3x3 basketball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Basketball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 17 October. The events took place at the Parque Mujeres Argentinas in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As in previous Youth Olympic games, the 3x3 format is used along with the skill challenge.

3x3 Basketball
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
VenueParque Mujeres Argentinas
Dates7–17 October
No. of events4 (2 boys, 2 girls)
Competitors160 (80 boys, 80 girls) from 33 nations
Teams40
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Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 teams, 1 team of 4 athletes per each gender. As hosts, Argentina was given 2 teams, 1 per each gender. The winner of the Men’s and Women’s 2017 U18 3x3 World Cup qualified to the Youth Olympics. Afterwards, the top 8 unqualified teams from each gender in the FIBA U18 3x3 National Federation Rankings (updated on 1 April 2018) qualified to the Youth Olympics. The remaining 10 teams qualified through the national rankings with the following restrictions; no more than 10 nations from the same continent can participate in one tournament and a minimum of 30 NOCs must participate across all events.[1]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2002. Furthermore, all team members must have participated in two FIBA sanctioned 3x3 events between 31 July 2017 and 31 July 2018 and all national federations must have organized at least three FIBA endorsed events between 1 April 2017 and 1 April 2018.[1]

The teams were officially confirmed on April 5, 2018.[2]

Qualification summary

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NOC Boys Girls Total athletes
  Andorra X X 8
  Argentina X X 8
  Australia X 4
  Belgium X 4
  Brazil X 4
  China X X 8
  Czech Republic X 4
  Egypt X 4
  Estonia X X 8
  France X 4
  Georgia X 4
  Germany X 4
  Hungary X 4
  Indonesia X 4
  Iran X 4
  Italy X 4
  Jordan X 4
  Kazakhstan X 4
  Kyrgyzstan X 4
  Latvia X 4
  Mexico X 4
  Mongolia X 4
  New Zealand X 4
  Netherlands X 4
  Romania X 4
  Russia X 4
  Slovenia X 4
  Spain X 4
  Sri Lanka X 4
  Turkmenistan X 4
  Ukraine X X 8
  United States X X 8
  Venezuela X X 8
Total: 33 NOCs 20 20 160
Event Location Date Total Places Boys Qualified Girls Qualified
Host Nation - - 1   Argentina   Argentina
2017 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup[3]   Chengdu 28 Jun–2 Jul 2017 1   Belgium   United States
FIBA U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking - 1 April 2018 Top 8   Venezuela
  China
  Ukraine
  United States
  Italy
  Estonia
  Latvia
  Andorra
  China
  Andorra
  Ukraine
  Venezuela
  Estonia
  Hungary
  France
  Romania
FIBA U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking - 1 April 2018 10   Jordan
  Slovenia
  Kazakhstan
  Mongolia
  Kyrgyzstan
  Turkmenistan
  Russia
  Georgia
  Brazil
  New Zealand
  Netherlands
  Egypt
  Czech Republic
  Japan
  Sri Lanka
  Indonesia
  Spain
  Germany
  Mexico
  Australia
  Iran*
TOTAL 20

* Replaced Japan

Format

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The boys' and girls' tournaments have the same format. Twenty teams are divided into four pools of five teams. Each team plays every other team in the same pool. The top two ranked teams in each pool proceed to the knockout stage and the losers are eliminated.[4]

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Argentina)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Argentina*2013
2  France1102
3  United States1001
4  Belgium0101
  Czech Republic0101
  Russia0101
7  Australia0011
  Italy0011
  Slovenia0011
Totals (9 entries)44412

Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' tournament
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  Argentina (ARG)
Juan Hierrezuelo
Fausto Ruesga
Juan De la Fuente
Marco Giordano
  Belgium (BEL)
Sasha Deheneffe
Ferre Vanderhoydonck
Sam Hofman
Moussa Noterman
  Slovenia (SLO)
Jan Razdevšek
Dan Osrečki
Erik Groznik
Adrian Hirschmann
Girls' tournament
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  United States (USA)
Paige Bueckers
Hailey Van Lith
Samantha Brunelle
Aliyah Boston
  France (FRA)
Diaba Konaté
Mathilde Peyregne
Eve de Christophie Mahoutou
Olivia Yale
  Australia (AUS)
Alexandra Fowler
Ruby Porter
Sara-Rose Smith
Suzi-Rose Deegan
Boys' dunk contest
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Fausto Ruesga
  Argentina
Nikita Remizov
  Russia
Niccolò Filoni
  Italy
Girls' shoot-out contest
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Mathilde Peyregne
  France
Kateřina Galíčková
  Czech Republic
Sofía Acevedo
  Argentina

References

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  1. ^ a b "Qualification System: Basketball" (PDF). FIBA. 11 April 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. ^ "33 countries to compete at 2018 Youth Olympic Games". www.fiba.basketball/. International Basketball Federation (FIBA). 5 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Belgium's men and USA's women win FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup 2017". FIBA. 2 July 2017. Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Basketball 3x3 – Competition Format and Rules" (PDF). buenosaires2018.com. 17 September 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
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