# 2018 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament

The 2018 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament is the inaugural edition of this championship. The event was held in Xi'an, China. It was contested by 20 teams.
Russia won their first title with a win against Latvia in the final.

## Host selection

Chinese city, Xi'an, was given the hosting rights on 17 July 2018.

## Teams

FIBA announced the qualified teams on 26 September 2018.

## Seeding

The pools were announced on 26 September 2018. The seeding and groups were as follows:
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| Latvia (1) Mongolia (8) Estonia (9) Indonesia (16) Hungary (17) | Russia (2) Netherlands (7) France (10) Kyrgyzstan (15) Egypt (18) | China (3) (H) Slovenia (6) Serbia (11) Turkmenistan (14) Philippines (19) | Romania (4) Ukraine (5) Czech Republic (12) Japan (13) Chinese Taipei (20) |

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Latvia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 85 | 53 | +32 | Quarterfinals | | | | 21–14 | 22–7 |
| 2 | Hungary | 4 | 3 | 1 | 77 | 63 | +14 | Quarterfinals | 19–20 | | 21–18 | | |
| 3 | Estonia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 67 | 73 | −6 | | 10–12 | | | | 22–8 |
| 4 | Mongolia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 71 | −6 | | | 12–15 | 22–14 | | |
| 5 | Indonesia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 83 | −34 | | | 13–22 | | 21–17 | |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 86 | 60 | +26 | Quarterfinals | | | 22–13 | | 22–13 |
| 2 | France | 4 | 3 | 1 | 77 | 49 | +28 | Quarterfinals | 17–21 | | | | 22–4 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 2 | 71 | 57 | +14 | | | 14–16 OT | | 22–13 | |
| 4 | Egypt | 4 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 76 | −15 | | 17–21 | 10–22 | | | |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 87 | −53 | | | | 6–22 | 11–21 | |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | China (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 79 | 57 | +22 | Quarterfinals | | 21–17 | | 22–6 | |
| 2 | Slovenia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 80 | 57 | +23 | Quarterfinals | | | 21–14 | | 21–12 |
| 3 | Philippines | 4 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 65 | +7 | | 21–15 | | | | 16–21 |
| 4 | Turkmenistan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 83 | −38 | | | 10–21 | 8–21 | | |
| 5 | Serbia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 79 | −14 | | 13–21 | | | 19–21 | |
* 1 2 China 21–17 Slovenia
* 1 2 Turkmenistan 21–19 Serbia

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Ukraine | 4 | 4 | 0 | 85 | 62 | +23 | Quarterfinals | | 20–14 | | | 22–15 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 3 | 1 | 73 | 58 | +15 | Quarterfinals | | | 20–17 | | 22–8 |
| 3 | Romania | 4 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 83 | −15 | | 15–22 | | | 15–21 | |
| 4 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 62 | 69 | −7 | | 18–21 | 13–17 | | | |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 75 | −16 | | | | 20–21 | 16–10 | |

## Knockout stage

All times are local.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 7 October – 13:00 | 7 October – 13:00 | | | |
| Latvia | 21 | | | |
| Latvia | 21 | 7 October – 17:00 | 7 October – 17:00 | | |
| Slovenia | 10 | 7 October – 17:00 | 7 October – 17:00 | |
| Slovenia | 10 | Latvia | 21 | |
| 7 October – 13:25 | 7 October – 13:25 | | Latvia | 21 | |
| 7 October – 13:25 | 7 October – 13:25 | France | 14 | |
| Ukraine | 17 | France | 14 | |
| Ukraine | 17 | | | | 7 October – 21:05 | 7 October – 21:05 |
| France | 19 OT | | | | 7 October – 21:05 | 7 October – 21:05 |
| France | 19 OT | | | | Latvia | 18 |
| 7 October – 15:05 | 7 October – 15:05 | | | | | Latvia | 18 |
| 7 October – 15:05 | 7 October – 15:05 | | | | Russia | 21 |
| Russia | 21 | | | | Russia | 21 |
| Russia | 21 | 7 October – 17:30 | 7 October – 17:30 | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 13 | 7 October – 17:30 | 7 October – 17:30 | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 13 | Russia | 21 | | | |
| 7 October – 15:30 | 7 October – 15:30 | | Russia | 21 | | | |
| 7 October – 15:30 | 7 October – 15:30 | Hungary | 10 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| China | 15 | Hungary | 10 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| China | 15 | | | | 7 October – 19:15 | 7 October – 19:15 |
| Hungary | 18 | | | | 7 October – 19:15 | 7 October – 19:15 |
| Hungary | 18 | | | | France | 14 |
| | | | | | Hungary | 15 |

## Final standings
### Tiebreakers

* 1) Wins
* 2) Points scored
* 3) Seeding
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 1 | Russia | 7 | 7 | 0 | 149 | 101 | +48 |
| 2 | Latvia | 7 | 6 | 1 | 145 | 98 | +47 |
| 3 | Hungary | 7 | 5 | 2 | 120 | 113 | +7 |
| 4 | France | 7 | 4 | 3 | 124 | 102 | +22 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 5 | 4 | 1 | 102 | 81 | +21 |
| 6 | China | 5 | 3 | 2 | 94 | 75 | +19 |
| 7 | Slovenia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 90 | 78 | +12 |
| 8 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 3 | 2 | 82 | 79 | +3 |
| 9 | Philippines | 4 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 65 | +7 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 2 | 71 | 57 | +14 |
| 11 | Romania | 4 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 83 | –15 |
| 12 | Estonia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 67 | 73 | –6 |
| 13 | Mongolia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 71 | –6 |
| 14 | Serbia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 79 | –14 |
| 15 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 62 | 69 | –7 |
| 16 | Egypt | 4 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 76 | –15 |
| 17 | Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 75 | –16 |
| 18 | Indonesia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 83 | –34 |
| 19 | Turkmenistan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 83 | –38 |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 83 | –53 |

## Awards

These players were given the awards after the competition:

### Most valuable player

* Alexander Zuev

### Top scorer

* Alexander Zuev (52 points)

### Team of the tournament

* Alexander Zuev
* Armands Ginters
* Attila Demeter