FIBA’s professional World Tour 3 x 3 league comes to an exciting close this weekend at the FIBA World Tour Bloomage Beijing Final at the Bloomage Hi-Up Shopping Mall in Beijing, China. The top twelve 3 x 3 teams in the world, led by top ranked Serbian squad Novi Sad Al Wahda (sponsored by UAE club), will be competing Saturday and Sunday for $100,000 USD in prize money, all on top of Sport Court’s signature Power Game™ grey (GRY) and granite (GRT) official FIBA 3 x 3 surface.
Below are the rankings of the 12 teams heading into the weekend and you can follow matches live starting at 5PM local time (GMT + 8) both days at www.fiba.com/3x3worldtour:
- Novi Sad Al Wahda (UAE)
2. Ljubljana (SLO)
3. Liman (SRB)
4. Zemun Master(SRB)
5. Piran (SLO)
6. Riga (LAT)
7. Saskatoon (CAN)
8. Belgrade (SRB)
9. Krakow R8 Basket(POL)
10. Kranj (SLO)
11. Lausanne (SUI)
12. Humpolec (CZE)
A collection of photos from the qualifying 2017 World Tour Masters events held from July thru September in various venues around the world is attached to this email…..
Reminder: the IOC announced in June that 3 x 3 will be an official basketball discipline in the Tokyo Olympics in 2020……