3x3 basketball
3x3 basketball (pronounced ''three-ex-three'') is a variation of basketball played three-a-side, with one backboard and in a half-court setup. According to an ESSEC Business School study commissioned by the International Olympic Committee, 3x3 ...
was among the sports contested at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...
, held in
Birmingham
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, England. This variation of basketball and its wheelchair counterpart was staged at the Games for the first time. All four tournaments took place between 29 July and 2 August 2022.
The discipline of
wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair basketball is basketball played by people with varying physical disabilities that disqualify them from playing a non-disabled sport. These include spina bifida, birth defects, cerebral palsy, paralysis due to accident, amputations (of ...
made its sport debut at the
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
.
Schedule
The competition schedule was as follows:
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The wheelchair groups were drawn in May 2022; The running groups were drawn at a later date, August 2 Birmingham Time.
]
Venue
The competitions were held in a temporary Games-time venue at the brownfield site in Smithfield, named after the market that once stood in its place.
The venue also played host to beach volleyball
Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ...
and the start of the marathon; After the Games, it will be dismantled and the site is subject to a redevelopment scheme.
Medal summary
Medal table
Medallists
Qualification
Summary
3x3 basketball
Eight nations qualify for each tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games:
* The host nation.
* The top nation in the FIBA
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word ''amateur'' from its na ...
3x3 Federation Rankings from each of the six CGF regions.
* The highest-ranked nation not already qualified.
;Men
;Women
;Notes
3x3 wheelchair basketball
Six nations qualify for each tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games: