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2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Guangzhou
Dates	October 11–15
Teams	20
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (2nd title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Slovenia
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
MVP	Dušan Bulut
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The 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships was held in Guangzhou, China, and was contested by 20 teams.

Participating teams

All five FIBA zones were represented. The top 20 teams, including the hosts, based on the FIBA National Federation ranking qualified for the tournament.^[1]^[2]^[3]

FIBA Africa
Team
Egypt (18)

FIBA Americas
Team
United States (4)
Uruguay (7)

FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania
Team
Japan (12)
Indonesia (15)
Qatar (16)
New Zealand (17)
Philippines (19)
China (20) {hosts}

FIBA Europe
Team
Serbia (1)
Slovenia (2)
Poland (3)
Netherlands (5)
Romania (6)
Russia (8)
Italy (9)
Andorra (10)
Spain (11)
Turkey (13)
Hungary (14)

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Serbia	4	4	0	78	60	+18	Knockout stage	—	21–16	21–14	16–13	20–17
2	Qatar	4	3	1	76	69	+7	Knockout stage	16–21	—	20–17	19–15	21–16
3	Russia	4	2	2	73	70	+3		14–21	17–20	—	20–17	22–12
4	Italy	4	1	3	66	66	0		13–16	15–19	17–20	—	21–11
5	New Zealand	4	0	4	56	84	−28		17–20	16–21	12–22	11–21	—

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

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Slovenia	4	4	0	82	43	+39	Knockout stage	—	21–9	21–7	19–13	21–14
2	Uruguay	4	2	2	57	66	−9	Knockout stage	9–21	—	21–15	18–14	9–16
3	Indonesia	4	2	2	63	81	−18		7–21	15–21	—	20–19	21–20
4	Andorra	4	1	3	67	71	−4		13–19	14–18	19–20	—	21–14
5	Egypt	4	1	3	64	72	−8		14–21	16–9	20–21	14–21	—

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

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Spain	4	4	0	78	52	+26	Knockout stage	—	16–12	21–16	21–16	20–8
2	Hungary	4	3	1	57	56	+1	Knockout stage	12–16	—	18–16	13–11	14–13
3	Philippines	4	2	2	74	66	+8		16–21	16–18	—	21–19	21–8
4	Romania	4	1	3	66	71	−5		16–21	11–13	19–21	—	20–16
5	Poland	4	0	4	45	75	−30		8–20	13–14	8–21	16–20	—

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

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	77	50	+27	Knockout stage	—	15–11	21–12	20–12	21–15
2	Netherlands	4	3	1	65	51	+14	Knockout stage	11–15	—	21–12	14–8	19–16
3	Japan	4	2	2	64	72	−8		12–21	12–21	—	21–16	19–14
4	Turkey	4	1	3	58	74	−16		12–20	8–14	16–21	—	22–19
5	China (H)	4	0	4	64	81	−17		15–21	16–19	14–19	19–22	—

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

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Serbia	22

Netherlands	10
		Serbia	17

		Spain	13
Spain	22

Uruguay	6
				Serbia	21

				United States	16
Slovenia	21

Hungary	10
		Slovenia	15

		United States	17	Bronze Final
United States	12

Qatar	11
				Spain	16

				Slovenia	17

Final standings

#	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
	Serbia	7	7	0	138	99	+39
	United States	7	6	1	122	97	+25
	Slovenia	7	6	1	135	86	+49
4th	Spain	7	5	2	129	92	+37
Eliminated in the quarterfinals
5th	Qatar	5	4	1	87	81	+6
6th	Netherlands	5	4	1	75	73	+2
7th	Hungary	5	4	1	67	77	–10
8th	Uruguay	5	3	2	63	88	–25
Eliminated in the preliminary round
9th	Philippines	4	2	2	74	66	+8
10th	Russia	4	2	2	73	70	+3
11th	Japan	4	2	2	64	72	–8
12th	Indonesia	4	2	2	63	81	–18
13th	Italy	4	1	3	66	66	0
14th	Andorra	4	1	3	67	71	–4
15th	Romania	4	1	3	66	71	–5
16th	Egypt	4	1	3	64	72	–8
17th	Turkey	4	1	3	58	74	–16
18th	China	4	0	4	64	81	–17
19th	New Zealand	4	0	4	56	84	–28
20th	Poland	4	0	4	45	75	–30

Awards

2016 FIBA 3x3 World Champions – Men's
Serbia 2nd title

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player

Dušan Bulut (SRB)

Team of the Tournament

Dušan Bulut (SRB)
Myke Henry (USA)
Gašper Ovnik (SLO)

Dunk Contest Champion

Dmytro Krivenko (UKR)

References

^ "Guangzhou to host 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships". FIBA. 11 May 2015. Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
^ "30 countries to participate in 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships in Guangzhou". FIBA. 17 December 2015. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
^ "Teams list". 3x3 World Championships 2016. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2016.