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

The 2022 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament is the 3rd edition of this championship. The event was held in Bucharest, Romania. It was contested by 20 teams. Russia are the defending champions.
Poland won their first title with a win against Serbia 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 |
| Mongolia (1)  China (8)  Latvia (10)  Slovakia (16)  Chile (17) | Lithuania (2)  Japan (5)  Romania (9) (H)  Egypt (13)  Chinese Taipei (18) | France (3)  Poland (7)  Netherlands (11)  Ukraine (15)  Brazil (19) | Israel (4)  Germany (6)  Serbia (12)  Qatar (14)  Kazakhstan (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 | Latvia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 81 | 63 | +18 | Quarterfinals | | | 17–16 OT | | 20–17 |
| 2 | China | 4 | 3 | 1 | 78 | 64 | +14 | Quarterfinals | 20–22 | | | 17–14 | |
| 3 | Mongolia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 65 | +7 | | | 18–20 | | | 21–14 |
| 4 | Chile | 4 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 69 | −12 | | 10–22 | | 14–17 | | |
| 5 | Slovakia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 81 | −27 | | | 10–21 | | 13–19 | |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Lithuania | 4 | 4 | 0 | 82 | 63 | +19 | Quarterfinals | | 21–17 | 19–17 OT | | |
| 2 | Japan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 83 | 61 | +22 | Quarterfinals | | | | 22–15 | 22–12 |
| 3 | Egypt | 4 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 67 | +5 | | | 13–22 | | | 21–12 |
| 4 | Romania (H) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 63 | 76 | −13 | | 13–22 | | 14–21 | | |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 84 | −33 | | 16–20 | | | 11–21 | |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Poland | 4 | 3 | 1 | 80 | 67 | +13 | Quarterfinals | | | | 21–17 | 19–22 |
| 2 | France | 4 | 3 | 1 | 80 | 59 | +21 | Quarterfinals | 16–19 | | 22–9 | | |
| 3 | Ukraine | 4 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 64 | −11 | | 12–21 | | | | 19–13 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 3 | 58 | 66 | −8 | | | 18–21 | 8–13 | | |
| 5 | Brazil | 4 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 74 | −15 | | | 13–21 | | 11–15 | |
* 1 2 Poland 19–16 France
* 1 2 Netherlands 15–11 Brazil

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Serbia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 86 | 66 | +20 | Quarterfinals | | | 22–19 | 22–16 | |
| 2 | Germany | 4 | 3 | 1 | 70 | 50 | +20 | Quarterfinals | 15–21 | | | | 22–13 |
| 3 | Israel | 4 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 55 | +15 | | | 7–11 | | 22–12 | |
| 4 | Qatar | 4 | 1 | 3 | 58 | 83 | −25 | | | 9–22 | | | 21–17 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 86 | −30 | | 16–21 | | 10–22 | | |

## Knockout stage

All times are local.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 9 October – 14:00 | 9 October – 14:00 | | | |
| Latvia | 20 | | | |
| Latvia | 20 | 9 October – 17:50 | 9 October – 17:50 | | |
| France | 17 | 9 October – 17:50 | 9 October – 17:50 | |
| France | 17 | France | 15 | |
| 9 October – 14:25 | 9 October – 14:25 | | France | 15 | |
| 9 October – 14:25 | 9 October – 14:25 | Serbia | 17 | |
| Serbia | 20 | Serbia | 17 | |
| Serbia | 20 | | | | 9 October – 20:35 | 9 October – 20:35 |
| Japan | 17 | | | | 9 October – 20:35 | 9 October – 20:35 |
| Japan | 17 | | | | Serbia | 20 |
| 9 October – 15:50 | 9 October – 15:50 | | | | | Serbia | 20 |
| 9 October – 15:50 | 9 October – 15:50 | | | | Poland | 21 |
| Lithuania | 21 | | | | Poland | 21 |
| Lithuania | 21 | 9 October – 18:15 | 9 October – 18:15 | | | |
| Germany | 14 | 9 October – 18:15 | 9 October – 18:15 | | | |
| Germany | 14 | Lithuania | 18 | | | |
| 9 October – 16:15 | 9 October – 16:15 | | Lithuania | 18 | | | |
| 9 October – 16:15 | 9 October – 16:15 | Poland | 21 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Poland | 21 | Poland | 21 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Poland | 21 | | | | 9 October – 19:15 | 9 October – 19:15 |
| China | 17 | | | | 9 October – 19:15 | 9 October – 19:15 |
| China | 17 | | | | France | 21 |
| | | | | | Lithuania | 17 |

## Final standings
### Tiebreakers

* 1) Wins
* 2) Points scored
* 3) Seeding
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | W% | PF | PA |
| 1 | Poland | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | 143 | 20.4 |
| 2 | Serbia | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | 143 | 20.4 |
| 3 | France | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | 137 | 19.6 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | 138 | 19.7 |
| 5 | Latvia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | 91 | 18.2 |
| 6 | Japan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 100 | 20.0 |
| 7 | China | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 95 | 19.0 |
| 8 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 94 | 16.8 |
| 9 | Mongolia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 72 | 18.0 |
| 10 | Egypt | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 72 | 18.0 |
| 11 | Israel | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 70 | 17.5 |
| 12 | Ukraine | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 53 | 13.3 |
| 13 | Romania | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 63 | 15.8 |
| 14 | Brazil | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 59 | 14.8 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 58 | 14.5 |
| 16 | Qatar | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 58 | 14.5 |
| 17 | Chile | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 57 | 14.3 |
| 18 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 56 | 14.0 |
| 19 | Slovakia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 54 | 13.5 |
| 20 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 51 | 12.8 |

## Awards

Team of the tournament :
* Mateusz Szlachetka
* Most valuable player ||
* Mateusz Szlachetka ||
* Top scorer ||
* Lorenzo Thirouard-Samson (53 points) ||