# 2019 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament

The 2019 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament is the second edition of this championship. The event was held in Lanzhou, China. It was contested by 20 teams. Russia are the defending champions.
Russia won their second title with a win against Ukraine in the final.

## Host selection

Chinese city, Lanzhou, was given the hosting rights on 17 July 2018. Although 2018 host city, Xi'an, originally planned to host it.

## Teams

FIBA announced the qualified teams on 19 December 2018.

## Seeding

The pools were announced on 19 December 2018.
The seeding and groups were as follows:
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| Russia (1) Slovenia (8) Turkey (9) Argentina (16) New Zealand (17) | China (2) (H) Romania (7) Latvia (10) Kazakhstan (15) United States (18) | Qatar (3) Ukraine (6) Brazil (11) Italy (14) Kyrgyzstan (19) | Mongolia (4) Netherlands (5) Lithuania (12) Serbia (13) South Korea (20) |

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 85 | 41 | +44 | Quarterfinals | | 21–13 | | 21–9 | |
| 2 | Argentina | 4 | 3 | 1 | 71 | 70 | +1 | Quarterfinals | | | 18–17 OT | 19–16 | |
| 3 | New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 2 | 73 | 71 | +2 | | 14–22 | | | | 21–12 |
| 4 | Slovenia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 66 | 79 | −13 | | | | 19–21 | | 22–18 |
| 5 | Turkey | 4 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 85 | −34 | | 5–21 | 16–21 | | | |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | China (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 83 | 52 | +31 | Quarterfinals | | | 21–16 | 21–9 | |
| 2 | Latvia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 69 | 61 | +8 | Quarterfinals | 12–20 | | | 21–15 | |
| 3 | Romania | 4 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 70 | 0 | | | 12–15 | | | 21–18 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 81 | −20 | | | | 16–21 | | 21–18 |
| 5 | United States | 4 | 0 | 4 | 65 | 84 | −19 | | 15–21 | 14–21 | | | |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Ukraine | 4 | 3 | 1 | 74 | 59 | +15 | Quarterfinals | | | 20–16 | | 21–9 |
| 2 | Italy | 4 | 3 | 1 | 73 | 52 | +21 | Quarterfinals | 21–18 | | | | 22–4 |
| 3 | Brazil | 4 | 3 | 1 | 68 | 62 | +6 | | | 16–13 | | 16–15 OT | |
| 4 | Qatar | 4 | 1 | 3 | 63 | 57 | +6 | | 13–15 | 14–17 | | | |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 84 | −48 | | | | 14–20 | 9–21 | |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Serbia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 72 | 48 | +24 | Quarterfinals | | 15–13 | | | 17–5 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75 | 60 | +15 | Quarterfinals | | | | 21–12 | 21–16 |
| 3 | Mongolia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 78 | 80 | −2 | | 18–21 | 17–20 | | | |
| 4 | Lithuania | 4 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 78 | −17 | | 12–19 | | 19–21 OT | | |
| 5 | South Korea | 4 | 0 | 4 | 58 | 78 | −20 | | | | 20–22 | 17–18 | |

## Knockout stage

All times are local.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 6 October – 13:00 | 6 October – 13:00 | | | |
| Russia | 18 OT | | | |
| Russia | 18 OT | 6 October – 17:20 | 6 October – 17:20 | | |
| Italy | 16 | 6 October – 17:20 | 6 October – 17:20 | |
| Italy | 16 | Russia | 21 | |
| 6 October – 13:25 | 6 October – 13:25 | | Russia | 21 | |
| 6 October – 13:25 | 6 October – 13:25 | Serbia | 17 | |
| Serbia | 21 | Serbia | 17 | |
| Serbia | 21 | | | | 6 October – 20:05 | 6 October – 20:05 |
| Latvia | 9 | | | | 6 October – 20:05 | 6 October – 20:05 |
| Latvia | 9 | | | | Russia | 21 |
| 6 October – 15:10 | 6 October – 15:10 | | | | | Russia | 21 |
| 6 October – 15:10 | 6 October – 15:10 | | | | Ukraine | 11 |
| China | 17 | | | | Ukraine | 11 |
| China | 17 | 6 October – 17:45 | 6 October – 17:45 | | | |
| Netherlands | 21 | 6 October – 17:45 | 6 October – 17:45 | | | |
| Netherlands | 21 | Netherlands | 9 | | | |
| 6 October – 15:35 | 6 October – 15:35 | | Netherlands | 9 | | | |
| 6 October – 15:35 | 6 October – 15:35 | Ukraine | 19 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Ukraine | 18 | Ukraine | 19 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Ukraine | 18 | | | | 6 October – 18:45 | 6 October – 18:45 |
| Argentina | 14 | | | | 6 October – 18:45 | 6 October – 18:45 |
| Argentina | 14 | | | | Serbia | 21 |
| | | | | | Netherlands | 13 |

## Final standings
### Tiebreakers

* 1) Wins
* 2) Points scored
* 3) Seeding
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | W% | PF | PA |
| 1 | Russia | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | 145 | 20.7 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | 122 | 17.4 |
| 3 | Serbia | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | 131 | 18.7 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | 118 | 16.9 |
| 5 | China | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | 100 | 20.0 |
| 6 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 89 | 17.8 |
| 7 | Argentina | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 85 | 17.0 |
| 8 | Latvia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 78 | 15.6 |
| 9 | Brazil | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% | 68 | 17.0 |
| 10 | Mongolia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 78 | 19.5 |
| 11 | New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 73 | 18.3 |
| 12 | Romania | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 70 | 17.5 |
| 13 | Slovenia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 66 | 16.5 |
| 14 | Qatar | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 63 | 15.8 |
| 15 | Lithuania | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 61 | 15.3 |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 61 | 15.3 |
| 17 | United States | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 65 | 16.3 |
| 18 | South Korea | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 58 | 14.5 |
| 19 | Turkey | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 51 | 12.8 |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 38 | 9.0 |

## Awards

These players were given the awards after the competition:

### Most valuable player

* Alexander Zuev

### Top scorer

* Dylan Van Eyck (53 points)

### Team of the tournament

* Alexander Zuev
* Vladimir Trajkovic
* Dylan Van Eyck