FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2023 season announced with record number of events and Opener in Utsunomiya
UTSUNOMIYA (Japan) – The 12th edition of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour will travel around the globe starting with the Opener in Utsunomiya, Japan.
UTSUNOMIYA (Japan) – The 12th edition of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour – the flagship competition of the FIBA 3x3 professional season – will travel around the globe, starting with the World Tour Opener, which will be back in Utsunomiya, Japan on April 29-30.
The season currently includes 13 events, one more than in 2022.
2023 season:
Utsunomiya Opener (April 29-30)
Manila Masters (May)
Macau Masters (July)
Edmonton Masters (July)
Prague Masters (August)
Lausanne Masters (August)
Debrecen Masters (August)
Constanta Masters (September)
Cebu Masters (September)
Amsterdam Masters (October)
Chengdu Masters (October)
Abu Dhabi Masters (October)
World Tour Final (December)
The exact location and dates of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final 2023 will be announced at a later stage.
More World Tour Masters will be added to the calendar later in the season.
A first list of Challengers (international qualifiers) will be released in February.
Ub Huishan NE (SRB) won the 11th edition of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Abu Dhabi Final on December 10-11.
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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, Maurice Lacroix the Official Timekeeper and Chooks-to-Go the Global Partner of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2022.
FIBA 3x3 events are played on Enlio floors with Wilson balls, Schelde backstops, Bodet shot-clocks and the Magic Sky canopy 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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