2016 FIBA 3x3 World Tour
| FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2016 | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2016 |
| Duration | July 14 – September 25, 2016 (Qualification) October 27–28, 2016 (Finals) |
| Teams | 12 (finals) |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP |  Jasmin Hercegovac |
| Finals | |
| Champions |  Ljubljana (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Hamamatsu |
| Semifinalists |  Caguas  Novi Sad Al-Wahda |
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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.
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]| 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]- ^ 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.
- ^ "2016 FIBA 3X3 WORLD TOUR CALENDAR ANNOUNCED". 3x3 Planet. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.