The FIBA Zone of the Americas was not represented by at least one country in the continent. The top 20 teams, including the hosts, based on the FIBA National Federation ranking qualified for the tournament as of January 3, 2017.[1]
Each player will be allowed 75 seconds and 3 attempts per round to complete a dunk with the first successful dunk being considered as the valid one. Dunks are graded 0 or 5 to 10 by each member of a jury composing of five people.[2]
Qualification
Format
The qualification round took place on June 30 at 17:25h (GMT+8). Each player competed in two rounds and four players with the highest score advances to the knockout stage. In a case of a tie, the tied players would have to perform again and in case they were still tied, the jury would have to decide the player who will advance through a majority decision.[2]