2017 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup – Men's tournament

2017 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup
Men's tournament

Tournament information
Location	Chengdu, China
Date	July 2–8
Host(s)	China
Venue(s)	New Century Global Center
Teams	20
Final positions
Champion	Belgium
1st runners-up	Netherlands
2nd runners-up	Slovenia

The men's tournament of the 2017 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Cup was hosted in Chengdu, China in front of the New Century Global Center. It was contested by 20 teams.

Participating teams

The FIBA Zone of the Americas was not represented by at least one country in the continent. The top 20 teams, including the hosts, based on the FIBA National Federation ranking qualified for the tournament as of January 3, 2017.

FIBA Asia (8)

• Philippines (7)
• Bahrain (9)
• China (10)
• Indonesia (11)
• Qatar (14)
• Turkmenistan (15)
• Jordan (18)
• South Korea (19)

FIBA Africa (1)

• Uganda (20)

FIBA Oceania (1)

• New Zealand (6)

FIBA Europe (10)

• Netherlands (1)
• Ukraine (2)
• Hungary (3)
• Romania (4)
• Slovenia (5)
• Poland (8)
• Belgium (12)
• Turkey (13)
• Israel (16)
• Georgia (17)

Main tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Netherlands	4	4	0	73	49	+24	Qualification to knockout stage		—	13–10	21–16	21–11	18–12
2	Philippines	4	3	1	70	58	+12			10–13	—	19–17	20–14	21–14
3	Israel	4	2	2	67	58	+9			16–21	17–19	—	17–11	17–7
4	Poland	4	1	3	57	74	−17			11–21	14–20	11–17	—	21–16
5	Turkmenistan	4	0	4	49	77	−28			12–18	14–21	7–17	16–21	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-Head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Ukraine	4	4	0	72	33	+39	Qualification to knockout stage		—	16–9	18–13	21–6	17–5
2	New Zealand	4	3	1	66	59	+7			9–16	—	14–13	22–20	21–10
3	Qatar	4	1	3	60	63	−3			13–18	13–14	—	17–19	17–12
4	Georgia	4	1	3	58	77	−19			6–21	20–22	19–17	—	13–17
5	Bahrain	4	1	3	44	68	−24			5–17	10–21	12–17	17–13	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-Head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Hungary	4	4	0	74	57	+17	Qualification to knockout stage		—	15–12	17–14	20–18	22–13
2	Slovenia	4	3	1	73	50	+23			12–15	—	18–15	21–14	22–6
3	China	4	2	2	67	51	+16			14–17	15–18	—	21–6	17–10
4	Turkey	4	1	3	57	75	−18			18–20	14–21	6–21	—	19–13
5	South Korea	4	0	4	42	80	−38			13–22	6–22	10–17	13–19	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-Head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Belgium	4	4	0	77	39	+38	Qualification to knockout stage		—	18–11	20–14	18–11	22–3
2	Romania	4	3	1	68	42	+26			11–18	—	18–8	21–7	18–9
3	Uganda	4	2	2	57	63	−6			14–20	8–18	—	20–18	15–7
4	Indonesia	4	1	3	57	68	−11			11–18	7–21	18–20	—	21–9
5	Jordan	4	0	4	28	75	−47			3–21	9–18	7–15	9–21	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-Head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Netherlands	17
	Romania	13
					Netherlands	18
					New Zealand	10
	Hungary	15
	New Zealand	16
									Netherlands	12
									Belgium	17
	Ukraine	18
	Slovenia	20
					Slovenia	11
					Belgium	13			Bronze Final
	Belgium	18
	Philippines	14
									New Zealand	17
									Slovenia	21

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF
1	Belgium	7	7	0	125
2	Netherlands	7	6	1	120
3	Slovenia	7	5	2	125
4	New Zealand	7	4	3	109
5	Ukraine	5	4	1	90
6	Hungary	5	4	1	89
7	Philippines	5	3	2	84
8	Romania	5	3	2	81
9	China	4	2	2	67
10	Israel	4	2	2	67
11	Uganda	4	2	2	57
12	Qatar	4	1	3	60
13	Georgia	4	1	3	58
14	Indonesia	4	1	3	57
15	Poland	4	1	3	57
16	Turkey	4	1	3	57
17	Bahrain	4	1	3	44
18	Turkmenistan	4	0	4	49
19	South Korea	4	0	4	42
20	Jordan	4	0	4	28

Individual contests

Dunk contest

Overall format

Each player will be allowed 75 seconds and 3 attempts per round to complete a dunk with the first successful dunk being considered as the valid one. Dunks are graded 0 or 5 to 10 by each member of a jury composing of five people.

Qualification

Format

The qualification round took place on June 30 at 17:25h (GMT+8). Each player competed in two rounds and four players with the highest score advances to the knockout stage. In a case of a tie, the tied players would have to perform again and in case they were still tied, the jury would have to decide the player who will advance through a majority decision.

Country	Dunker	1st round	2nd round	Total
Belgium	Vincent Peeters	27	27	54
Philippines	Florencio Serrano	25	23	48
China	Haonan Li	24	24	48
Slovenia	Matej Susec	22	23	45
Turkey	Mert Halavurte	19	25	44
New Zealand	Isaia Jones	18	24	42
Hungary	Krisztian Hargitai	23	0	23
Ukraine	Ivan Myskovets	0	0	0

Knockout stage

The knockout stage consisting of a semi-final and final phase took place on July 2.

Semi-final

The top two players advances to the final round.

Country	Dunker	1st round	2nd round	Total
Belgium	Vincent Peeters	27	25	52
Philippines	Florencio Serrano	24	24	48
Slovenia	Matej Susec	23	25	48

Final

The time limit was eliminated for the final and the two players competed for three rounds instead of two.

Country	Dunker	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Total
Belgium	Vincent Peeters	27	29	30	86
Philippines	Florencio Serrano	23	0	15	38

Results

	Team	Player
	Belgium	Vincent Peeters
	Philippines	Florencio Serrano
	Slovenia	Matej Susec

Awards

Team of the Tournament

• Ayoub Nouhi
• Vincent Peeters
• Samo Gabersek

MVP

• Ayoub Nouhi

2017 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Champions – Men's
Belgium 1st title