DOHA: The Qatari basketball team will participate in the 2016 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championships which will be held in the capital city of Kazakhstan in front of the scenic Astana Opera House from today. The tournament will conclude on June 5.
All games at the 2016 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championships will be played on the same court with 20 men’s and 20 women’s teams competing in a team event and in three individual contests (men’s dunk contest, women’s skills contest and mixed shoot-out contest).
The selection of teams for the tournament is based on the FIBA 3x3 Federation Ranking, which includes sport and development criteria, allowing both the strongest teams on the field as well as the most active countries to participate in the event, which fulfills a key aim of 3x3 - diversity. Thirty different territories from all continents will be represented at the event.
Participating teams
Men: Andorra (AND), Argentina (ARG), Belgium (BEL), Brazil (BRA), China (CHN), Egypt (EGY), Georgia (GEO), Hungary (HUN), Indonesia (INA), Italy (ITA), Kazakhstan (KAZ) (hosts), Netherlands (NED), New Zealand (NZL) (2015 winners), Philippines (PHI), Qatar (QAT), Romania (ROU), Slovenia (SLO), Spain (ESP), Turkey (TUR). Uruguay (URU).
Women: Andorra (AND), China (CHN), Czech Republic (CZE), Egypt (EGY), France (FRA) (2015 winners), Germany (GER), Guatemala (GUA), Hungary (HUN), Israel (ISR), Italy (ITA), Kazakhstan (KAZ) (hosts), Netherlands (NED), New Zealand (NZE), Poland (POL), Spain (ESP), Tunisia (TUN), Turkey (TUR), United Arab Emirates (UAE), United States (USA), Venezuela (VEN)
The Peninsula
DOHA: The Qatari basketball team will participate in the 2016 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championships which will be held in the capital city of Kazakhstan in front of the scenic Astana Opera House from today. The tournament will conclude on June 5.
All games at the 2016 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championships will be played on the same court with 20 men’s and 20 women’s teams competing in a team event and in three individual contests (men’s dunk contest, women’s skills contest and mixed shoot-out contest).
The selection of teams for the tournament is based on the FIBA 3x3 Federation Ranking, which includes sport and development criteria, allowing both the strongest teams on the field as well as the most active countries to participate in the event, which fulfills a key aim of 3x3 - diversity. Thirty different territories from all continents will be represented at the event.
Participating teams
Men: Andorra (AND), Argentina (ARG), Belgium (BEL), Brazil (BRA), China (CHN), Egypt (EGY), Georgia (GEO), Hungary (HUN), Indonesia (INA), Italy (ITA), Kazakhstan (KAZ) (hosts), Netherlands (NED), New Zealand (NZL) (2015 winners), Philippines (PHI), Qatar (QAT), Romania (ROU), Slovenia (SLO), Spain (ESP), Turkey (TUR). Uruguay (URU).
Women: Andorra (AND), China (CHN), Czech Republic (CZE), Egypt (EGY), France (FRA) (2015 winners), Germany (GER), Guatemala (GUA), Hungary (HUN), Israel (ISR), Italy (ITA), Kazakhstan (KAZ) (hosts), Netherlands (NED), New Zealand (NZE), Poland (POL), Spain (ESP), Tunisia (TUN), Turkey (TUR), United Arab Emirates (UAE), United States (USA), Venezuela (VEN)
The Peninsula
