MIES (Switzerland) - The 14th edition of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour will see the world’s best players face off in the heart of 15 cities across three continents, taking the world’s fastest growing urban sport to millions of new fans worldwide.
For the fourth consecutive year, the 2025 season will get underway in style in Utsunomiya, Japan, on April 26 and 27. Following a landmark 2024 season and years of successful collaboration, the World Tour returns to familiar cities, including Hong Kong, Amsterdam, and Abu Dhabi. For the first time ever, downtown Vienna, Austria, which has previously hosted the FIBA 3x3 World Cup and Europe Cup, will experience the urban festival atmosphere of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2025.
“We are incredibly excited to unveil this line-up of cities that make up our 2025 FIBA 3x3 World Tour schedule,” said FIBA 3x3 Managing Director Alex Sanchez. “Thanks to our long-standing relationships, we know that we can count on these world-class cities to showcase the fast pace of 3x3 basketball in downtown locations and bring a sports festival atmosphere to all our fans. We look forward to building on the landmark year of 2024 and cementing our position as the world’s fastest growing urban sport.”
The FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final will be held in Manama, Bahrain, on November 21-22. Building on its experience hosting two World Tour Masters in 2023 and 2024, the city will now serve as the stage for the thrilling season finale.
Following a record-breaking year of digital engagement in 2024, 3x3 basketball’s growing global fanbase can expect another exciting World Tour season featuring outstanding entertainment on and off the court in the following locations: Utsunomiya Opener: April 26-27 Chengdu: May 3-4 Amsterdam: May 17-18 Marseille: May 23-24 Vienna: June 13-15 Ulaanbaatar: June 20-21 Hong Kong: July 19-20 Edmonton: August 2-3 Lausanne: August 15-16 Debrecen: August 29-31 Shanghai: September 27-28 Macau: October 18-19 Abu Dhabi: October 25-26 Shenzhen: October (exact dates to be confirmed at a later stage) Manama Final: November 21-22
The schedule promises festival atmospheres, as sport, music and culture fuse together in fifteen downtown city locations around the world. Each stop on the tour will bring together top-ranked teams competing for valuable points to qualify for the prestigious World Tour Final taking place in Manama, Bahrain, where the season champions will be crowned.
Amsterdam (NED) won the 13th FIBA 3x3 World Tour last December in Hong Kong after defeating Paris (FRA) 22 – 20. ### About FIBA 3x3
Exciting, urban and innovative, 3x3 is inspired by several forms of streetball played worldwide and is considered the world’s number one urban team sport. Steered by FIBA, games see two teams of three players face off on a basketball half-court.
It was played successfully for the first time in international competition at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore and since then has benefited from the launch of a yearly professional circuit for men and women (World Tour and Women’s Series respectively) and national-team competitions. 3x3 made its Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
Wilson is the Global Ball Partner of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2024.
FIBA 3x3 events are played on Enlio floors with Wilson balls, Schelde backstops, Bodet shot-clocks, the Magic Sky canopy and the Avant seating system.
For further information about 3x3, visit fiba3x3.basketball, FIBA 3x3 accounts on Douyin, Facebook, Instagram, Sina Weibo, Tencent, TikTok, Twitch, Twitter, Youku and YouTube or contact 3x3@fiba.basketball.
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