HONG KONG - All the blood, sweat and tears from this absolutely insane FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2024 comes down to the Hong Kong Final on November 22-24. Here is all the important information you need before the biggest event of the season.
Where can I watch the World Tour Hong Kong Final? The action runs from November 22-24 and you can follow it live on the FIBA 3x3 YouTube page. Who is competing in Hong Kong?
This loaded draw has a total of 14 teams: Ub Huishan NE, Amsterdam, Miami, Paris, Vienna, Raudondvaris Hoptrans, Riffa, Partizan Meta Force, Liman, Princeton, Lausanne, Ulaanbaatar MMC Energy, Kandava Turiba, Hong Kong
What are the pools?
Who are the favorites? As you know, this is the best of the best so anyone can walk away with the biggest prize of 2024. But we won't chicken out, so let's set ourselves the impossible task and list the absolute cream of the crop.
We just have to start with the two-time defending World Tour Final champions Ub Huishan NE (SRB), who remain No.1 for a reason. They enter with their trademark strut having won in Shenzhen to continue a second-half tear. It's taken something remarkable to beat them, so that just all means Ub remain the most reliable bet.
Miami (USA) are also in-form and have reeled off the most titles other than Ub - three and two of them having been in recent times with superstar James Parrott leading the way.
And third place....is a raffle. There is no right answer but we're going with Paris (FRA) because these Frenchmen always seem to make it to the final - six of eight stops in 2024 they've made it through to the decider.
They are unbelievably consistent and, with 2024 irrefutably linked with the Paris Olympics, it just feels like heroes Franck Seguela and Jules Rambaut will cap this unbelievable year on a high.
Who are the players to watch?
We just have to start with 3x3's ultimate superstars battling for the crown. Strahinja Stojacic currently sits on the throne - where he has been for the last few years - but Olympic MVP Worthy de Jong can become the new king of the half-court if he finishes the season with a bang.
It's not just those two hogging the limelight because two-way menace Dennis Donkor can come along and lay a smackdown because he's been as good as anyone all season long.
Nico Kaltenbrunner and Quincy Diggs are MVP winners and they take turns in destroying opponents. Stefan Milivojevic is a 3x3 Gladiator, but he's not the only dude with superhuman strength because Dulguun Enkhbat is hard as nails despite sporting ridiculously perfect hair.
For trippy plays you will want to keep your eyes glued on half-hooper, half magician Giles Martin, while wait and see the net get scorching hot when flamethrower Stefan Kojic gets going.
Buckle up because Modestas Kumpys has activated Flight Mode, but he might just have to share the air with athletic marvel Henry Caruso, who can jump like he has springs in his shoes.
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