2017 FIBA 3x3 World Tour – Utsunomiya Masters

The 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Utsunomiya Masters was a 3x3 basketball tournament held in Utsunomiya, Japan at a temporary venue constructed at the Futaarayama Jinja shrine from July 29–30, 2017. It was the second stop on the 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Tour. The top team, Novi Sad Al-Wahda qualified for the 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final.

Participants

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12 teams qualified to participate at the Utsunomiya Masters. Team Ljubljana was hard seeded for the tournament, but finished 2nd at the Nanjing 3x3 Challenger, thus the third place finisher Team Ulaanbaatar qualified. Ljubljana also won the World Hoops 3x3 Challenger, thus the third place finisher Team Kraków qualified.

Event Date Location Berths Qualified
Burger King 3x3 Quest Tour March 25, 2017   Auckland 1   Tamaki Central known as Team Auckland for the tournament.
Nanjing 3x3 Challenger 2017 April 29–30, 2017   Nanjing 2   Team Zemun Masters
  Team Ljubljana
  Team Ulaanbaatar
World Hoops Penang 3x3 Challenger 2017 May 13–14, 2017   George Town, Penang 2   Team Ljubljana
  Team St. Petersburg
  Team Kraków
Ulaanbaatar 3x3 Challenger 2017 June 3–4, 2017   Ulaanbaatar 2   Team Liman
  Team Novi Sad Al-Wahda
2017 Hsin An Cup Final July 2, 2017   Hsinchu 1   Team Dada Supreme Taiwan known at the tournament as Team Hsinchu
South Korean Tour July 22, 2017   Seoul 1   Team Seoul
Hard Seeded Qualifiers N/A N/A 2   Team Ljubljana
  Team Piran
Wildcard Qualifier N/A N/A 1   Team Okayama
TOTAL 12

Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Qualified for Quarterfinals
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Okayama 2 2 0 35 30 +5 4
  Ulaanbaatar 2 1 1 32 30 +2 3
  Ljubljana 2 0 2 23 28 −5 2
July 29, 2017
Ljubljana   11–14   Ulaanbaatar
Okayama   19–18   Ulaanbaatar
Ljubljana   12–14   Okayama

Pool B

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Qualified for Quarterfinals
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Novi Sad Al-Wahda 2 2 0 42 28 +14 4
  St. Petersburg 2 1 1 38 35 +3 3
  Seoul 2 0 2 26 43 −17 2
July 29, 2017
Novi Sad Al-Wahda   21–12   Seoul
St. Petersburg   22–14   Seoul
Novi Sad Al-Wahda   21–16   St. Petersburg

Pool C

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Qualified for Quarterfinals
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Piran 2 2 0 40 28 +12 4
  Kraków 2 1 1 38 30 +8 3
  Auckland 2 0 2 23 43 −20 2
July 29, 2017
Piran   22–11   Auckland
Kraków   21–12   Auckland
Piran   18–17   Kraków

Pool D

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Qualified for Quarterfinals
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Zemun 2 2 0 42 36 +6 4
  Liman 2 1 1 41 36 +5 3
  Hsinchu 2 0 2 30 43 −13 2
July 29, 2017
Liman   22-15   Hsinchu
Zemun   21–15   Hsinchu
Zemun   21–19   Liman

Final Round

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QuarterfinalSemi-FinalsFinal
 
          
 
July 30
 
 
  Okayama11
 
July 30
 
  Liman21
 
  Liman15
 
July 30
 
  Piran22
 
  Piran22
 
July 30
 
  St. Petersburg9
 
  Piran16
 
July 30
 
  Novi Sad Al-Wahda17
 
  Novi Sad Al-Wahda21
 
July 30
 
  Kraków12
 
  Novi Sad Al-Wahda18
 
July 30
 
  Ulaanbaatar11
 
  Zemun10
 
 
  Ulaanbaatar13
 

Final standings

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Qualified for the 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Finals
Rank Team Record
    Novi Sad Al-Wahda 5–0
    Piran 4–1
    Liman 2–2
4   Ulaanbaatar 2–2
5   Zemun 2–1
6   Okayama 2–1
7   Kraków 1–2
8   St. Petersburg 1–2
9   Hsinchu 0–2
10   Seoul 0–2
11   Ljubljana 0–2
12   Auckland 0–2

References

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