2024 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament

For the equivalent women's tournament, see 2024 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Women's tournament.

2024 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Mongolia
City	Ulaanbaatar
Dates	11–15 September
Teams	20
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Lithuania
Tournament statistics
MVP	Fabian Giessmann

The 2024 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament is the 5th edition of this championship. The event was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[1][2] It was contested by 20 teams. United States are the defending champions.

Germany won their first title with a win against United States in the final.[3]

Host selection

During the 2022 FIBA 3x3 World Cup in Antwerp, FIBA signed an agreement with the Mongolian Basketball Association to host future 3x3 events in 2023 and 2024; including the 2024 FIBA U23 World Cup.[4]

Teams

Africa  Egypt  Algeria  Benin  Kenya

Americas  Argentina  Chile  United States

Asia and Oceania  China  Mongolia (hosts)  Japan  New Zealand

Europe  France  Spain  Ukraine  Netherlands  Germany  Israel  Italy  Lithuania  Latvia

Seeding

The seeding and groups were as follows:

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
France (1)  Egypt (8)  Spain (9)  Ukraine (16)  Algeria (17)	China (2)  Netherlands (7)  Mongolia (10) (H)  Japan (15)  Benin (18)	Germany (3)  Israel (6)  Italy (11)  New Zealand (14)  Argentina (19)	Lithuania (4)  Latvia (5)  Chile (12)  United States (13)  Kenya (20)

Venue

The venue was at the Sükhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar.

Ulaanbaatar

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Spain	4	4	0	76	44	+32	Quarterfinals			18–9		16–8
2	France	4	3	1	60	54	+6						17–15	21–10
3	Algeria	4	2	2	68	70	−2			15–21	11–13
4	Ukraine	4	1	3	62	70	−8					18–21		21–16
5	Egypt	4	0	4	56	84	−28			12–21		18–21

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	Japan	4	3	1	76	63	+13	Quarterfinals				21–10		21–14
2	China	4	3	1	75	64	+11			21–13		16–21
3	Netherlands	4	3	1	66	58	+8						14–11	21–10
4	Mongolia (H)	4	1	3	66	68	−2			18–21	16–21
5	Benin	4	0	4	50	80	−30				14–17		12–21

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	Germany	4	4	0	82	57	+25	Quarterfinals			21–11		21–10
2	New Zealand	4	3	1	74	62	+12					22–12	20–17
3	Argentina	4	2	2	69	67	+2			15–18				21–10
4	Israel	4	1	3	60	75	−15					17–21		16–13
5	Italy	4	0	4	56	80	−24			21–22 OT	12–21

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	United States	4	4	0	84	38	+46	Quarterfinals				22–5	21–10
2	Lithuania	4	3	1	75	66	+9			13–21		21–19
3	Latvia	4	2	2	63	69	−6						21–12	18–14
4	Kenya	4	1	3	53	73	−20				15–20			16–11
5	Chile	4	0	4	46	75	−29			10–20	11–21

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
	15 September 12:50
	Spain	20
					15 September 16:30
	New Zealand	12
					Spain	19
	15 September 13:15
					United States	21
	United States	21
									15 September 18:45
	China	11
									United States	13
	15 September 14:40
									Germany	21
	Germany	20
					15 September 16:55
	France	15
					Germany	21
	15 September 15:05
					Lithuania	14			Bronze medal
	Japan	17
									15 September 17:55
	Lithuania	21
									Spain	21
									Lithuania	16

Final standings

Tiebreakers

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	W%	PF	PA
1	Germany	7	7	0	100%	20.4	143
2	United States	7	6	1	86%	19.7	138
3	Spain	7	6	1	86%	19.4	136
4	Lithuania	7	4	3	57%	18.0	126
5	Japan	5	3	2	60%	18.6	93
6	China	5	3	2	60%	17.2	86
7	New Zealand	5	3	2	60%	17.0	85
8	France	5	3	2	60%	15.0	75
9	Netherlands	4	3	1	75%	16.5	66
10	Argentina	4	2	2	50%	17.3	69
11	Algeria	4	2	2	50%	17.0	68
12	Latvia	4	2	2	50%	15.8	63
13	Mongolia	4	1	3	25%	16.5	66
14	Ukraine	4	1	3	25%	15.5	62
15	Israel	4	1	3	25%	15.0	60
16	Kenya	4	1	3	25%	13.3	53
17	Egypt	4	0	4	25%	14.0	56
18	Italy	4	0	4	0%	14.0	56
19	Benin	4	0	4	0%	12.5	50
20	Chile	4	0	4	0%	11.5	46

Awards

Team of the tournament[5]
Fabian Giessmann	Jameer Lamar Nelson Jr	Isaac Mayo
Most valuable player
Fabian Giessmann
Top scorer[6]
Fabian Giessmann (72 points)

References

1. "Mongolia to host FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup 2024". fiba3x3.com. June 20, 2024.
2. https://www.24tsag.mn/a/231060
3. https://fiba3x3.com/2024/u23worldcup/news/germany-and-usa-win-the-fiba-3x3-u23-world-cup-2024
4. https://fiba3x3.com/en/news/2022/3x3worldcup-2022-news-mongolia-to-host-three-major-international-3x3-events-in-2023-and-2024.html
5. "MVP Fabian Giessmann headlines FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup Men's Team of the Tournament". fiba3x3.com. September 15, 2024.
6. "Top Scorers | FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup 2024". fiba3x3.com.

External links

• Official website