INDIAN BASKETBALL TEAM LEFT FOR FIBA 3X3 WORLD TOUR
27/10/2015
Lead by Basil Philip from Customs and Central Excise Kochi The Indian Senior team consisting of Basil Philip (C) Kerala, Siddhant Shinde(Maharastra) Rajesh Uppar (Karnataka) and Jeevanathan PAnd from Tamil Nadu left from Delhi for the third stage of the 2015 FIBA 3×3 World Tour to be held in Beijing China on 15-16 August 2015.
The 12 teams are divided into four pools of three teams playing in a round-robin first round against their two respective pool opponents. India is Placed in Group A along with teams from China and UAE .The top-two placed teams from each pool advance to a standard knock-out round which starts at the quarter-finals stage. The two best teams qualify for the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final, which will be staged in Abu Dhabi on 15-16 October 2015.
ABOUT FIBA 3×3 WORLD TOUR
The FIBA 3×3 World Tour is the pinnacle event of an ‘open’ network of FIBA-endorsed 3×3 tournaments. Any group of four players – regardless of their nationality and representing a city – can qualify for the FIBA 3×3 World Tour by taking part in a lower level/regional tournament, eventually making their way to the world stage.
The FIBA 3×3 World Tour was first launched in 2012. The former winners are San Juan (PUR, 2012), Brezovica (SLO, 2013) and Novi Sad (SRB, 2014).
It consists of six Masters tournaments, before culminating with the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final. The schedule of the 2015 edition is the following:
- Manila Masters, Philippines – 1-2 August
- Prague Masters, Czech Republic – 8-9 August
- Beijing Masters, China – 15-16 August
- Lausanne Masters, Switzerland – 28-29 August
- Mexico DF Masters, Mexico – 9-10 September
- Rio de Janeiro Masters, Brazil – 26-27 September
- 3×3 World Tour Final, Abu Dhabi, UAE -15-16 October
The FIBA 3×3 World Tour events are true urban culture festivals, organised in the heart of the cities against the most iconic landmarks and feature non-stop music and MCs calling the games, professional dunkers, breakdancers and other street artists. They are in line with FIBA’s “3×3 for everyone philosophy” as spectators and passers-by are invited to participate in 3×3 games and