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3x3 basketball. 3x3 basketball (stylized as "ƐX3", pronounced three-ex-three) [1] is a variation of basketball played three-a-side, with one backboard and in a half-court setup. This basketball game format is currently being promoted and structured by FIBA, the sport's governing body. [2]
The rules of Fireball3, the basketball variant played by Big3, differ from FIBA-sanctioned 3-on-3 (branded as 3x3) games. They are as follows: Like FIBA-sanctioned 3x3, games are played on a half-court. (The official FIBA 3x3 court is actually shorter than half of a full FIBA court, but FIBA rules allow half of a regulation FIBA court to be used.)
History. On 9 June 2017, the executive board of the International Olympic Committee announced that 3x3 basketball would become an official Olympic sport as of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, for both men and women. [1][2] (The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). [3]
The FIBA 3x3 World Cup is a 3x3 basketball tournament for national teams organized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). The debut of the tournament originally named as the FIBA 3x3 World Championship was held in August 2012 in Athens, Greece. The current champions are Serbia in the men's division and United States in the women's ...
Previously, the EuroLeague used the NBA jump ball rules. However, the Euroleague Company reinstated the jump ball rule in 2013. Uniquely, 3x3, a formalized version of halfcourt three-on-three basketball overseen by FIBA, does not use a jump ball at any time in a game. Under current (2016) rules, the first possession is based on the result of a ...
Contents. 3x3 basketball at the African Games. 3x3 basketball has been a discipline of the African Games event since the first edition in 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. It had replaced the 5-on-5 basketball since this edition.
The Macker rules [2] [3] significantly differ from those of FIBA-sanctioned 3x3 basketball. [4] Both are played on half of a standard full court, but Macker uses the NCAA/NBA standard while FIBA uses its own slightly smaller court. Macker games may start with any number of players on the court, up to 3 per team.
FIBA 3x3 World Cup Team of the Tournament. Myke Henry – 2016. Robbie Hummel – 2019. Jimmer Fredette – 2023. FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup MVP. Canyon Barry – 2022. FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup Cup Team of the Tournament. Canyon Barry – 2022.