tunisia | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Turkey | 19th | 17th | 17th | – | – | 20th | – | – | 4 |
Ukraine | 3rd | – | – | 5th | 7th | 8th | – | – | 4 |
United States | 7th | 14th | 2nd | 7th | – | 1st | 7th | 2nd | 7 |
Uruguay | – | 13th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Venezuela | 8th | 22nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Total | 24 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Year | Hosts | Final | Third place match | ||||||
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Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2012 Details | Athens | United States | 17–16 | France | Australia | 18–17 | Ukraine | ||
2014 Details | Moscow | United States | 15–8 | Russia | Belgium | 14–12 | Czech Republic | ||
2016 Details | Guangzhou | Czech Republic | 21–11 | Ukraine | United States | 20–14 | Spain | ||
2017 Details | Nantes [1] | Russia | 19–12 | Hungary | Ukraine | 15–13 | Netherlands | ||
2018 Details | Bocaue [2] | Italy | 16–12 | Russia | France | 21–14 | China | ||
2019 Details | Amsterdam [3] | China | 19–13 | Hungary | France | 21–9 | Australia | ||
2022 Details | Antwerp [4] | France | 16–13 | Canada | China | 21–11 | Lithuania | ||
2023 Details | Vienna | United States | 16–12 | France | Australia | 21–20 | China | ||
2025 Details | Ulaanbaatar [5] |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
2 | France | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
3 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
4 | China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | Hungary | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
11 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (11 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Nation | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | Total |
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Andorra | – | 24th | 16th | 14th | 20th | 18th | – | – | 5 |
Angola | 20th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Argentina | 11th | 10th | 8th | 11th | 16th | – | – | – | 5 |
Australia | 3rd | – | 11th | 9th | – | 4th | – | 3rd | 5 |
Austria | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18th | 7th | 2 |
Bahrain | – | – | – | 19th | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Belgium | – | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 2 |
Brazil | 18th | 15th | – | – | – | – | 11th | 14th | 4 |
Bulgaria | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Canada | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | 6th | 2 |
Chile | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | – | 1 |
China | – | 11th | 10th | 17th | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 7 |
Chinese Taipei | 7th | – | 15th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Cook Islands | – | – | 20th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Czech Republic | 6th | 4th | 1st | 7th | 6th | 9th | – | 10th | 7 |
Egypt | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | 13th | 2 |
England | 14th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Estonia | 16th | 13th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
France | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 10th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 8 |
Germany | 13th | 8th | – | 12th | 15th | – | 9th | 5th | 6 |
Greece | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Hungary | 5th | 22nd | 6th | 2nd | 8th | 2nd | – | 17th | 7 |
Indonesia | – | 17th | 17th | – | 19th | 20th | – | – | 4 |
Iran | – | – | – | – | 14th | 16th | – | – | 2 |
Israel | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19th | 11th | 2 |
Italy | – | 20th | 9th | 5th | 1st | 8th | – | 12th | 6 |
Japan | – | – | 19th | 13th | – | 13th | 13th | 9th | 5 |
Jordan | 22nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Kazakhstan | – | – | – | 15th | 18th | – | – | – | 2 |
Kyrgyzstan | – | – | – | 20th | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Latvia | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | – | 1 |
Lithuania | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 15th | 2 |
Macau | – | – | 18th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Malaysia | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | 1 |
Mexico | 23rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Mongolia | – | – | – | – | – | 17th | 12th | 18th | 3 |
Nepal | 24th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Netherlands | 21st | 12th | 7th | 4th | 9th | 12th | 10th | 16th | 8 |
New Zealand | – | – | 12th | – | – | 10th | 15th | – | 3 |
Philippines | – | – | – | – | 17th | – | – | – | 1 |
Poland | – | – | 13th | – | – | – | 6th | 19th | 3 |
Romania | 17th | 7th | 14th | – | – | 7th | 17th | 20th | 6 |
Russia | 9th | 2nd | – | 1st | 2nd | 6th | DQ | – | 5 |
Slovakia | 19th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Spain | 10th | 9th | 4th | 8th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 8th | 8 |
Switzerland | – | 6th | – | 6th | 11th | 11th | – | – | 4 |
Syria | – | 21st | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Thailand | – | 23rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Tunisia | – | 18th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Turkey | 15th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Turkmenistan | – | – | – | 16th | 12th | 19th | – | – | 3 |
Uganda | – | 14th | – | – | 13th | – | – | – | 2 |
Ukraine | 4th | 19th | 2nd | 3rd | – | 14th | – | – | 5 |
United States | 1st | 1st | 3rd | – | 5th | – | 7th | 1st | 6 |
Uruguay | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Venezuela | – | – | – | 18th | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Total | 24 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 |
Year | Hosts | Final | Third place match | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2012 Details | Athens | France | 14–8 | Argentina | Ukraine | 15–8 | Czech Republic |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Nation | 2012 |
---|---|
Argentina | 2nd |
Brazil | 10th |
Bulgaria | 5th |
Czech Republic | 4th |
England | 7th |
Estonia | 8th |
France | 1st |
Greece | 11th |
Jordan | 15th |
Mexico | 6th |
Nepal | 16th |
Romania | 12th |
Russia | 9th |
Spain | 14th |
Turkey | 13th |
Ukraine | 3rd |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Serbia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
2 | United States | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
3 | France | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
4 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
5 | China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Qatar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | Hungary | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
11 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
12 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
18 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (19 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 |
Year | Host | Final | Semifinalists | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||||
2012 Details | Athens | Deivi Añanguren Madriz | Adesanya Adetayo | Georgi Bojanov Ometayo Ogedengbe | |||
2014 Details | Moscow | Firas Lahyani | Yan Pengfei | Demetrius Miller Toni Vitali | |||
Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Fourth place | ||
2016 Details | Guangzhou | Dmytro Krivenko | Alfonzo McKinnie | Marco Favretto | Sjoerd Van Vilsteren | ||
2017 Details | Nantes | Rafal Lipinski | Chris Staples | Vadym Poddubchenko | Jordan Southerland | ||
2018 Details | Bocaue | Dmytro Krivenko | Guy Dupuy | David Carlos | Vadym Poddubchenko | ||
2019 Details | Amsterdam | Vadym Piddubchenko | Piotr Grabowski | Kristaps Dargais |
Year | Host | Finals | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
2012 Details | Athens | Pirgit Puu | Skylar Diggins | Burcu Cigil Sylvie Gruszczynski | ||
2014 Details | Moscow | Valentina Baldelli | Hind Abdelkader | Jewell Loyd Fleur Devillers | ||
Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Fourth place | |
2016 Details | Guangzhou | Alexandra Theodorean | Marta Fodor | Georgia Agnew | Liu Hsi-Yeh | |
2017 Details | Nantes | Claudia Brunet | Karin Kuijt | Yuri Hanada | Yusen Liu | |
2018 Details | Bocaue | Alexandra Theodorean | Marie-Ève Paget | Zalina Kurazova | Nancy Fora | |
2019 Details | Amsterdam | Marie-Ève Paget | Rae Lin D'Alie | Shadi Abdolvand |
Year | Host | Finals | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
2012 Details | Athens | Stanislav Votroubek | Radoslava Bachvarova | Charlotte Hoere Mikhail Gyunter | ||
2014 Details | Moscow | Daniel Hure | Sarah Kershaw | Christian Gunawan Yurena Diaz | ||
Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Fourth place | |
2016 Details | Guangzhou | Angel Santana | Paula Palomares | Natalie Romeo | Tanalp Sengun | |
2017 Details | Nantes | Angelo Tsagarakis | Joey Schelvis | Mihaela Uhrova | Tatiana Petrushina | |
2018 Details | Bocaue | Janine Pontejos | Alexandra Stolyar | Marin Hrvoje | Maksim Dybovskii |
Year | Host | Finals | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
2014 Details | Moscow | Angel Santana | Ann Wauters | Amaya Gastaminza Douglas Motta |
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