# 2022 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Women's tournament

The 2022 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Women's tournament is the 3rd edition of this championship. The event was held in Bucharest, Romania. It was contested by 20 teams. Japan are the defending champions.
France won their first title with a win against United States in the final.

## Host selection

Bucharest was given the hosting rights on 24 January 2022.

## Seeding

The pools were announced on 2 October 2022.
The seeding and groups were as follows:
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| France (1)  Romania (8) (H)  Egypt (9)  Ukraine (16)  Chile (17) | China (2)  Lithuania (7)  Poland (10)  Israel (15)  Chinese Taipei (19) | Mongolia (3)  Japan (6)  United States (11)  Dominican Republic (14)  Uzbekistan (18) | Germany (4)  Netherlands (5)  Hungary (12)  Austria (13)  Sri Lanka (20) |

## Venue

The venue is inside the Bucharest Metropolitan Circus, which also hosted the 2018 FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup.

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | France | 4 | 4 | 0 | 87 | 31 | +56 | Quarterfinals | | 22–6 | 21–14 | | |
| 2 | Ukraine | 4 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 57 | −3 | Quarterfinals | | | 15–13 OT | 17–13 | |
| 3 | Romania (H) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 64 | 60 | +4 | | | | | 17–14 OT | 20–10 |
| 4 | Chile | 4 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 70 | −23 | | 3–22 | | | | 17–14 |
| 5 | Egypt | 4 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 75 | −34 | | 8–22 | 9–16 | | | |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | China | 4 | 4 | 0 | 81 | 40 | +41 | Quarterfinals | | | 21–4 | | 21–7 |
| 2 | Poland | 4 | 3 | 1 | 74 | 58 | +16 | Quarterfinals | 15–18 | | | | 20–11 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 4 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 68 | −10 | | | 14–20 | | 21–14 | |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 70 | −9 | | 14–21 | 15–19 | | | |
| 5 | Israel | 4 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 78 | −38 | | | | 13–19 | 9–18 | |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | United States | 4 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 32 | +52 | Quarterfinals | | | 21–12 | 21–1 | |
| 2 | Japan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 78 | 52 | +26 | Quarterfinals | 14–20 | | | | 22–9 |
| 3 | Mongolia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 67 | 60 | +7 | | | 12–21 | | 22–14 | |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 76 | −37 | | | 11–21 | | | 13–12 |
| 5 | Uzbekistan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 78 | −48 | | 5–22 | | 4–21 | | |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Netherlands | 4 | 4 | 0 | 77 | 47 | +30 | Quarterfinals | | | | 21–14 | 22–2 |
| 2 | Hungary | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75 | 49 | +26 | Quarterfinals | 16–17 | | | | 22–6 |
| 3 | Germany | 4 | 2 | 2 | 68 | 52 | +16 | | 15–17 | 17–18 OT | | | |
| 4 | Austria | 4 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 61 | −2 | | | 9–19 | 14–15 | | |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 87 | −70 | | | | 3–21 | 6–22 | |

## Knockout stage

All times are local.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 9 October – 13:10 | 9 October – 13:10 | | | |
| France | 21 | | | |
| France | 21 | 9 October – 16:50 | 9 October – 16:50 | | |
| Japan | 13 | 9 October – 16:50 | 9 October – 16:50 | |
| Japan | 13 | France | 20 | |
| 9 October – 13:35 | 9 October – 13:35 | | France | 20 | |
| 9 October – 13:35 | 9 October – 13:35 | Netherlands | 16 | |
| Netherlands | 21 | Netherlands | 16 | |
| Netherlands | 21 | | | | 9 October – 20:10 | 9 October – 20:10 |
| Poland | 15 | | | | 9 October – 20:10 | 9 October – 20:10 |
| Poland | 15 | | | | France | 21 |
| 9 October – 15:00 | 9 October – 15:00 | | | | | France | 21 |
| 9 October – 15:00 | 9 October – 15:00 | | | | United States | 18 |
| China | 21 | | | | United States | 18 |
| China | 21 | 9 October – 17:15 | 9 October – 17:15 | | | |
| Hungary | 12 | 9 October – 17:15 | 9 October – 17:15 | | | |
| Hungary | 12 | China | 10 | | | |
| 9 October – 15:25 | 9 October – 15:25 | | China | 10 | | | |
| 9 October – 15:25 | 9 October – 15:25 | United States | 15 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| United States | 21 | United States | 15 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| United States | 21 | | | | 9 October – 18:50 | 9 October – 18:50 |
| Ukraine | 10 | | | | 9 October – 18:50 | 9 October – 18:50 |
| Ukraine | 10 | | | | Netherlands | 21 |
| | | | | | China | 18 |

## Final standings
### Tiebreakers

* 1) Wins
* 2) Points scored
* 3) Seeding
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | W% | PF | PA |
| 1 | France | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | 149 | 21.3 |
| 2 | United States | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | 138 | 19.7 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | 135 | 19.3 |
| 4 | China | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | 130 | 18.6 |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 91 | 18.2 |
| 6 | Poland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 89 | 17.8 |
| 7 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 87 | 17.4 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 64 | 12.8 |
| 9 | Germany | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 68 | 17.0 |
| 10 | Mongolia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 67 | 16.8 |
| 11 | Romania | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 64 | 16.0 |
| 12 | Lithuania | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 58 | 14.5 |
| 13 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 61 | 15.3 |
| 14 | Austria | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 59 | 14.8 |
| 15 | Chile | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 47 | 11.8 |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 39 | 9.8 |
| 17 | Egypt | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 41 | 10.3 |
| 18 | Israel | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 40 | 10.0 |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 30 | 7.5 |
| 20 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 17 | 4.3 |

## Awards

Team of the tournament :
* Todd Blanchfield
* Most valuable player ||
* Anna Ngo Ndjock ||
* Top scorer ||
* Lexie Hull (63 points) ||