2019 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament

For the equivalent women's tournament, see 2019 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Women's tournament.

2019 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament

Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Lanzhou
Dates	2–6 October
Teams	20
Final positions
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Ukraine
Third place	Serbia
Fourth place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
MVP	Alexander Zuev

The 2019 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament is the second edition of this championship. The event was held in Lanzhou, China. It was contested by 20 teams. Russia are the defending champions.

Russia won their second title with a win against Ukraine in the final.[1]

Host selection

Chinese city, Lanzhou, was given the hosting rights on 17 July 2018. Although 2018 host city, Xi'an, originally planned to host it.[2][3]

Teams

FIBA announced the qualified teams on 19 December 2018.[4]

Africa None

Americas Argentina Brazil United States

Asia and Oceania China (hosts) Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Mongolia New Zealand Qatar South Korea

Europe Italy Latvia Lithuania Netherlands Romania Russia Serbia Slovenia Turkey Ukraine

Seeding

The pools were announced on 19 December 2018.[4]

The seeding and groups were as follows:

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Russia (1) Slovenia (8) Turkey (9) Argentina (16) New Zealand (17)	China (2) (H) Romania (7) Latvia (10) Kazakhstan (15) United States (18)	Qatar (3) Ukraine (6) Brazil (11) Italy (14) Kyrgyzstan (19)	Mongolia (4) Netherlands (5) Lithuania (12) Serbia (13) South Korea (20)

Venue

Lanzhou

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Russia	4	4	0	85	41	+44	Quarterfinals			21–13		21–9
2	Argentina	4	3	1	71	70	+1					18–17 OT	19–16
3	New Zealand	4	2	2	73	71	+2			14–22				21–12
4	Slovenia	4	1	3	66	79	−13					19–21		22–18
5	Turkey	4	0	4	51	85	−34			5–21	16–21

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	China (H)	4	4	0	83	52	+31	Quarterfinals				21–16	21–9
2	Latvia	4	3	1	69	61	+8			12–20			21–15
3	Romania	4	2	2	70	70	0				12–15			21–18
4	Kazakhstan	4	1	3	61	81	−20					16–21		21–18
5	United States	4	0	4	65	84	−19			15–21	14–21

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Ukraine	4	3	1	74	59	+15	Quarterfinals				20–16		21–9
2	Italy	4	3	1	73	52	+21			21–18				22–4
3	Brazil	4	3	1	68	62	+6				16–13		16–15 OT
4	Qatar	4	1	3	63	57	+6			13–15	14–17
5	Kyrgyzstan	4	0	4	36	84	−48					14–20	9–21

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Serbia	4	4	0	72	48	+24	Quarterfinals			15–13			17–5
2	Netherlands	4	3	1	75	60	+15						21–12	21–16
3	Mongolia	4	2	2	78	80	−2			18–21	17–20
4	Lithuania	4	1	3	61	78	−17			12–19		19–21 OT
5	South Korea	4	0	4	58	78	−20					20–22	17–18

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.

Knockout stage

All times are local.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	6 October – 13:00
	Russia	18 OT
					6 October – 17:20
	Italy	16
					Russia	21
	6 October – 13:25
					Serbia	17
	Serbia	21
									6 October – 20:05
	Latvia	9
									Russia	21
	6 October – 15:10
									Ukraine	11
	China	17
					6 October – 17:45
	Netherlands	21
					Netherlands	9
	6 October – 15:35
					Ukraine	19			Bronze medal
	Ukraine	18
									6 October – 18:45
	Argentina	14
									Serbia	21
									Netherlands	13

Final standings

Tiebreakers

• 1) Wins
• 2) Points scored
• 3) Seeding

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	W%	PF	PA
1	Russia	7	7	0	100%	145	20.7
2	Ukraine	7	5	2	71%	122	17.4
3	Serbia	7	6	1	86%	131	18.7
4	Netherlands	7	4	3	57%	118	16.9
5	China	5	4	1	80%	100	20.0
6	Italy	5	3	2	60%	89	17.8
7	Argentina	5	3	2	60%	85	17.0
8	Latvia	5	3	2	60%	78	15.6
9	Brazil	4	3	1	75%	68	17.0
10	Mongolia	4	2	2	50%	78	19.5
11	New Zealand	4	2	2	50%	73	18.3
12	Romania	4	2	2	50%	70	17.5
13	Slovenia	4	1	3	25%	66	16.5
14	Qatar	4	1	3	25%	63	15.8
15	Lithuania	4	1	3	25%	61	15.3
16	Kazakhstan	4	1	3	25%	61	15.3
17	United States	4	0	4	0%	65	16.3
18	South Korea	4	0	4	0%	58	14.5
19	Turkey	4	0	4	0%	51	12.8
20	Kyrgyzstan	4	0	4	0%	38	9.0

Awards

These players were given the awards after the competition:[5]

Most valuable player

• Alexander Zuev

Top scorer

• Dylan Van Eyck (53 points)[6]

Team of the tournament

• Alexander Zuev
• Vladimir Trajkovic
• Dylan Van Eyck

See also

• 2019 FIBA 3x3 World Cup – Men's tournament
• 2019 FIBA 3x3 World Cup – Women's tournament
• 2019 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Women's tournament
• 2019 FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup
• 2019 FIBA 3x3 Africa Cup
• 2019 FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup

References

1. "Russia repeat and Japan avenge heartbreak at FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup 2019". fiba3x3.com. October 6, 2019.
2. "Xi'an to host inaugural edition of FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup". fiba3x3.com. July 17, 2018.
3. "China's Xi'an to hold 2019 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup in October - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com.
4. "Who will challenge Russia's title defense at the FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup 2019?". fiba3x3.com. December 19, 2018.
5. "Zuev headlines men's team of the tournament at FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup 2019". fiba3x3.com. October 6, 2019.
6. "Top Scorers | FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup 2019". fiba3x3.com.

External links

• Official website