2018 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament

The 2018 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament is the inaugural edition of this championship. The event was held in Xi'an, China. It was contested by 20 teams.

Russia won their first title with a win against Latvia in the final.

Host selection
Chinese city, Xi'an, was given the hosting rights on 17 July 2018.

Teams
FIBA announced the qualified teams on 26 September 2018.


 * Africa
 * 🇪🇬 Egypt


 * Americas
 * None


 * Asia and Oceania
 * 🇨🇳 China (hosts)
 * Chinese Taipei
 * Indonesia
 * 🇯🇵 Japan
 * 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
 * Mongolia
 * Philippines
 * 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan


 * Europe
 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
 * 🇪🇪 Estonia
 * 🇫🇷 France
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary
 * Latvia
 * Netherlands
 * Romania
 * 🇷🇺 Russia
 * 🇷🇸 Serbia
 * Slovenia
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine

Seeding
The pools were announced on 26 September 2018. The seeding and groups were as follows:

Knockout stage
All times are local.

Tiebreakers

 * 1) Wins
 * 2) Points scored
 * 3) Seeding

Awards
These players were given the awards after the competition:

Most valuable player

 * 🇷🇺 Alexander Zuev

Top scorer

 * 🇷🇺 Alexander Zuev (52 points)

Team of the tournament

 * 🇷🇺 Alexander Zuev
 * Armands Ginters
 * 🇭🇺 Attila Demeter