Audio tour 14. 3X3

The fourth quarter is the most important. Ready for this final stretch? This is not the time to falter! A few minutes of concentration and victory will be yours!

Considered to be the first urban team sport (according to a study by the International Olympic Committee), 3x3 is a young sport with a positive image throughout the world thanks to its limited use of infrastructures and facilities. This is indeed one of its biggest strengths, its simplicity both in terms of rules and in terms of required facilities, allowing it to be held in the most spectacular settings, using iconic landmarks as backdrops. Thus, with over 250 million players worldwide and ranked among the most played recreational sports on the planet, 3x3 basketball is increasingly becoming a key motor for the development of basketball. It also allows small countries to become more competitive by requiring only three or four players and not a roster of twelve players.

Beyond ensuring a sustained growth in the number of basketball players, FIBA has created a worldwide sports community through a network of hundreds of organisers, thousands of tournaments and millions of players. The online community 3x3planet.com interconnects all of these thanks to the latest digital technology.

Members of 3x3Planet can interact using their computers or mobile phones via the Mobile App that allows them to team-up and organise pick-up games with other players nearby, register for tournaments and record results of their games.

Points accumulated result in the main indicator of how good an individual player is in the Ranking. The more ballers play, the better their chances are of improving this indicator, increasing the number of games played on the courts and playgrounds everywhere, and absorbing an ever-growing number of 3x3planet.com members.

A global network of open tournaments, from grassroots to the FIBA 3x3 World Tour, and National Team FIBA 3x3 World Championships are at the forefront of the development of 3x3 basketball, with the discipline already setting its sights on gaining Olympic status.

3x3 is on an upward trajectory for its historic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.