2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships

2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships
2016 FIBA 3x3 世界锦标赛
2016 FIBA 3x3 shì jiè jǐn biāo sài
Tournament details
Host countryChina
CityGuangzhou
Dates11–15 October 2016 (2016-10-11 – 2016-10-15)
Teams40
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]

Host selection

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

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
Details
 Serbia  United States  Slovenia
Women's
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 Czech Republic  Ukraine  United States

Participating teams

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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

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Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D

Women

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Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D

References

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  1. ^ a b c "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
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