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

The 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Cup was held in Nantes, France, and was contested by 20 teams.

## Participating teams

All five FIBA zones were represented. The top 20 teams, including the hosts, based on the FIBA National Federation ranking qualified for the tournament.
FIBA Africa :
| FIBA Africa Team  Egypt (16) | FIBA Americas Team  United States (4)  El Salvador (15)  Puerto Rico (17) | FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania Team  New Zealand (12)  Indonesia (13)  Qatar (14)  Philippines (18)  Sri Lanka (19)  South Korea (20) | FIBA Europe Team  Serbia (1)  Slovenia (2)  Poland (3)  Netherlands (5)  Ukraine (6)  Romania (7)  Russia (8)  Andorra (9)  France (10) {hosts}  Estonia (11) |

## Players

| Seed | Team | Players |
| 9 | Andorra | Oriol Fernández, Esteve Malet, Rafael Casals, Jordi Plasencia |
| 16 | Egypt | Ahmed Elsabbagh, Ramy Ibrahim, Mido Mohamed, Haitham Kamal |
| 15 | El Salvador | Roberto Martinez Ramirez, Luis Escoto Bran, Carlos Arias Serrano, Julio Mancia Arias |
| 11 | Estonia | Erik Luts, Jaagup Toome, Mario Polusk, Sander Viilup |
| 10 | France | Charles Bronchard, Dominique Gentil, Angelo Tsagarakis, Charly Pontens |
| 13 | Indonesia | Rivaldo Pangesthio, Fandi Ramadhani, Kevin Moses Poetiray, Vinton Surawi |
| 5 | Netherlands | Jesper Jobse, Joey Schelvis, Sjoerd Van Vilsteren, Bas Rozendaal |
| 12 | New Zealand | Karl Noyer, Marco Alexander, Aaron Bailey-Nowell, Angus Riley |
| 18 | Philippines | Kobe Paras, Joseph Ronald Quiñahan, Kiefer Ravena, Jeron Teng |
| 3 | Poland | Szymon Rduch, Przemysław Rduch, Arkadiusz Kobus, Dawid Brek |
| 17 | Puerto Rico | Luis Hernandez, Jonathan Garcia, Wil Martinez, Gilberto Clavell |
| 14 | Qatar | Abdulrahman Saad, Erfan Ali, Tanguy Ngombo, Fadi Abilmona |
| 7 | Romania | Bogdan Cezar Sandu, Mihai Vacarescu, Baragau Cezar, Marius Ciotlaus |
| 8 | Russia | Leo Lagutin, Ilya Alexandrov, Dmitrii Kriukov, Vasily Fedosov |
| 1 | Serbia | Dušan Bulut, Marko Savić, Marko Ždero, Dejan Majstorović |
| 2 | Slovenia | Anže Srebovt, Gašper Ovnik, Simon Finžgar, Adin Kavgić |
| 20 | South Korea | Choi Go-bong, Namkoong Jun-soo, Seung Jun-lee, Shin Yun-ha |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | Thimothi Nithushan, Roshan Sooriyaarachchi, Sudesh Paiva, Isuru Perera |
| 6 | Ukraine | Maksym Zakurdaiev, Stanislav Tymofeyenko, Sasha Kobets, Dmytro Lypovtsev |
| 4 | United States | Craig Moore, Dan Mavraides, Damon Huffman, Zahir Carrington |

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Serbia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 59 | +21 | Knockout stage | — | 20–17 | 21–14 | 22–13 | 17–15 |
| 2 | Russia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 73 | 66 | +7 | Knockout stage | 17–20 | — | 19–17 | 22–15 | 15–14 |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 4 | 2 | 2 | 73 | 71 | +2 | | 14–21 | 17–19 | — | 21–12 | 21–19 |
| 4 | Andorra | 4 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 79 | −24 | | 13–22 | 15–22 | 12–21 | — | 15–14 |
| 5 | Egypt | 4 | 0 | 4 | 62 | 68 | −6 | | 15–17 | 14–15 | 19–21 | 14–15 | — |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Slovenia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 82 | 59 | +23 | Knockout stage | — | 19–17 | 21–14 | 21–12 | 21–16 |
| 2 | France (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 81 | 47 | +34 | Knockout stage | 17–19 | — | 22–11 | 21–12 | 21–5 |
| 3 | Philippines | 4 | 2 | 2 | 67 | 72 | −5 | | 14–21 | 11–22 | — | 21–15 | 21–14 |
| 4 | Romania | 4 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 76 | −15 | | 12–21 | 12–21 | 15–21 | — | 22–13 |
| 5 | El Salvador | 4 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 85 | −37 | | 16–21 | 5–21 | 14–21 | 13–22 | — |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Ukraine | 4 | 4 | 0 | 86 | 55 | +31 | Knockout stage | — | 21–20 | 21–15 | 22–11 | 22–9 |
| 2 | Qatar | 4 | 3 | 1 | 79 | 51 | +28 | Knockout stage | 20–21 | — | 19–17 | 20–9 | 20–4 |
| 3 | Poland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 63 | +9 | | 15–21 | 17–19 | — | 18–13 | 22–10 |
| 4 | Estonia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 54 | 62 | −8 | | 11–22 | 9–20 | 13–18 | — | 21–2 |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 85 | −60 | | 9–22 | 4–20 | 10–22 | 2–21 | — |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Netherlands | 4 | 4 | 0 | 82 | 42 | +40 | Knockout stage | — | 19–12 | 20–13 | 21–11 | 22–6 |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75 | 37 | +38 | Knockout stage | 12–19 | — | 21–6 | 21–8 | 21–4 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 69 | −23 | | 13–20 | 6–21 | — | 12–15 | 15–13 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 66 | −25 | | 11–21 | 8–21 | 15–12 | — | 7–12 |
| 5 | South Korea | 4 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 65 | −30 | | 6–22 | 4–21 | 13–15 | 12–7 | — |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Serbia | 17 | | |
| United States | 14 | | |
| United States | 14 | Serbia | 22 |
| | | France | 11 |
| Ukraine | 12 | France | 11 |
| France | 20 | | | | |
| France | 20 | | | Serbia | 21 |
| | | | | Netherlands | 18 |
| Slovenia | 18 | | | Netherlands | 18 |
| Qatar | 15 | | | | |
| Qatar | 15 | Slovenia | 12 | | |
| | | Netherlands | 13 | Bronze Final | Bronze Final |
| Netherlands | 15 | Netherlands | 13 | Bronze Final | Bronze Final |
| Russia | 13 | | | | |
| Russia | 13 | | | Slovenia | 17 |
| | | | | France | 18 |

## Final standings

| # | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| | Serbia | 7 | 7 | 0 | 140 | 102 | +38 |
| | Netherlands | 7 | 6 | 1 | 128 | 88 | +40 |
| | France | 7 | 5 | 2 | 130 | 98 | +32 |
| 4th | Slovenia | 7 | 5 | 2 | 129 | 105 | +24 |
| Eliminated in the quarterfinals ||||||||
| 5th | Ukraine | 5 | 4 | 1 | 98 | 75 | +23 |
| 6th | United States | 5 | 3 | 2 | 89 | 54 | +35 |
| 7th | Qatar | 5 | 3 | 2 | 94 | 69 | +25 |
| 8th | Russia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 86 | 81 | +5 |
| Eliminated in the preliminary round ||||||||
| 9th | Poland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 63 | +9 |
| 10th | Puerto Rico | 4 | 2 | 2 | 73 | 71 | +2 |
| 11th | Philippines | 4 | 2 | 2 | 67 | 72 | –5 |
| 12th | Estonia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 54 | 62 | –8 |
| 13th | Romania | 4 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 76 | –15 |
| 14th | New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 69 | –23 |
| 15th | Andorra | 4 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 79 | –24 |
| 16th | Indonesia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 66 | –25 |
| 17th | South Korea | 4 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 65 | –30 |
| 18th | Egypt | 4 | 0 | 4 | 62 | 68 | –6 |
| 19th | El Salvador | 4 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 85 | –37 |
| 20th | Sri Lanka | 4 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 85 | –60 |

## Awards

* 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Champions – Men's
* Serbia 3rd title

### Individual awards
#### Most Valuable Player

* Dejan Majstorović (SRB)

#### Team of the Tournament

* Dušan Bulut (SRB)
* Jesper Jobse (NED)
* Dejan Majstorović (SRB)

## Individual contests
### Dunk contest
#### Overall format

Each player had 75 seconds and 3 attempts per round to complete a dunk with the first successful dunk being considered as the valid one. A jury of five members rated each dunk by assigning 5 to 10 points to it (by each member) or 0 points if the dunk was unsuccessful.

#### Qualification
##### Format

The qualification round took place on June 19. Each player competed in two rounds and four players with the highest score then advanced to the knockout stage. In a case of ties, the tied players would perform again and if they were still tied, the jury decided which player advanced.
| Country | Dunker | 1st round | 2nd round | Total |
| United States | Chris Staples | 30 | 27 | 57 |
| Poland | Rafal Lipinski | 27 | 29 | 56 |
| Ukraine | Vadym Poddubchenko | 28 | 28 | 56 |
| United States | Jordan Southerland | 27 | 27 | 54 |
| Philippines | Kobe Paras | 27 | 23 | 50 |
| Ukraine | Dmytro Kryvenko | 21 | 23 | 44 |

#### Knockout stage

The knockout stage consisting of a semi-final and a final took place on June 21.

##### Semi-final

Top two players advanced to the final round.
| Country | Dunker | 1st round | 2nd round | Total |
| United States | Chris Staples | 28 | 28 | 56 |
| Poland | Rafal Lipinski | 25 | 27 | 52 |
| Ukraine | Vadym Poddubchenko | 24 | 28 | 52 |
| United States | Jordan Southerland | 26 | 21 | 47 |

##### Final

The time limit was eliminated for the final and the two players competed over three rounds instead of two.
| Country | Dunker | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Total |
| Poland | Rafal Lipinski | 30 | 29 | 30 | 89 |
| United States | Chris Staples | 30 | 28 | 30 | 88 |

##### Results

| Team | Player |
| Poland | Rafal Lipinski |
| United States | Chris Staples |
| Ukraine | Vadym Poddubchenko |