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3x3 basketball. 3x3 basketball (stylized as ƐX3, pronounced three-ex-three) [1] is a variation of basketball played three-a-side, with one backboard and in a half-court setup. This basketball game format is currently being promoted and structured by FIBA, the sport's governing body. [2]
History. On 9 June 2017, the executive board of the International Olympic Committee announced that 3x3 basketball would become an official Olympic sport as of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, for both men and women. [1][2] (The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). [3]
All games were played at the Place de la Concorde. [1] It was the second time the 3x3 basketball men's event was held at the Olympic Games. The Netherlands defeated France 18–17 in a closely contested final to win the gold medal, while France took home the silver in front of a home crowd.
3x3 basketballat the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 3x3 basketball was among the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, 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. [1][2]
The men's 3x3 qualification for the Olympic basketball tournament took place between November 2022 and June 2024, [2] allocating eight teams for the final tournament.. Three quota places were awarded to the top-ranked teams, including the host nation France, based on the total points calculated in the FIBA 3x3 Rankings of 1 November 2023, with the remainder attributed to the eligible NOCs in ...
The 3x3 basketball development in far-flung places like Mongolia, Chile and Trinidad and Tobago might not be possible in the traditional, full-court game, Zagklis said.
The rules of Fireball3, the basketball variant played by Big3, differ from FIBA-sanctioned 3-on-3 (branded as 3x3) games. They are as follows: Like FIBA-sanctioned 3x3, games are played on a half-court. (The official FIBA 3x3 court is actually shorter than half of a full FIBA court, but FIBA rules allow half of a regulation FIBA court to be used.)
The league was founded in 2023 by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, in part to allow WNBA players to play domestically and to bypass complications from the WNBA 's prioritization rule for players who choose to play overseas in the WNBA offseason. Unrivaled's inaugural season is slotted to begin on January 17, 2025 in Miami, Florida [1] with ...