# 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Cup – Women's tournament

The women's tournament of the 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Cup host in Nantes, France, was attended by 20 teams.

## Participating teams

Every FIBA zone except FIBA Africa were represented. The top 20 teams, including the hosts, based on the FIBA National Federation ranking qualified for the tournament as of 01.03.2017.

## Players

| Team | Players (World Ranking as of 17.06.2017) |
| Andorra | Nàdia Mun (822), Claudia Brunet (1774), Jennifer Carmona (2069), Maria Martín Moliné (2081) |
| Argentina | Inés Orselli Swinnen (51928), Sofia Chelini (-), Mara Marchizotti (-), Noelia Zinna (-) |
| Australia | Rebecca Cole (-), Carley Mijović (-), Nadeen Payne (-), Amelia Todhunter (-) |
| Bahrain | Fatima Bushehri (3594), Seema Hassan (4185), Fatima Ali (4467), Hessa Aljaber (25514) |
| China | Qi Xue Xuan (11558), Liu Yusen (20947), Ruoyun Zhai (24920), Zhang Meng (24947) |
| Czech Republic | Tereza Vorlova (199), Kristýna Minarovicova (366), Michaela Uhrová (472), Kateřina Novotna (621) |
| France | Alice Nayo (535), Dijon Sandra (582), Caroline Heriaud (712), Sabrina Palie (849) |
| Germany | Lara Muller (17623), Kristin Annawald (17802), Mary Ann Mihalyi (17803), Wiebke Bruns (25211) |
| Hungary | Alexandra Theodorean (261), Krisztina Sule (1762), Bettina Bozóki (3608), Klaudia Papp (4373) |
| Italy | Marcella Filippi (635), Federica Tognalini (1195), Alice Richter (13559), Rae Lin D'alie (-) |
| Japan | Masami Tachiwaka (5571), Yui Hanada (15472), Megumi Iizuka (40307), Ryoko Yano (-) |
| Kazakhstan | Aidana Satova (1969), Aizhan Mukhamedyarova (2215), Gulmira Soltankulova (2627), Yulia Sayapina (22452) |
| Kyrgyzstan | Diana Akzholtoeva (1781), Aigul Dzhaparova (2152), Marina Pechenikhina (7040), Anastasiia Shamonina (8870) |
| Netherlands | Karin Kuijt (4061), Jacobine Klerx (5846), Loyce Bettonvil (5855), Jill Bettonvil (5873) |
| Russia | Aleksandra Stolyar (1401), Anna Leshkovtseva (3887), Anastasia Logunova (-), Tatiana Petrushina (-) |
| Spain | Esther Montenegro (2313), Sandra Ygueravide (2325), Vega Gimeno (2628), Celia Menéndez (10509) |
| Switzerland | Marielle Giroud (1054), Alexia Rol (1075), Sarah Kershaw (1357), Caroline Turin (20723) |
| Turkmenistan | Nigyara Nagiyeva (1413), Leyla Halilova (1442), Ayna Gokova (1508), Mahrijemal Jumageldiyeva (1543) |
| Ukraine | Darya Zavidna (394), Oksana Mollova (737), Ganna Zarytska (1185), Krystyna Filevych (3055) |
| Venezuela | Ivaney Marquez (2337), Raymar Garcia (3520), Luisana Ortega (3683), Siuly Marcano (4066) |

## Main tournament
### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 75 | 24 | +51 | Qualification to knockout stage | — | 12–10 | 20–7 | 21–3 | 22–4 |
| 2 | Hungary | 4 | 3 | 1 | 73 | 27 | +46 | Qualification to knockout stage | 10–12 | — | 20–6 | 21–6 | 22–3 |
| 3 | Germany | 4 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 58 | −11 | | 7–20 | 6–20 | — | 21–6 | 13–12 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 67 | −33 | | 3–21 | 6–21 | 6–21 | — | 19–4 |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 76 | −53 | | 4–22 | 3–22 | 12–13 | 4–19 | — |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Switzerland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 72 | 34 | +38 | Qualification to knockout stage | — | 15–13 | 15–13 | 21–4 | 21–4 |
| 2 | Spain | 4 | 3 | 1 | 71 | 39 | +32 | Qualification to knockout stage | 13–15 | — | 17–15 | 20–3 | 21–6 |
| 3 | France | 4 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 53 | +7 | | 13–15 | 15–17 | — | 17–9 | 15–12 |
| 4 | Turkmenistan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 67 | −40 | | 4–21 | 3–20 | 9–17 | — | 11–9 |
| 5 | Venezuela | 4 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 68 | −37 | | 4–21 | 6–21 | 12–15 | 9–11 | — |

#### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Netherlands | 4 | 4 | 0 | 61 | 45 | +16 | Qualification to knockout stage | — | 17–12 | 16–14 | 16–9 | 12–10 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 4 | 3 | 1 | 70 | 47 | +23 | Qualification to knockout stage | 12–17 | — | 21–12 | 15–9 | 22–9 |
| 3 | Australia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 52 | +13 | | 14–16 | 12–21 | — | 18–8 | 21–7 |
| 4 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 58 | −13 | | 9–16 | 9–15 | 8–18 | — | 19–9 |
| 5 | China | 4 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 74 | −39 | | 10–12 | 9–22 | 7–21 | 9–19 | — |

#### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Italy | 4 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 29 | +44 | Qualification to knockout stage | — | 18–8 | 15–5 | 18–11 | 21–5 |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 4 | 3 | 1 | 71 | 44 | +27 | Qualification to knockout stage | 8–18 | — | 21–10 | 21–9 | 21–7 |
| 3 | Argentina | 4 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 46 | +5 | | 5–15 | 10–21 | — | 15–6 | 21–4 |
| 4 | Andorra | 4 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 36 | +3 | | 11–18 | 9–21 | 6–15 | — | 13–7 |
| 5 | Bahrain | 4 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 61 | −38 | | 5–21 | 7–21 | 4–21 | 7–13 | — |

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Russia | 22 | | |
| Czech Republic | 13 | | |
| Czech Republic | 13 | Russia | 21 |
| | | Netherlands | 9 |
| Netherlands | 17 | Netherlands | 9 |
| Spain | 13 | | | | |
| Spain | 13 | | | Russia | 19 |
| | | | | Hungary | 12 |
| Switzerland | 9 | | | Hungary | 12 |
| Ukraine | 13 | | | | |
| Ukraine | 13 | Ukraine | 13 | | |
| | | Hungary | 15 | Bronze Final | Bronze Final |
| Italy | 16 | Hungary | 15 | Bronze Final | Bronze Final |
| Hungary | 18 | | | | |
| Hungary | 18 | | | Netherlands | 13 |
| | | | | Ukraine | 15 |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF |
| 1 | Russia | 7 | 7 | 0 | 137 |
| 2 | Hungary | 7 | 5 | 2 | 118 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 7 | 5 | 2 | 111 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 7 | 5 | 2 | 100 |
| 5 | Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 89 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 5 | 4 | 1 | 81 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 5 | 3 | 2 | 84 |
| 8 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 84 |
| 9 | Australia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 65 |
| 10 | France | 4 | 2 | 2 | 60 |
| 11 | Argentina | 4 | 2 | 2 | 51 |
| 12 | Germany | 4 | 2 | 2 | 47 |
| 13 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 45 |
| 14 | Andorra | 4 | 1 | 3 | 39 |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 34 |
| 16 | Turkmenistan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 27 |
| 17 | China | 4 | 0 | 4 | 35 |
| 18 | Venezuela | 4 | 0 | 4 | 31 |
| 19 | Bahrain | 4 | 0 | 4 | 23 |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 23 |

## Individual contests
### Skills contest
#### Qualification
##### Format

One player from each women's team was eligible to enter the Skills contest. In the qualification stage, each player were to perform a set of basketball moves and skills from a starting line at a side of the player's choosing:
* Hit Corner Shot after the "Go" signal is made
* Dribble through a slalom through four cones
* Make a straight pass into a target
* Dribble through a second slalom with 2 balls forwards then backwards
* Make a straight pass
* Make a third dribble through the slalom
* Score a basket.
The four fastest women who were able to perform the tasked required qualified for the final round. A time limit of 45 seconds was given. In the case of a tie, the tied players would have to do the same run again.

##### Results

* Qualification for the final
| Team | Player | Time left |
| Andorra | Claudia Brunet | 16 |
| Netherlands | Karin Kuijt | 16 |
| Japan | Yui Hanada | 15 |
| China | Liu Yusen | 14.9 |
| Australia | Rebecca Cole | 14.6 |
| France | Caroline Heriaud | 12 |
| Hungary | Alexandra Theodorean | 12 |
| Spain | Sandra Ygueravide | 12 |
| Venezuela | Raymar Garcia | 11 |
| Argentina | Ines Orselli | 8 |
| Germany | Lara Muller | 7 |
| Russia | Anna Leskovtseva | 6 |
| Turkmenistan | Layla Halilova | 3 |
| Italy | Rae Lin D'alie | 2 |

#### Final
##### Format

The format used in the qualification round is used once again but this time the players face each other head to head with the best player from the qualification playing against the fourth best and the second best player playing against the third.

##### Results

| | Team | Player |
| | Andorra | Claudia Brunet |
| | Netherlands | Karin Kuijt |
| | Japan | Yui Hanada |
| 4th | China | Liu Yusen |

## Awards
### Team of the Day

* June 17: Netherlands

### Game of the Day

* June 18: Italy 18–8 Czech Republic

### MVP of tournament

* Anna Leshkovtseva
* 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Champions – Women's
* Russia 1st title