2019 FIBA 3x3 World Cup
The 2019 FIBA 3x3 World Cup, hosted by the Netherlands, was an international 3x3 basketball event that featured separate competitions for men's and women's national teams. The tournament ran between 18 and 23 June 2019 in Amsterdam, North Holland. Background It was announced in February 2017 that the Netherlands would host the event and that the tournament would be held at Museumplein, one of Amsterdam's public squares. Tickets for the event went on sale in March 2019. Medalists Participating teams The FIBA 3x3 Federation Ranking on 13 December 2018 was used as basis to determine the participating FIBA member associations. The hosts, the Netherlands, qualified automatically for both the men's and women's events, while the defending champions, Serbia for men's and Italy for women's, also qualified automatically. Thereafter, the next 15 teams in both the men's and women's tournaments qualified on the basis of the Federation Rankings. Main tournaments Men Women Individual c ...
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the City Region of Amsterdam, urban area and 2,480,394 in the Amsterdam metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its large number of canals, now designated a World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Amsterdam was founded at the mouth of the Amstel River that was dammed to control flooding; the city's name derives from the Amstel dam. Originally a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became a major world port during the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, when the Netherlands was an economic powerhouse. Amsterdam is th ...
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