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

2018 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Xi'an
Dates	3–7 October
Teams	20
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	Ukraine
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
MVP	Elizaveta Komarova
	2019 →

The 2018 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Women'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 Japan in the final.^[1]

Host selection

Chinese city, Xi'an, was given the hosting rights on 17 July 2018.^[2]

Teams

FIBA announced the qualified teams on 26 September 2018.^[3]

Africa

Uganda

Americas

Argentina

Asia and Oceania

Europe

Seeding

The pools were announced on 26 September 2018.^[4] The seeding and groups were as follows:

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
China (1) (H) Hungary (8) Romania (9) Germany (16) Uganda (17)	Ukraine (2) Netherlands (7) Indonesia (10) Kazakhstan (15) Belarus (18)	France (3) Mongolia (6) Japan (11) Czech Republic (14) Argentina (19)	Andorra (4) Russia (5) Sri Lanka (12) Iran (13) Malaysia (20)

Venue

Xi'an

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Germany	4	3^[a]	1	50	43	+7	Quarterfinals		14–11		13–15
2	Hungary	4	3^[a]	1	54	47	+7	Quarterfinals				14–8	13–10
3	China (H)	4	2^[b]	2	62	48	+14		8–11	15–16
4	Uganda	4	2^[b]	2	53	59	−6				13–21		17–11
5	Romania	4	0	4	38	60	−22		9–12		8–18

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Germany 14–11 Hungary
^ ^a ^b China 21–13 Uganda

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Ukraine	4	3	1	68	48	+20	Quarterfinals			16–14		15–7
2	Belarus	4	3	1	63	47	+16	Quarterfinals	18–16			19–15
3	Netherlands	4	3	1	61	43	+18			12–11		14–9
4	Indonesia	4	1	3	48	66	−18		9–21				15–12
5	Kazakhstan	4	0	4	30	66	−36			4–15	7–21

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

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Japan	4	4	0	62	43	+19	Quarterfinals			11–10	19–15
2	Argentina	4	3	1	60	38	+22	Quarterfinals	10–11		16–15
3	France	4	2	2	68	43	+25					21–6	22–6
4	Czech Republic	4	1	3	53	75	−22			7–21			21–14
5	Mongolia	4	0	4	33	77	−44		8–21	5–13

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

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Russia	4	4	0	78	28	+50	Quarterfinals				21–12	22–1
2	Iran	4	3	1	60	47	+13	Quarterfinals	5–19			13–12
3	Andorra	4	2	2	63	72	−9		10–16	11–21
4	Malaysia	4	1	3	64	57	+7				19–20		21–3
5	Sri Lanka	4	0	4	25	86	−61			5–21	16–22

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

Knockout stage

All times are local.

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

7 October – 13:50

Germany	13
		7 October – 18:00
Argentina	12
		Germany	10
7 October – 14:15
		Russia	16
Russia	19
				7 October – 20:45
Belarus	15
				Russia	21
7 October – 15:55
				Japan	12
Ukraine	21
		7 October – 18:30
Iran	8
		Ukraine	17
7 October – 16:20
		Japan	20	Bronze medal
Japan	18
				7 October – 19:45
Hungary	12
				Germany	14

				Ukraine	18

Final standings

Tiebreakers

1) Wins
2) Points scored
3) Seeding

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1	Russia	7	7	0	134	65	+69
2	Japan	7	6	1	112	93	+19
3	Ukraine	7	6	1	124	90	+34
4	Germany	7	4	3	87	89	–2
5	Belarus	5	3	2	78	66	+12
6	Argentina	5	3	2	72	51	+21
7	Iran	5	3	2	68	68	0
8	Hungary	5	3	2	66	65	+1
9	Netherlands	4	3	1	61	43	+18
10	France	4	2	2	68	43	+25
11	Andorra	4	2	2	63	72	–9
12	China	4	2	2	62	48	+14
13	Uganda	4	2	2	53	59	–6
14	Malaysia	4	1	3	64	57	+7
15	Czech Republic	4	1	3	53	75	–22
16	Indonesia	4	1	3	48	66	–18
17	Romania	4	0	4	38	60	–22
18	Mongolia	4	0	4	33	77	–44
19	Kazakhstan	4	0	4	30	66	–36
20	Sri Lanka	4	0	4	25	86	–61