FIBA 3x3 World Tour

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FIBA 3x3 World Tour
3x3worldtour.png
Founded2012;12 years ago (2012)
First season 2012
Confederation FIBA
Number of teams12
Current champions Flag of Serbia.svg Ub Huishan NE (2nd title)
(2023)
Most championships Flag of Serbia.svg Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Novi Sad Al-Wahda
(5 titles)
Website worldtour.fiba3x3.com
Basketball current event.svg 2023 FIBA 3x3 World Tour

The FIBA 3x3 World Tour is an international tour of men's 3x3 basketball teams representing cities. The tournament is organized by FIBA. The FIBA 3x3 Pro Series and FIBA 3x3 Women Series were launched in 2019.

Contents

Qualification

The FIBA 3x3 Men's Pro Circuit refers to the system or network of FIBA-sanctioned men's 3x3 competitions for city-based professional teams. The pro circuit includes the FIBA 3x3 World Tour itself, as well as challenger and quest competitions which serves as World Tour qualifiers. [1]

LevelEvent
10World Tour (including World Tour Masters)
9Challengers
8Super Quests
9Quest Finals

Finals results

YearHostWinnerSecond placeThird placeRef.
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Miami Flag of Puerto Rico.svg San Juan Flag of Croatia.svg Split Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Edmonton [2]
2013 Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul Flag of Slovenia.svg Brezovica Flag of Serbia.svg Novi Sad Flag of Venezuela.svg Caracas [2]
2014 Flag of Japan.svg Sendai Flag of Serbia.svg Novi Sad Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Saskatoon Flag of Slovenia.svg Kranj [2]
2015 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Abu Dhabi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Novi Sad Al-Wahda (2) Flag of Slovenia.svg Kranj Flag of the United States.svg New York Harlem [2]
2016 Flag of Slovenia.svg Ljubljana (2) Flag of Japan.svg Hamamatsu Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Caguas [2]
2017 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Flag of Serbia.svg Zemun Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Novi Sad Al-Wahda Flag of Slovenia.svg Piran [2]
2018 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Novi Sad Al-Wahda (3) Flag of Latvia.svg Riga Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amsterdam [3]
2019 Flag of Japan.svg Utsunomiya Flag of Serbia.svg Novi Sad (4) Flag of the United States.svg Princeton Flag of Latvia.svg Riga [4]
2020 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Jeddah Flag of Latvia.svg Riga Flag of Serbia.svg Liman Flag of Lithuania.svg Utena [5]
2021 Flag of Serbia.svg Liman Flag of Russia.svg Gagarin Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amsterdam [6]
2022 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Abu Dhabi Flag of Serbia.svg Ub Huishan NE Flag of Austria.svg Vienna Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amsterdam HiPro [7]
2023 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Jeddah Flag of Serbia.svg Ub Huishan NE (2) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amsterdam HiPro Flag of Serbia.svg Partizan Mozzart

Awards

Most Valuable Player
YearPlayerTeam
2015 Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Domović Bulut Flag of Serbia.svg Novi Sad
2016 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Jasmin Hercegovac Flag of Slovenia.svg Ljubljana
2017 Flag of Serbia.svg Stefan Stojačić Flag of Serbia.svg Liman
2018 Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Domović Bulut Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Novi Sad Al-Wahda
2019 Flag of the United States.svg Dominique Victor Jones Flag of the United States.svg NY Harlem
2020 Flag of Latvia.svg Nauris Miezis Flag of Latvia.svg Riga [8]
2021 Flag of Latvia.svg Kārlis Lasmanis Flag of Latvia.svg Riga [9]
2022 Flag of Serbia.svg Strahinja Stojačić Flag of Serbia.svg Ub Huishan NE
2023 Flag of Serbia.svg Strahinja Stojačić Flag of Serbia.svg Ub Huishan NE
Most Spectacular Player
YearPlayerTeam
2015 Flag of the Philippines.svg Terrence Romeo Flag of the Philippines.svg Manila West
2016 Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Domović Bulut Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Novi Sad Al-Wahda
2017 Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Domović Bulut Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Novi Sad Al-Wahda

Individual contests winners

Dunk contest

2012 — Flag of Poland.svg Rafał 'Lipek' Lipiński [10]
2013 — Flag of Poland.svg Rafał 'Lipek' Lipiński [11]
2014 — Flag of Poland.svg Rafał 'Lipek' Lipiński [12]
2015 — Flag of Poland.svg Rafał 'Lipek' Lipiński [13]
2016 — Flag of Ukraine.svg Vadym 'Miller' Piddubchenko [14]
2017 — Flag of Poland.svg Rafał 'Lipek' Lipiński [15]
2018 — Flag of Ukraine.svg Vadym 'Miller' Piddubchenko [16]
2022 — Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Ruffin [17] [18]

Shoot-out contest

2012 — Flag of Spain.svg Angel Santana ( Flag of Romania.svg Bucharest UPB) [19]
2013 — Flag of Indonesia.svg Fandi Andika Ramadhani ( Flag of Indonesia.svg Jakarta) [20]
2014 — Flag of Serbia.svg Dejan Majstorović ( Flag of Serbia.svg Novi Sad) [21]
2015 — Flag of the United States.svg Derek Griffin ( Flag of the United States.svg Denver) [22]
2016 — Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Chudy ( Flag of Poland.svg Gdansk) [23]
2017 — Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Sir ( Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Saskatoon) [24]
2022 — Flag of Latvia.svg Arturs Strelnieks ( Flag of Latvia.svg Riga) [25] [26]

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