2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships

2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships
Tournament information
Dates 11 October–15 October
Host(s) China
Teams 40
 2014 2018 

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

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

Medalists

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

Participating teams

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

Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D

Women

Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D

References

External links

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