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2019 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament

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2019 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host countryChina
CityLanzhou
Dates2–6 October
Teams20
Final positions
ChampionsRussia Russia (2nd title)
Runners-upUkraine Ukraine
Third placeSerbia Serbia
Fourth placeNetherlands Netherlands
Tournament statistics
MVPRussia Alexander Zuev
2018
2022

The 2019 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament is the second edition of this championship. The event was held in Lanzhou, China. It was contested by 20 teams. Russia are the defending champions.

Russia won their second title with a win against Ukraine in the final.[1]

Host selection

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Chinese city, Lanzhou, was given the hosting rights on 17 July 2018. Although 2018 host city, Xi'an, originally planned to host it.[2][3]

Teams

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FIBA announced the qualified teams on 19 December 2018.[4]

Seeding

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The pools were announced on 19 December 2018.[4]

The seeding and groups were as follows:

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D

Russia Russia (1)
Slovenia Slovenia (8)
Turkey Turkey (9)
Argentina Argentina (16)
New Zealand New Zealand (17)

China China (2) (H)
Romania Romania (7)
Latvia Latvia (10)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan (15)
United States United States (18)

Qatar Qatar (3)
Ukraine Ukraine (6)
Brazil Brazil (11)
Italy Italy (14)
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan (19)

Mongolia Mongolia (4)
Netherlands Netherlands (5)
Lithuania Lithuania (12)
Serbia Serbia (13)
South Korea South Korea (20)

Venue

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Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification Russia Argentina New Zealand Slovenia Turkey
1  Russia 4 4 0 85 41 +44 Quarterfinals 21–13 21–9
2  Argentina 4 3 1 71 70 +1 18–17 OT 19–16
3  New Zealand 4 2 2 73 71 +2 14–22 21–12
4  Slovenia 4 1 3 66 79 −13 19–21 22–18
5  Turkey 4 0 4 51 85 −34 5–21 16–21
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification China Latvia Romania Kazakhstan United States
1  China (H) 4 4 0 83 52 +31 Quarterfinals 21–16 21–9
2  Latvia 4 3 1 69 61 +8 12–20 21–15
3  Romania 4 2 2 70 70 0 12–15 21–18
4  Kazakhstan 4 1 3 61 81 −20 16–21 21–18
5  United States 4 0 4 65 84 −19 15–21 14–21
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Pool C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification Ukraine Italy Brazil Qatar Kyrgyzstan
1  Ukraine 4 3 1 74 59 +15 Quarterfinals 20–16 21–9
2  Italy 4 3 1 73 52 +21 21–18 22–4
3  Brazil 4 3 1 68 62 +6 16–13 16–15 OT
4  Qatar 4 1 3 63 57 +6 13–15 14–17
5  Kyrgyzstan 4 0 4 36 84 −48 14–20 9–21
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.

Pool D

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification Serbia Netherlands Mongolia Lithuania South Korea
1  Serbia 4 4 0 72 48 +24 Quarterfinals 15–13 17–5
2  Netherlands 4 3 1 75 60 +15 21–12 21–16
3  Mongolia 4 2 2 78 80 −2 18–21 17–20
4  Lithuania 4 1 3 61 78 −17 12–19 19–21 OT
5  South Korea 4 0 4 58 78 −20 20–22 17–18
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.

Knockout stage

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All times are local.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
6 October – 13:00
 
 
 Russia 18 OT
 
6 October – 17:20
 
 Italy 16
 
 Russia 21
 
6 October – 13:25
 
 Serbia 17
 
 Serbia 21
 
6 October – 20:05
 
 Latvia 9
 
 Russia 21
 
6 October – 15:10
 
 Ukraine 11
 
 China 17
 
6 October – 17:45
 
 Netherlands 21
 
 Netherlands 9
 
6 October – 15:35
 
 Ukraine 19 Bronze medal
 
 Ukraine 18
 
6 October – 18:45
 
 Argentina 14
 
 Serbia 21
 
 
 Netherlands 13
 

Final standings

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Tiebreakers

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  • 1) Wins
  • 2) Points scored
  • 3) Seeding
Pos Team Pld W L W% PF PA
1  Russia 7 7 0 100% 145 20.7
2  Ukraine 7 5 2 71% 122 17.4
3  Serbia 7 6 1 86% 131 18.7
4  Netherlands 7 4 3 57% 118 16.9
5  China 5 4 1 80% 100 20.0
6  Italy 5 3 2 60% 89 17.8
7  Argentina 5 3 2 60% 85 17.0
8  Latvia 5 3 2 60% 78 15.6
9  Brazil 4 3 1 75% 68 17.0
10  Mongolia 4 2 2 50% 78 19.5
11  New Zealand 4 2 2 50% 73 18.3
12  Romania 4 2 2 50% 70 17.5
13  Slovenia 4 1 3 25% 66 16.5
14  Qatar 4 1 3 25% 63 15.8
15  Lithuania 4 1 3 25% 61 15.3
16  Kazakhstan 4 1 3 25% 61 15.3
17  United States 4 0 4 0% 65 16.3
18  South Korea 4 0 4 0% 58 14.5
19  Turkey 4 0 4 0% 51 12.8
20  Kyrgyzstan 4 0 4 0% 38 9.0

Awards

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These players were given the awards after the competition:[5]

Most valuable player

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Top scorer

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Team of the tournament

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Russia repeat and Japan avenge heartbreak at FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup 2019". fiba3x3.com. October 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "Xi'an to host inaugural edition of FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup". fiba3x3.com. July 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "China's Xi'an to hold 2019 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup in October - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com.
  4. ^ a b "Who will challenge Russia's title defense at the FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup 2019?". fiba3x3.com. December 19, 2018.
  5. ^ "Zuev headlines men's team of the tournament at FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup 2019". fiba3x3.com. October 6, 2019.
  6. ^ "Top Scorers | FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup 2019". fiba3x3.com.
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