2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup – Men's tournament

The 2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup was held in Bocaue in the Manila region, Philippines, and was contested by 20 teams.

2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Philippines
City	Manila
Dates	June 8–12
Teams	20
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (4th title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	Slovenia
Fourth place	Poland
Tournament statistics
MVP	Dušan Bulut
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Participating teams

All five FIBA zones were represented. The top 20 teams, including the hosts, based on the FIBA National Federation ranking qualified for the tournament.^[1][2]

Ecuador was replaced by Indonesia.

FIBA Africa Team   Nigeria (20)

FIBA Americas Team   Brazil (6)   Canada (14)

FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania Team   Mongolia (11)   Jordan (13)   Japan (15)   New Zealand (16)   Kyrgyzstan (17)   Indonesia (18)   Philippines (19) {hosts}

FIBA Europe Team   Serbia (1)   Slovenia (2)   Russia (3)   Latvia (4)   Ukraine (5)   Poland (7)   Netherlands (8)   Romania (9)   Estonia (10)   Croatia (12)

Players

Seed	Team	Players
6	Brazil	William Evangelista, Marcellus Sarmento, Carlos Silva Jr., Luis Soriani
14	Canada^[3]	Michael Linklater, Nolan Brudehl, Steve Sir, Michael Lieffers
12	Croatia	Duji Kaliterna, Hrvoje Marin, Toni Mindoljević, Ivan Rašetina
10	Estonia	Martin Dorbek, Joonas Järveläinen, Maik-Kalev Kotsar, Jaan Puidet
18	Indonesia	Ebrahim Enguio, Erick Jonathan Gosal, Rivaldo Pangesthio, Fandi Andika Ramadhani
15	Japan	Masahiro Komatsu, Tatsuhito Noro, Tomoya Ochiai, Keita Suzuki
13	Jordan	Yousef Awamleh, Ali El-Zubi, Ibrahim Hamati, Malek Khashan
17	Kyrgyzstan	Zhanysh Adiev, Shakirzhan Kuranbaev, Stanislav Lukonin, Evgenii Pekhov
4	Latvia	Agnis Čavars, Edgars Krūmiņš, Kārlis Lasmanis, Nauris Miezis
11	Mongolia	Davaasambuugiin Delgernyam, Enkhbatyn Dölgöön, Enkhtaivany Tserenbaatar, Gotovyn Tsengüünbayar
8	Netherlands	Jesper Jobse, Aron Roijé, Dimeo Van Der Horst, Sjoerd Van Vilsteren
16	New Zealand	Aaron Bailey-Nowell, Everard Bartlett, Karl Noyer, Sam Timmins
20	Nigeria	Azuoma Dike, David Godwin, Lucky Subel Okoh, Abdul Yahaya
19	Philippines^[4]	Roger Pogoy, Stanley Pringle, Troy Rosario, Christian Standhardinger
7	Poland	Michael Hicks, Paweł Pawłowski, Szymon Rduch, Marcin Sroka
9	Romania	Dragoș-Alin Andrieș, Marius Ciotlaus, George Anton Andrei Diaconescu, Vlad Florin Dumitrescu
3	Russia	Ilya Alexandrov, Maksim Dybovskii, Dmitry Korshakov, Victor Pavlenko
1	Serbia	Dušan Bulut, Dejan Majstorović, Marko Savić, Stefan Stojačić
2	Slovenia	Simon Finžgar, Adin Kavgić, Gašper Ovnik, Anže Srebovt
5	Ukraine	Oleksandr Kolchenko, Dmytro Lypovtsev, Stanislav Tymofeyenko, Maksym Zakurdaiev

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Serbia	4	4	0	85	51	+34	Knockout stage		—	21–17	22–13	21–12	21–9
2	Netherlands	4	3	1	81	54	+27			17–21	—	21–15	21–11	22–7
3	New Zealand	4	1	3	60	74	−14			13–22	15–21	—	12–16	20–15
4	Romania	4	1	3	57	74	−17			12–21	11–21	16–12	—	18–20
5	Kyrgyzstan	4	1	3	51	81	−30			9–21	7–22	15–20	20–18	—

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

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Slovenia	4	3	1	81	57	+24	Knockout stage		—	17–21	21–15	22–14	21–7
2	Poland	4	3	1	76	56	+20			21–17	—	13–17	20–16	22–6
3	Estonia	4	3	1	71	55	+16			15–21	17–13	—	17–11	22–10
4	Japan	4	1	3	59	70	−11			14–22	16–20	11–17	—	18–11
5	Indonesia	4	0	4	34	83	−49			7–21	6–22	10–22	11–18	—

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

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Canada	4	4	0	83	55	+28	Knockout stage		—	21–15	20–19	20–17	22–4
2	Mongolia	4	3	1	76	72	+4			15–21	—	21–17	21–18	19–16
3	Philippines (H)	4	2	2	70	60	+10			19–20	17–21	—	19–12	15–7
4	Russia	4	1	3	67	76	−9			17–20	18–21	12–19	—	20–16
5	Brazil	4	0	4	43	76	−33			4–22	16–19	7–15	16–20	—

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

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Latvia	4	4	0	86	61	+25	Knockout stage		—	21–18	21–19	22–11	22–13
2	Ukraine	4	3	1	83	57	+26			18–21	—	22–11	22–11	21–14
3	Croatia	4	2	2	74	58	+16			19–21	11–22	—	22–8	22–7
4	Nigeria	4	1	3	51	73	−22			11–22	11–22	8–22	—	21–7
5	Jordan	4	0	4	41	86	−45			13–22	14–21	7–22	7–21	—

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
	Serbia	21
	Mongolia	8
					Serbia	21
					Poland	19
	Latvia	15
	Poland	21
									Serbia	16
									Netherlands	13
	Slovenia	21
	Ukraine	15
					Slovenia	16
					Netherlands	21			Third place
	Canada	16
	Netherlands	18
									Poland	16
									Slovenia	21

Final standings

#	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
	Serbia	7	7	0	143	91	+52
	Netherlands	7	5	2	133	102	+31
	Slovenia	7	5	2	139	109	+30
4th	Poland	7	4	3	132	113	+19
Eliminated in the quarterfinals
5th	Canada	5	4	1	99	73	+26
6th	Latvia	5	4	1	101	82	+19
7th	Ukraine	5	3	2	98	78	+20
8th	Mongolia	5	3	2	84	93	–9
Eliminated in the preliminary round
9th	Estonia	4	3	1	71	55	+16
10th	Croatia	4	2	2	74	58	+16
11th	Philippines	4	2	2	70	60	+10
12th	Russia	4	1	3	67	76	–9
13th	Japan	4	1	3	59	70	–11
14th	New Zealand	4	1	3	60	74	–14
15th	Romania	4	1	3	57	74	–17
16th	Nigeria	4	1	3	51	73	–22
17th	Kyrgyzstan	4	1	3	51	81	–30
18th	Brazil	4	0	4	43	76	–33
19th	Jordan	4	0	4	41	86	–45
20th	Indonesia	4	0	4	34	83	–49

Awards

2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup champion
Serbia Fourth title

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player

•   Dušan Bulut (SRB)

Team of the Tournament

•   Dušan Bulut (SRB)
•   Michael Hicks (POL)
•   Jesper Jobse (NED)

Individual contests

Dunk contest

Further information: 2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup – Individual contests

Shoot-out contest

Further information: 2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup – Individual contests

References

1. "Teams list (Men)". FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2018. FIBA. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
2. Beltran, Nelson (12 April 2018). "Team Philippines draws tough 3x3 World Cup". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
3. "Canada Basketball name FIBA 3x3 World Cup men's team". FIBA. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
4. "Philippines announce star-studded rosters for 2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup". FIBA. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

External links

• Official website