2016 FIBA Europe 3x3 Championships

Dates2–4 September 2016

Host

2016 FIBA Europe 3x3 Championships
Tournament information
Location	Bucharest
Dates	2–4 September 2016
Host	Romania
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The 2016 FIBA Europe 3x3 Championships was the second edition of the European 3x3 basketball event that featured separate competitions for men's and women's national teams. The tournament started on 25 June 2016 with the first of the three qualifying tournaments and its final tournament was played in the AFI Cotroceni shopping mall in Bucharest, Romania between 2 and 4 September 2016.^[1]

In the men's tournament, Slovenia won their first European championship title by beating Serbia in the final. Hungary also won their first European championship title in the women's tournament, by beating Romania in the final.^[2]

Men

The qualification events took place in the Summer of 2016. A total of 26 teams took part in these tournaments, with 12 teams of each gender qualifying for the final championship.

Qualifier 1

The first qualifying tournament took place in Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra from 25 to 26 June 2016.^[3] The four best teams qualified for the European Championship.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Spain	4	4	0	82	40	+42	1.000	Qualification to quarterfinals	—	19–16		21–6
2	Slovenia	4	3	1	79	59	+20	.750			—		21–8	21–19
3	Ireland	4	2	2	63	70	−7	.500		13–21	13–21	—
4	Latvia	4	1	3	42	73	−31	.250				11–16	—	17–15
5	Georgia	4	0	4	56	80	−24	.000		5–21		17–21		—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	2	1	51	52	−1	.667	Qualification to quarterfinals	—	21–19		9–21
2	Ukraine	3	2	1	55	44	+11	.667			—		21–15
3	Andorra (H)	3	1	2	40	51	−11	.333		12–21	8–15	—
4	Belarus	3	1	2	51	50	+1	.333				15–20	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Spain	19

Belarus	14
		Spain	21

		Ukraine	18
Ukraine	19

Ireland	10
				Spain	19

				Slovenia	22
Slovenia	19

Andorra	18
		Slovenia	21

		Czech Republic	17
Czech Republic	21

Latvia	19

The four quarterfinal winners (Czech Republic, Slovenia, Spain, and Ukraine) qualified for the European Championship.^[4]

Qualifier 2

The second qualifying tournament took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 1 and 2 July 2016.^[3] The four best teams qualified for the European Championship.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	63	32	+31	1.000	Qualification to quarterfinals	—	21–12	21–13
2	Azerbaijan	3	2	1	54	47	+7	.667			—		21–10
3	Turkey	3	1	2	46	57	−11	.333			16–21	—	17–15
4	Germany	3	0	3	32	59	−27	.000		7–21			—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	2	1	61	43	+18	.667	Qualification to quarterfinals	—	21–19	22–5
2	Russia	3	2	1	56	51	+5	.667			—	18–14	19–16
3	Slovakia	3	1	2	34	52	−18	.333				—	15–12
4	Switzerland	3	1	2	47	52	−5	.333		19–18			—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals

Serbia	17

Switzerland	13
		Serbia	20

		Russia	11
Russia	21

Turkey	19
				Serbia	22

				Netherlands	7
Azerbaijan	15

Slovakia	16
		Slovakia	16

		Netherlands	17
Netherlands	16

Germany	7

The four quarterfinal winners (Netherlands, Russia, Serbia, and Slovakia) qualified for the European Championship.^[5]

Qualifier 3

The third qualifying tournament took place in Poitiers, France on 1 and 2 July 2016.^[3] The three best teams, and hosts Romania, qualified for the European Championship.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	3	0	64	46	+18	1.000	Qualification to semifinals	—		22–18	21–9
2	Poland	3	2	1	56	50	+6	.667	Qualification to semifinals	19–21	—		21–15
3	Estonia	3	1	2	52	56	−4	.333			14–16	—
4	Israel	3	0	3	42	62	−20	.000				18–20	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	56	45	+11	1.000	Qualification to semifinals	—		18–16	16–14
2	Romania	3	2	1	55	47	+8	.667	Qualification to semifinals	15–22	—	19–16
3	Belgium	3	1	2	50	54	−4	.333				—	18–17
4	Hungary	3	0	3	40	55	−15	.000			9–21		—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.

Bracket

Semifinals		Final



France	21

Romania	10
		France	21

		Italy	11
Italy	18

Poland	15
		Third place



		Romania	15

		Poland	12

Hosts Romania and the two semifinal winners (France and Italy), plus fourth-placed Poland, qualified for the European Championship.^[6]

Women

Qualifier 1

The first qualifying tournament took place in Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra from 25 to 26 June 2016.^[3] The four best teams, and hosts Romania, qualified for the European Championship.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Hungary	4	3	1	66	51	+15	.750	Qualification to quarterfinals	—	18–17		15–12
2	Romania	4	3	1	64	47	+17	.750			—	15–11		15–6
3	Austria	4	3	1	55	50	+5	.750		14–12		—		13–11
4	Ireland	4	1	3	53	71	−18	.250			12–17	12–17	—
5	Poland	4	0	4	37	66	−29	.000		8–21			12–17	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	54	30	+24	1.000	Qualification to quarterfinals	—	16–12	21–10
2	Slovenia	3	2	1	44	31	+13	.667			—	21–8
3	Belarus	3	1	2	32	52	−20	.333				—	14–10
4	Andorra (H)	3	0	3	25	42	−17	.000		8–17	7–11		—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Hungary	15

Andorra	6
		Hungary	17

		Slovenia	15
Slovenia	12

Austria	10
				Hungary	17

				Romania	10
Romania	21

Belarus	17
		Romania	20

		Switzerland	18
Switzerland	17

Ireland	13

Hosts Romania and the three other quarterfinal winners (Hungary, Slovenia, & Switzerland), as well as fifth-placed Austria, qualified for the European Championship.^[4]

Qualifier 2

The second qualifying tournament took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 1 and 2 July 2016.^[3] The four best teams qualified for the European Championship.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	60	26	+34	1.000	Qualification to quarterfinals	—		17–4
2	Belgium	3	2	1	36	41	−5	.667		8–21	—	16–11
3	Israel	3	1	2	26	43	−17	.333				—	11–10
4	Netherlands (H)	3	0	3	33	45	−12	.000		14–22	9–12		—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	54	34	+20	1.000	Qualification to quarterfinals	—	16–14		20–9
2	Ukraine	3	2	1	54	35	+19	.667			—	21–8
3	Estonia	3	1	2	30	47	−17	.333		11–18		—
4	Germany	3	0	3	28	50	−22	.000			11–19	8–11	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals

Serbia	14

Germany	5
		Serbia	13

		Ukraine	20
Ukraine	16

Israel	7
				Ukraine	15

				Czech Republic	17
Belgium	10

Estonia	9
		Belgium	12

		Czech Republic	20
Czech Republic	17

Netherlands	10

The four quarterfinal winners (Belgium, Czech Republic, Serbia, and Ukraine) qualified for the European Championship.^[5]

Qualifier 3

The third qualifying tournament took place in Poitiers, France on 1 and 2 July 2016.^[3] The three best teams qualified for the European Championship.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	48	47	+1	.667	Qualification to semifinals	—	13–12		19–21
2	Russia	3	2	1	45	40	+5	.667	Qualification to semifinals		—	17–13	16–14
3	Slovakia	3	1	2	43	47	−4	.333		14–16		—
4	Azerbaijan	3	1	2	49	51	−2	.333				14–16	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	France (H)	2	2	0	27	19	+8	1.000	Qualification to semifinals	—	13–7		—
2	Spain	2	1	1	22	26	−4	.500	Qualification to semifinals		—	15–13	—
3	Turkey	2	0	2	25	29	−4	.000		12–14		—
4	Latvia (X)	0	0	0	0	0	0	—				—	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts; (X) Latvia were unable to attend and its games are not counted in the table

Bracket

Semifinals		Final



Italy	13

Spain	12
		Italy	11

		Russia	12
France	14

Russia	16
		Third place



		Spain	14

		France	12

The two semifinal winners (Italy and Russia), as well as third-placed Spain, qualified for the European Championship.^[6]

Final tournament

The second edition of the FIBA 3x3 European Championships was held in Bucharest from 2-4 September 2016. A total of 12 teams of each gender qualified for the championship through one of three qualifying tournaments.^[1]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Pools were announced on 4 August 2016.^[8]

Slovenia in the men's tournament and Hungary in the women's tournament both won their first championship in this competition by beating Serbia and Romania in the final, respectively.^[2]

Qualified teams

Men's teams

Women's teams

Men's tournament

Pool play

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Serbia	2	2	0	39	28	+11	1.000	Advance to quarterfinals	—	21–15	18–13
2	Spain	2	1	1	28	32	−4	.500	Advance to quarterfinals	—	—	13–11
3	France	2	0	2	24	31	−7	.000		—	—	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Slovenia	2	2	0	35	17	+18	1.000	Advance to quarterfinals	—	21–9	14–8
2	Italy	2	1	1	30	37	−7	.500	Advance to quarterfinals	—	—	21–16
3	Ukraine	2	0	2	24	35	−11	.000		—	—	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	24	21	+3	1.000	Advance to quarterfinals	—	—	13–11
2	Poland	2	1	1	30	30	0	.500	Advance to quarterfinals	10–11	—	20–19
3	Czech Republic	2	0	2	30	33	−3	.000		—	—	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Russia	2	2	0	41	29	+12	1.000	Advance to quarterfinals	—	20–19	21–10
2	Romania (H)	2	1	1	36	32	+4	.500	Advance to quarterfinals	—	—	17–12
3	Slovakia	2	0	2	22	38	−16	.000		—	—	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

4 September

Serbia	22
		4 September
Romania	11
		Serbia	21
4 September
		Netherlands	12
Netherlands	20
				4 September
Italy	18
				Serbia	17
4 September
				Slovenia	19
Slovenia	21
		4 September
Poland	14
		Slovenia	21
4 September
		Russia	10	Third place
Russia	21
				4 September
Spain	20
				Netherlands	22

				Russia	16

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF
1	Slovenia	5	5	0	96
2	Serbia	5	4	1	99
3	Netherlands	5	4	1	78
4	Russia	5	3	2	88
5	Italy	3	1	2	48
6	Spain	3	1	2	48
7	Romania	3	1	2	47
8	Poland	3	1	2	44
9	Czech Republic	2	0	2	30
10	France	2	0	2	24
11	Ukraine	2	0	2	24
12	Slovakia	2	0	2	22

Women's tournament

Pool play

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Hungary	2	2	0	35	20	+15	1.000	Advance to quarterfinals	—	17–13	18–7
2	Romania (H)	2	1	1	31	33	−2	.500	Advance to quarterfinals	—	—	18–16
3	Belgium	2	0	2	23	36	−13	.000		—	—	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Ukraine	2	2	0	31	27	+4	1.000	Advance to quarterfinals	—	15–13	—
2	Serbia	2	1	1	31	31	0	.500	Advance to quarterfinals	—	—	—
3	Italy	2	0	2	30	34	−4	.000		14–16	16–18	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Russia	2	2	0	24	19	+5	1.000	Advance to quarterfinals	—	—	14–11
2	Switzerland	2	1	1	22	23	−1	.500	Advance to quarterfinals	8–10	—	14–13
3	Slovenia	2	0	2	24	28	−4	.000		—	—	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	2	2	0	32	25	+7	1.000	Advance to quarterfinals	—	16–14	16–11
2	Spain	2	1	1	27	24	+3	.500	Advance to quarterfinals	—	—	13–8
3	Austria	2	0	2	19	29	−10	.000		—	—	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points scored.

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

4 September

Hungary	19
		4 September
Spain	16
		Hungary	14
4 September
		Russia	12
Russia	19
				4 September
Serbia	13
				Hungary	21
4 September
				Romania	14
Ukraine	11
		4 September
Switzerland	14
		Switzerland	14
4 September
		Romania	16	Third place
Czech Republic	16
				4 September
Romania	18
				Russia	15

				Switzerland	13

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF
1	Hungary	5	5	0	89
2	Romania	5	3	2	79
3	Russia	5	4	1	70
4	Switzerland	5	2	3	63
5	Czech Republic	3	2	1	48
6	Ukraine	3	2	1	42
7	Serbia	3	1	2	44
8	Spain	3	1	2	43
9	Italy	2	0	2	30
10	Slovenia	2	0	2	24
11	Belgium	2	0	2	23
12	Austria	2	0	2	19

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2016 FIBA Europe 3x3 Championships

Men

Qualifier 1

Qualifier 2

Qualifier 3

Women

Qualifier 1

Qualifier 2

Qualifier 3

Final tournament

Qualified teams

Men's tournament

Pool play

Knockout stage

Final standings

Women's tournament

Pool play

Knockout stage

Final standings

References

External links

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