2018 FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup – Men's tournament

The men's tournament of the 2018 FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup hosted in Bucharest, Romania, was contested by 12 teams.
Four-time 3x3 World Champions Serbia won its first ever European 3x3 championship after dethroning defending European 3x3 Champions, Latvia, 19–18 in the final.

2018 FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Romania
City	Bucharest
Dates	September 14–16
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (1st title)
Runners-up	Latvia
Third place	Slovenia
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
MVP	Dusan Bulut
Top scorer	Kārlis Lasmanis (40 points)

Participating teams

The hosts, Romania, qualified for the tournament automatically. The eleven other teams went in their respective qualifiers. FIBA announced the composition of the pools last 16 August 2018.

Main tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	2	2	0	40	25	+15	4	Advanced to Knockout stage		—	20–15	20–10
2	Spain	2	1	1	36	30	+6	3			15–20	—	21–10
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	2	20	41	−21	2			10–20	10–21	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	2	2	0	43	28	+15	4	Advanced to Knockout stage		—	22–12	21–16
2	France	2	1	1	33	36	−3	3			12–22	—	21–14
3	Switzerland	2	0	2	30	42	−12	2			16–21	14–21	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Latvia	2	2	0	43	21	+22	4	Advanced to Knockout stage		—	22–11	21–10
2	Hungary	2	1	1	30	36	−6	3			11–22	—	19–14
3	Romania	2	0	2	24	40	−16	2			10–21	14–19	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	2	1	1	36	31	+5	3	Advanced to Knockout stage		—	21–15	15–16
2	Poland	2	1	1	36	36	0	3			15–21	—	21–15
3	Belgium	2	1	1	31	36	−5	3			16–15	15–21	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.
Notes:

Knockout stage

All times are local.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	16 Sep 2018 – 13:40
	1 Serbia	19
					16 Sep 2018 – 17:40
	11 Hungary	10
					1 Serbia	21
	16 Sep 2018 – 14:05
					4 Russia	13
	4 Russia	18
									16 Sep 2018 – 20:05
	7 France	16
									1 Serbia	19
	16 Sep 2018 – 15:40
									3 Latvia	18
	2 Slovenia	21
					16 Sep 2018 – 18:05
	5 Poland	18
					2 Slovenia	20
	16 Sep 2018 – 16:05
					3 Latvia	21			Bronze medal match
	3 Latvia	21
									16 Sep 2018 – 19:05
	8 Spain	18
									4 Russia	15
									2 Slovenia	21

Awards

2018 FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup Men's champions
Serbia 1st title

Tournament MVP
Dusan Bulut

Team of the Tournament

• Dusan Bulut ( SRB)
• Kārlis Lasmanis ( LAT)
• Simon Finzgar ( SLO)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF
1	Serbia	5	5	0	99
2	Latvia	5	4	1	103
Bronze medal match participants
3	Slovenia	5	4	1	105
4	Russia	5	2	3	82
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5	Poland	3	1	2	54
6	Spain	3	1	2	54
7	France	3	1	2	49
8	Hungary	3	1	2	40
3rd place in preliminary stage pools
9	Belgium	2	0	2	31
10	Switzerland	2	0	2	30
11	Romania	2	0	2	24
12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	2	20