2016 FIBA 3x3 World Tour

The 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Tour is the 5th season of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour, the highest professional 3x3 basketball competition in the World. The tournament is organized by FIBA.

FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2016
Season2016
DurationJuly 14 – September 25, 2016
(Qualification)
October 27–28, 2016
(Finals)
Number of teams12 (finals)
Regular season
Season MVPBosnia and Herzegovina Jasmin Hercegovac
Finals
ChampionsSlovenia Ljubljana (2nd title)
  Runners-upJapan Hamamatsu
SemifinalistsPuerto Rico Caguas
United Arab Emirates Novi Sad Al-Wahda
2015
2017

The World Tour Final was held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates at the International Tennis Complex of the Zayed Sports City. Team Ljubljana of Slovenia were the champions, who defeated Team Hamamatsu of Japan in the final.[1]

Finals qualification edit

Seven Masters tournaments were held in seven cities in seven countries. The finals were held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The best team from each stop qualified as well as the best teams in the overall ranking.[2]

Event Date Location Berths Qualified
Mexico DF Masters 16–17 July   Mexico City 1   Caguas
Utsunomiya Masters 30–31 July   Utsunomiya 1   Novi Sad Al-Wahda
Prague Masters 6–7 August   Prague 1   Ljubljana
Lausanne Masters 26–27 August   Lausanne 1   Saskatoon
Debrecen Masters 7–8 September   Debrecen 1 N/A [3]
Beijing Masters 16–17 September   Beijing 1 N/A [4]
Americas Masters 24–25 September   Mexico City 1   Chicago
World Tour Season Standings 7   Piran (3)
  Kranj (5)
  Gdansk (6)
  Sao Paulo (7)
  Belgrade (8)
  St Petersburg (9)
  Hamamatsu (11)
TOTAL 12

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Novi Sad Al-Wahda 2 2 0 33 24 +9 4 Advanced to second round
2   Belgrade 2 1 1 24 25 −1 3
3   St. Petersburg 2 0 2 18 26 −8 2 Eliminated
Source: FIBA

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Ljubljana 2 2 0 39 34 +5 4 Advanced to second round
2   Chicago 2 1 1 37 34 +3 3
3   Sao Paulo DC 2 0 2 32 40 −8 2 Eliminated
Source: FIBA

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Hamamatsu 2 2 0 40 30 +10 4 Advanced to second round
2   Piran 2 1 1 39 32 +7 3
3   Gdańsk 2 0 2 25 42 −17 2 Eliminated
Source: FIBA

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Caguas 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 Advanced to second round
2   Kranj 2 1 1 41 34 +7 3
3   Saskatoon 2 0 2 26 42 −16 2 Eliminated
Source: FIBA

Second round edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A1   Novi Sad Al-Wahda 18
D2   Kranj 13
  Novi Sad Al-Wahda 14
  Hamamatsu 21
C1   Hamamatsu 21
B2   Chicago 16
  Hamamatsu 12
  Ljubljana 21
B1   Ljubljana 16
C2   Piran 13
  Ljubljana 22
  Caguas 15
D1   Caguas 21
A2   Belgrade 17

Final standing edit

[1]

Rank Team Record
    Ljubljana 5-0
    Hamamatsu 4-1
    Caguas 3-1
4   Novi Sad Al-Wahda 3-1
5   Kranj 1-2
6   Chicago 1-2
7   Piran 1-2
8   Belgrade 1-2
9   Sao Paulo DC 0-2
10   Saskatoon 0-2
11   Gdańsk 0-2
12   St. Petersburg 0-2

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Ljubljana win 3x3 World Tour Abu Dhabi Final". 3x3 World Tour. FIBA. 28 October 2016. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 FIBA 3X3 WORLD TOUR CALENDAR ANNOUNCED". 3x3 Planet. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  3. ^ The Debrecen leg was won by Novi Sad Al-Wahda. As this team were already qualified for Abu Dhabi, there would be no automatic qualifier from this tournament, instead another world ranking qualification spot was created.
  4. ^ The Beijing leg was won by Novi Sad Al-Wahda. As this team were already qualified for Abu Dhabi, there would be no automatic qualifier from this tournament, instead another world ranking qualification spot was created.

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