The 2016

FIBA 3x3 World Championships The FIBA 3x3 World Cup is a 3x3 basketball tournament for national teams organized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). The debut of the tournament then named as the FIBA 3x3 World Championship was held in August 2012 in Athens, Gree ...

, hosted by China, was an international

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event that featured separate competitions for men's and women's national teams. The tournament was run between 11 and 15 October 2016, in

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outside the Tianhe Sport Complex. It was co-organized by the

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Host selection

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

Medalists

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. The pools for the tournaments were unveiled on 20 September 2016.Pools unveiled for 3x3 World Championships
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Men

Women

References

External links

Official website
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