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

The 2019 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Women'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.
Japan won their first title with a win against Russia in a repeat of the 2018 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) Belarus (8) Indonesia (9) Czech Republic (16) Dominican Republic (17) | China (2) (H) Netherlands (7) Hungary (10) Switzerland (15) Sri Lanka (18) | Mongolia (3) Romania (6) Germany (11) Iran (14) Uganda (19) | Ukraine (4) France (5) Japan (12) Italy (13) Turkmenistan (20) |

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 79 | 40 | +39 | Quarterfinals | | 15–12 | 21–18 | | |
| 2 | Belarus | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75 | 51 | +24 | Quarterfinals | | | | 22–12 | 20–13 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 64 | +8 | | | 11–21 | | 22–11 | |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 82 | −33 | | 7–22 | | | | 19–16 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 81 | −38 | | 3–21 | | 11–21 | | |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Netherlands | 4 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 43 | +30 | Quarterfinals | | | 19–12 | | 19–8 |
| 2 | China (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 44 | +19 | Quarterfinals | 11–19 | | | 21–12 | |
| 3 | Hungary | 4 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 49 | +11 | | | 7–10 | | 21–14 | |
| 4 | Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 58 | 65 | −7 | | 12–16 | | | | 20–7 |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 80 | −53 | | | 6–21 | 6–20 | | |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Mongolia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 73 | 64 | +9 | Quarterfinals | | | 20–21 OT | 21–15 | |
| 2 | Germany | 4 | 3 | 1 | 72 | 34 | +38 | Quarterfinals | 11–13 OT | | | 21–6 | |
| 3 | Romania | 4 | 3 | 1 | 67 | 66 | +1 | | | 9–21 | | | 19–12 |
| 4 | Iran | 4 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 70 | −23 | | | | 13–18 | | 13–10 |
| 5 | Uganda | 4 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 70 | −25 | | 17–19 | 6–19 | | | |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | France | 4 | 3 | 1 | 76 | 40 | +36 | Quarterfinals | | 21–10 | | | 22–8 |
| 2 | Japan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 73 | 56 | +17 | Quarterfinals | | | 20–11 | 21–20 | |
| 3 | Ukraine | 4 | 3 | 1 | 70 | 56 | +14 | | 16–13 | | | 21–19 | |
| 4 | Italy | 4 | 1 | 3 | 66 | 72 | −6 | | 6–20 | | | | 21–10 |
| 5 | Turkmenistan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 87 | −61 | | | 4–22 | 4–22 | | |

## Knockout stage

All times are local.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 6 October – 12:10 | 6 October – 12:10 | | | |
| Russia | 21 | | | |
| Russia | 21 | 6 October – 16:30 | 6 October – 16:30 | | |
| Germany | 6 | 6 October – 16:30 | 6 October – 16:30 | |
| Germany | 6 | Russia | 16 | |
| 6 October – 12:35 | 6 October – 12:35 | | Russia | 16 | |
| 6 October – 12:35 | 6 October – 12:35 | France | 11 | |
| France | 18 | France | 11 | |
| France | 18 | | | | 6 October – 19:40 | 6 October – 19:40 |
| China | 17 | | | | 6 October – 19:40 | 6 October – 19:40 |
| China | 17 | | | | Russia | 14 |
| 6 October – 14:10 | 6 October – 14:10 | | | | | Russia | 14 |
| 6 October – 14:10 | 6 October – 14:10 | | | | Japan | 19 |
| Netherlands | 9 | | | | Japan | 19 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 6 October – 16:55 | 6 October – 16:55 | | | |
| Japan | 22 | 6 October – 16:55 | 6 October – 16:55 | | | |
| Japan | 22 | Japan | 16 | | | |
| 6 October – 14:35 | 6 October – 14:35 | | Japan | 16 | | | |
| 6 October – 14:35 | 6 October – 14:35 | Belarus | 9 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Mongolia | 10 | Belarus | 9 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Mongolia | 10 | | | | 6 October – 18:20 | 6 October – 18:20 |
| Belarus | 21 | | | | 6 October – 18:20 | 6 October – 18:20 |
| Belarus | 21 | | | | France | 20 |
| | | | | | Belarus | 14 |

## Final standings
### Tiebreakers

* 1) Wins
* 2) Points scored
* 3) Seeding
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | W% | PF | PA |
| 1 | Japan | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | 130 | 18.6 |
| 2 | Russia | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | 130 | 18.6 |
| 3 | France | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | 125 | 17.9 |
| 4 | Belarus | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | 119 | 17.0 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | 82 | 16.4 |
| 6 | Mongolia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 83 | 16.6 |
| 7 | China | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 80 | 16.0 |
| 8 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 78 | 15.6 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% | 70 | 17.5 |
| 10 | Romania | 4 | 3 | 1 | 50% | 67 | 16.8 |
| 11 | Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 72 | 18.0 |
| 12 | Hungary | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 60 | 15.0 |
| 13 | Italy | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 66 | 16.5 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 58 | 14.5 |
| 15 | Dominican Republic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 49 | 12.3 |
| 16 | Iran | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 47 | 11.8 |
| 17 | Uganda | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 45 | 11.3 |
| 18 | Indonesia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 43 | 10.8 |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 27 | 6.8 |
| 20 | Turkmenistan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 26 | 6.5 |

## Awards

These players were given the awards after the competition:

### Most valuable player

* Mai Yamamoto

### Top scorer

* Victoria Majekodunmi (57 points)

### Team of the tournament

* Mai Yamamoto
* Victoria Majekodunmi
* Ekaterina Polyashova