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FIBA 3x3 Competition Network
Edition February 2014
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Table of Contents
0. Preamble ...................................................................................................... 3
1. Executive Summary ..................................................................................... 4
1.1. Integrated Competition Network.................................................................. 4
1.2. Endorsement process ................................................................................. 5
1.3. Competition Network’s hierarchy ................................................................ 7
1.4. 3x3 Global Season ..................................................................................... 9
2. Grassroots and 3x3 Tours .......................................................................... 11
2.1. Age categories .......................................................................................... 11
2.2. 3x3 Tours ................................................................................................. 11
2.3. NFs’ role regarding grassroots and 3x3 Tours .......................................... 12
3. FIBA 3x3 World Tour.................................................................................. 13
3.1. Introduction ............................................................................................... 13
3.2. Format of WT Events ................................................................................ 14
3.3. FIBA 3x3 World Tour Competition Format ................................................ 15
3.4. WT Qualifiers ............................................................................................ 15
3.5. WT Qualifiers’ Contract ............................................................................. 17
4. National Team Competitions ...................................................................... 18
4.1. FIBA 3x3 World Championships ............................................................... 18
4.2. Global Champs’ Action Plan .................................................................... 20
4.3. FIBA Champs’ Competition Format .......................................................... 21
4.4. Frequency / Calendar ............................................................................... 21
4.5. Host City / Venue Location ....................................................................... 22
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0. Preamble
The first version of this Concept Paper was presented and discussed during the 3x3
Global Workshop held on 13 and 14 October 2012 in Barcelona; and submitted to
FIBA’s Central Board in November 2012. This new version includes all relevant
updates concerning the 2014 season.
This Concept Paper is at disposal of National Federations (“NFs), organizers and
stakeholders in general in order to guide and explain FIBA’s steered 3x3 Competition
Network.
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1. Executive Summary
1.1. Integrated Competition Network
FIBA has launched an integrated competition network (“3x3 Competition Network” or
“Competition Network”) to further structure and develop 3x3.
The FIBA-steered 3x3 Competition Network will only include FIBA-endorsed 3x3
events. Any 3x3 event anywhere in the world can become FIBA-endorsed, if its
organiser signs and complies with the 3x3 Endorsement Terms1.
The most relevant endorsement conditions are:
• Use of FIBA 3x3 rules of the game; • Share player’s data and event result with 3x3planet.com • Use of FIBA’s tournament software tool, FIBA 3x3 EventMaker; • Ensure that all participating players are registered at 3x3planet.com; • Grant FIBA royalty-free licence to amend, use and distribute footage and
images from the event without restrictions and holding FIBA harmless from any related claim;
• Allow FIBA to publish the results of the event on 3x3planet.com and to use data for calculation of 3x3 Individual World Rankings;
• Prize money aligned with FIBA’s guidelines; no FIBA-endorsed event is allowed to award more prize money then WT events.
The main endorsement requirement to be fulfilled by a competition is to have all its
participating players registered at 3x3planet.com, FIBA’s digital platform for 3x3.
Rationale: 3x3 Competition Network is about creating an integral competition network and offering an individual global ranking – therefore it is mandatory to sign up players and events at 3x3planet.com to ensure FIBA is capturing the data.
All 3x3 FIBA-endorsed events will become automatically part of the 3x3 Competition
Network, all their relevant data will be centrally stored in 3x3 Planet and used for
ranking purposes as well as individual dashboards.
1 Check in fiba.com/3x3/downloads
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1.2. Endorsement process
FIBA’s freeware to manage events, EventMaker, has automated the endorsement
process.
Once an organiser has registered, it is automatically certified and can organise an
unlimited number of tournaments. Only caveat: a national federation can ask FIBA to
de-certify an organiser on sound reasons, e.g. no adhering to FIBA’s code of ethics.
A certificated organiser will have its event automatically endorsed when using the
EventMaker.The automated endorsement process:
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The 3x3 Endorsement Terms are a standard adhesion contract.
Only FIBA-endorsed events are allowed to use the 3x3 Endorsed Event stamp and no
organizer/event is allowed to use the FIBA 3x3 logo.
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1.3. Competition Network’s hierarchy
The FIBA-endorsed events nomenclature is the following:
FIBA 3x3 World Tour: A 3x3 competition organised under supervision of FIBA and comprised of several FIBA 3x3 World Tour Masters (“WT Masters”) and one FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final (“WT Final”), with 12 teams participating in each event, whereas each team represents a city and rosters are freely composed by players without nationality restrictions (“WT” or “World Tour”). The WT is FIBA’s flagship and the heartpiece of the Competiton Network. 3x3 World Tour Qualifier: A 3x3 competition organised by a FIBA-designee where at least one team will qualify for a FIBA 3x3 World Tour Masters in the corresponding catchment area (“WT Qualifier”); there are two kind of WT Qualifiers: Quests and Challengers. 3x3 Quest: A WT Qualifier comprised of at least three events, including a final, each with at least 50 participating teams in all categories, being open to anybody. 3x3 Challenger: A WT Qualifier comprised of one stand-alone, invitational international tournament limited to 16 teams with obligatory prize money. 3x3 Satellite: A Satellite is a 3x3 Tour or single event that is part of the “Path to the World Tour” but yet too small to become a WT Qualifier – therefore winning teams of these events are directed by FIBA to suitable 3x3 Challengers. FIBA 3x3 All Stars: A 3x3 competition organized under supervision of FIBA and comprised by six teams, whereas each team represents a city and has qualified through the 3x3 Individual World Ranking. FIBA 3x3 World Championships: A 3x3 competition organised by FIBA, whereas the competing teams represent an affiliated FIBA national federation and rosters are selected by the corresponding National Federation (“3x3 WC”).
All other 3x3 Tours or single tournaments are simply “FIBA-endorsed events” and are
also linked to the 3x3 Competition Network, but are not on the “Path to the World Tour”.
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All FIBA-endorsed events are classified in the 3x3 Competition Network hierarchy as
follows:
Therefore, the 3x3 Competition Network is a bottom-up integrated hierarchy that
includes all FIBA-endorsed events from grassroots to elite competitions, such as the
3x3 World Tour and national team championships.
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The elite competitions can be split into two types:
• National Team championships; • City-based WT and All Stars.
The top National Team competitions are the FIBA 3x3 World Championships (“WC”)
and FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championships (“U18WC”). National Federations are
responsible to select the national teams. Further National Team competitions include
inter alia FIBA Zone Championships, IOC-organised competitions and FISU World
University Championships.
The FIBA 3x3 World Tour is a series of events supervised by FIBA, consisting of a
series of “WT Masters” and a “WT Final”. The participating teams have no nationality
restrictions and represent a city. The teams participating in a WT Masters have
qualified through FIBA-designated WT Qualifiers in each WT Master’s corresponding
catchment area; the WT Final is comprised of teams that have qualified at the relevant
WT Masters.
The number of teams that will qualify for the WT Final from each WT Master as well as
the selection of the WT Qualifiers themselves are a FIBA prerogative. A rule of thumb
is that the best 2 teams of each WT Masters proceed to the WT Final, complemented
with one local team for a total of 12 teams. Whilst WT Qualifiers are assigned to
promoters of the Top 6 of the previous edition, whilst the remaining six berths are
allocated by FIBA based on class, mass, CSR and universality criteria.
FIBA has developed various Event Manuals for each of its elite events to ensure quality
standards and common look & feel. The elite events should whenever possible, be held
in conjunction with grassroots competitions, in keeping with the 3x3 spirit of
« everybody’s game ».
1.4. 3x3 Global Season
The goal of a unified 3x3 Global Season is to avoid agenda conflicts between the main
National-Team championships, the WT and the WT Qualifiers, as well as timing the
various events to minimise diversion from other sports. The WT Masters ought to be
the pinnacle of each catchment area’s natural season.
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WC, U18WC and FIBA Zone championships should be held preferentially before the
start of the WT.
The WT season will start every year at the end of the 2nd quarter and finish around the
end of 3rd quarter with the WT Final; the WT Qualifiers in each catchment area will
have to be aligned accordingly, to allow for an optimal qualification process.
Rationale: The WT Masters are played continuously over several months during the “outdoor season” to draw players, audience and media attention. Timing of WT Masters can be changed according to geographic placement in order to fit with the local 3x3 season.
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2. Grassroots and 3x3 Tours
All grassroots events, even pick-up games, can be part of the 3x3 Competition
Network. Any organiser can stage a 3x3 grassroots event; the most basic ones can be
organised by schools and local communities, while 3x3 Tours, the most sophisticated
3x3 events, tend to be organized by national federations or professional promoters,
including sponsors.
2.1. Age categories
Organisers are free to decide the various categories for their 3x3 events: age, height,
gender and proficiency are various categories currently used by organisers.
FIBA recommends the following age categories for both male and female:
Open; U18; U15; U12 35+.
Initially, FIBA will organise events in the open and U18 category for both genders.
2.2. 3x3 Tours
3x3 Tours are currently one of the pillars of 3x3 basketball and should be fostered as
one of the routes for the expansion of the discipline.
3x3 Tours are competitions based on a series of linked tournaments and whose main
traits are as follows:
A tour has a minimum of three linked tournaments with a tour winner. These 3x3 Tours
can be single city, i.e. a series of tournaments in one city, or multi-city ones, i.e. a
series of tournaments staged in several cities. The typical format of competition is
Round Robin followed by single elimination.
A country can host several 3x3 Tours managed by different organisers.
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FIBA strongly recommends focusing on the development of single-city tours in order to
create 3x3 clusters. The ranking works best with data generated by clusters; it also
helps to strengthen the community features of 3x3 Planet and follows Powell Doctrine
pursuant effort efficiency.
Teams participating in 3x3 Tours have no nationality-restrictions. Teams are free to
form within the categories’ established by the tour organizer.
Organisers of 3x3 Tours can be schools, universities, national federations, private
promoters, brands, etc. All of them need to undergo the endorsement process by FIBA
in order to have their tournament part of the 3x3 Competition Network. The best 3x3
Tours can become a WT Qualifier as explained in section 4.4.
2.3. NFs’ role regarding grassroots and 3x3 Tours
Although 3x3 is a promoter-driven discipline, the role of national federations is still
important in ensuring its development. The national federations should:
• Appoint a dedicated 3x3 person within its organisation; • Sanction for FIBA the various promoters and tournaments in their territory which
comply with FIBA’s “general terms and conditions” (refer section 1.1); • Encourage the organisation of 3x3 events with a specific focus on 3x3 Tours. • The role of National Federations is key in developing 3x3 Tours.
Several national federations are already leveraging the power of 3x3 Tours to develop
basketball in their countries.
Some benefits for national federations developing or supporting 3x3 Tours:
• Powerful tool to develop 3x3 basketball; • Method of growing the number of players; • Optimal method to increase chance of participating in national-team
competitions.
FIBA is encouraging all National Federations to support and further develop 3x3 Tours
in their countries. There are several routes a National Federation can pursue in order to
have 3x3 Tours in their countries:
• Support incumbent promoters or stimulate new promoters; • Foster 3x3 in educational centers (e.g. schools, universities) and communities; • Organise 3x3 Tours themselves.
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3. FIBA 3x3 World Tour
3.1. Introduction
The World Tour consists of sequential WT Masters leading to a WT Final combining the
best teams of the various WT Masters events. The WT is bottom-up competition that
follows sequence:
The general layout and timing of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour will stay unchanged,
however an increase of WT Masters overtime can be expected. The underlying
principle of the WT is to give every year any 3x3planet.com-registered player the
chance of participating.
The WT Master represents a geographic catchment area and should feature its best
3x3 players. The WT Masters hosting cities are selected with the goal to cover the
world; final selection is FIBA’s prerogative. WT stages will always be related to a city
and its catchment area will cover several countries and even cross continental
boundaries.
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The WT is synchronised with 3x3 National Team championships, and will try to avoid
conflict with other major basketball events and other major sport events wherever
possible.
Although 3x3 is an all-year discipline, it is preferentially played outdoors. Therefore the
main season in each region tends to finish at the end of its summer period. The WT
Masters in each catchment area should take its 3x3 season into account and be held at
the end of the good weather season insofar possible.
Example of the catchment areas in 2013 season:
Rationale: Overall goal of the World Tour is to reach out to as many players and fans from different countries and cities as possible. Timing is chosen to maximise playing outdoors.
3.2. Format of WT Events
The FIBA 3x3 World Tour Masters are typically weekend events with two days of
competition and packed with side events. A standard of 12 teams will participate in the
elite category, whilst an adjacent recreational competition with circa 50 teams in very
much intended.
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The 12 teams in each World Tour event will be selected via ex-ante designated
qualifiers in the related catchment area. Whilst registration to the parallel amateur
competition will not be restricted except for a number of teams cap, if any.
The events are meant to offer more than just sport competition and should be
organized as a full weekend experience with contests, music, shows to enjoy and
interactive side events that appeal to a family as well as a group of friends of any age.
3.3. FIBA 3x3 World Tour Competition Format
The standard competition format of a World Tour event will be round robins followed by
knock-outs: 12 teams competing in pools of three with the best 2 of each
poolprogressing to the quarterfinals.
Usually, the two best teams of each WT Masters and local teams classify to the WT
Final for the overall title.
In addition, each WT event has a shootout and dunking contest.
The growth of 3x3 should lead to circuits in the various catchment areas, whereas a
given catchment area has a certain number of WT Masters and therefore becoming a
catchment area’s circuit events.
In order to attract the best players, prize money is offered at the World Tour events.
3.4. WT Qualifiers
The teams competing in each WT Masters are representing a city and will have earned
a berth competing at events in the relevant catchment area. A WT Qualifier is defined
as an event or tour that secures at least one participating team a place in a WT Master.
In addition, FIBA reserves the right to invite additional teams/players based on the 3x3
Ranking and via wild cards.
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Although teams and players are not barred from competing in various catchment areas
and WT Qualifiers, the competition system does not foresee the participation in more
than one WT Masters in case of multiple successful qualifications. The rationale behind
this is to keep a maximum variety of teams in the World Tour and offer the participation
as development driver in all catchment areas for the time being. In addition, teams
qualified for a WT Masters must consist of at least the team captain and one other
player from the team winning the relevant WT Qualifier. 2 players max may be replaced
in case of injury, but only by players that have participated in at least two FIBA-
endorsed events in the same catchment area during the last 12 months.
In order to secure a fair representation of the catchment areas in the World Tour,
Teams are allowed to participate in any event including Challengers. Said this, a WT
Masters event will only feature the teams of its catchment area. Winner of a WT
Qualifier that does not belong to its catchment area, will not qualify to the given WT and
only collect the points; the best placed team of the right catchment area will get the
berth.
FIBA determines the WT Qualifiers. WT Qualifiers for each WT Masters are assigned
based on two criteria:
1. Results of previous season results in the respective WT Masters
The organisers of the WT Qualifiers whose teams finished in the top six of a
WT Masters receive a direct slot for the WT Masters the following year
2. Class, mass and CSR angle of an organiser
• Tradition and venue location; • Sustainability and quality of the organiser; • Size, number of participants and spectators; • Age and gender diversity; quality of the registered players; • Footprint across the catchment area; • Prize money; side events; overall event quality.
More than one team can be allocated to a WT Masters from a given WT Qualifier, if a
tournament/tour is of high quality and/or covers a large geographical region and/or
follows all FIBA recommendations.
WT Qualifiers can be organised by a National Federation, a private promoter, a
commercial sponsor, a city, a university, etc.; all interested candidates will be evaluated
by FIBA and have to undergo a review process.
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The WT Qualifiers can be either:
• A “3x3 Quest”. This is a 3x3 Tour that has been elevated to WT Qualifier status, due to its quality and size;
• A “3x3 Challenger” (also called “Open” in some Eastern European countries). This is an invitational, international, stand-alone, yearly tournament featuring the best teams of a given region with obligatory prize money.
Organisers interested in staging a 3x3 Quest and/or 3x3 Challenger will have to submit
their interest and candidature to FIBA for its consideration.
Equipment, especially the courts and hoops, ought to follow FIBA requirements in
particular regarding the safety standards – relevant guidance is provided in the Event
Manual as well as by the FIBA Equipment & Venue Center’s documentation.
Except for these requirements, organisers are free to conduct their event as best suits
their needs. FIBA will not be involved financially in the WT Qualifiers.
3.5. WT Qualifiers’ Contract
Organisers of a WT Qualifier will have to sign with FIBA a contract covering the
following contractual clauses:
• Sign the Terms & Conditions for 3x3 WT Qualifiers; • Align, in advance with the FIBA’s season calendar; • Allow FIBA to promote the WT Qualifier and use content related to it; • Use of EventMaker and have all participants registered in 3x3planet.com; • Use a FIBA 3x3 official ball, if any; and use FIBA rules; • Fund travel of qualified team(s) to the corresponding WT Masters • 3x3 Challengers to award USD 5.000 in prize money; • Follow FIBA lead on sports-related matters, such as inter alia,
appointment of referees, commissioners and supervisor, if required; • Proper use of FIBA logo and compliance with FIBA branding guidelines.
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4. National Team Competitions
In spite of being a young discipline, there are already a significant number of National
Team competitions.
The main National Teams competitions are:
• FIBA 3x3 World Championships; • FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championships; • European Olympic Games; • Youth Olympic Games; • Zone Championships;
All these National Team competitions have to comply with the endorsement
requirements and are part of the 3x3 Competition Network.
In addition, there are a number of other National Team competitions, such as FISU
World University Championships organized with FIBA’s technical cooperation; those
competitions are part of the 3x3 Competition Network if they comply with the
endorsement criteria.
4.1. FIBA 3x3 World Championships
The two main National Team competitions organized by FIBA are:
• FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championships; • FIBA 3x3 World Championships.
The following sections mainly refer to those two events, but most of the features are
applicable to or are recommended for other national team competitions.
Format and size of WC and U18 WC (together “FIBA Champs”) are similar to facilitate
replication and standardisation of the events. Qualification system, eligibility and
applicable regulations will be same for both.
FIBA Champs have to have simultaneously men and women’s team competition and a
series of individual contests.
Rationale for individual contests: Individual contests will supplement the main tournament, add more highlights, give more chances to win medals, strengthen group dynamics, fit with the streetball culture and add to the entertainment for audiences.
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4.1.1. Eligibility and qualification system
In order to be eligible to participate in FIBA Champs, Zone championships and IOC-
organized competitions (“national-team 3x3 Official Competitions”), National
Federations are required to have three FIBA-endorsed events in their territory in the
previous 12 months up to a determined cut-off date2.
Eligible countries have three routes to qualify:
1. Host Country is awarded a place;
2. Previous tournament edition: The Winner of the previous (U18)-WC/OG qualifies
directly to the next edition3; in case this team is the host country, then the second
ranked team qualifies;
3. Position in the FIBA 3x3 Federation Ranking.
The FIBA 3x3 Federation Ranking has the cutoff date on November 1st for the World
Champs on the following year. Details on the ranking to be found in the “Criteria to
Qualify for NT” and the “Ranking Quick Guide” document on the hub on
fiba.com/3x3/downloads.
The FIBA 3x3 Federation Ranking is calculated as follows:
All national federations meeting the eligibility norm are force-ranked (from highest
to lowest) in accordance with the ranking points awarded on 3x3Planet.com to
their Top 100 confirmed players; this calculation is done separately for Men,
Women, U18 Men and U18 Women.
Should there be a tie, then the national federation with the highest number points
in the given category.
2 Cut-off date is 1 November (end of season) of prior year for FIBA Champs 3 Youth Olympic Games are considered U18 Championships; whilst Olympic Games are considered
World Championships
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Without influencing the right of participation for countries qualified via route 1 or 2;
the final selection via route 3 is subject to three restrictions:
(i) a ratio of participating teams/countries no higher than 1.33* ,
(ii) a maximum of 50% of total teams coming from the same FIBA Zone for each
gender, and
(iii) a minimum of one team per FIBA Zone.
*If the ratio is not met, for countries with both genders pre-selected, the worst ranked,
either male or female, is being substituted by the next ranked country until the ratio is
reached.
4.1.2. Eligible players
Only 3x3planet.com registered players that have played at least in two FIBA-endorsed
events in the 12 months prior to the date of roster selection will be able to join the
national team pursuant national-team 3x3 Official Competitions.
Rationale: Registration at 3x3planet.com is important to grow the 3x3 community also amongst national-team players; particularly to allow players to be ranked and compared, but also to demonstrate a participation pathway for the grassroots players.
4.1.3. Team roster
Team rosters will consist of four players; only one delegation official per team. National
team selection is a national federation prerogative and has to follow any of these two
models:
• Team is selected via a national trial, whereas the winner becomes the national team
• Select the players, albeit minimum two players have to be within the top 10 ranked nationals in the corresponding category on the date of the submission of the final list of players
4.2. National-team 3x3 Official Competitions’ Action Plan
The qualification system developed by FIBA is biased towards the national federation
ranking; most of the teams qualified to national-team 3x3 Official Competitions thanks
to their ranking position.
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National Federations can increase their chances to participate in national-team 3x3
Official Competitions by developing actions aimed to improve their position in the
national federation ranking.
The following actions are the very much recommended when intending to improve their
standings in the 3x3 Federations Ranking:
- Maximize the number of ranked players registered in 3x3planet.com
- Maximize the total ranking points of all its national players
- Maximize the number of FIBA-endorsed events in its territory
- Maximize the number of FIBA-endorsed 3x3 Tours in its territory by stimulating the highest number of organisers
- Have best ranked nationals participating in both higher level events and national-team competitions
- Facilitate the inclusion of competitions in the “Path to the World Tour”, either as feeders or WT Qualifiers
- Organise National Trials
4.3. FIBA Champs’ Competition Format
FIBA Champs consist of:
• Team Competitions, always simultaneously both men and women; • Individual contests.
The main attraction will be the size and format of the team competition, as it will
consume significantly more time than the individual contests. The players participating
in the individual contests will be drawn from the participants in the national teams; an
exception can be made with the dunkers in the open category.
4.4. Frequency / Calendar
FIBA Champs are to be held in June: WC will take place every even year whilst the
U18 WC yearly unless it is a Youth Olympic Games (YOG) year – in this case the YOG
replaces the U18WC.
This schedule of national-team competitions will grow as more international federations
and associations include 3x3 in their programme.
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4.5. Host City / Venue Location
FIBA is in charge of the designation of 3x3 WC and 3x3 U18WC host cities.
Hosting a FIBA WC gives great exposure to a National Federation, it has to be noted,
that running a 3x3 WC is by far less expensive than regular 5vs5 events and therefore
can also be targeted by smaller NF’s. A draft version of a typical Host Agreement
mentioning all major terms and conditions can be found in the hub on
fiba.com/3x3/downloads.
Bid procedures will be opened on a regular basis.
All related travel costs to the 3x3 WC and 3x3 U18WC hosting country for teams and
officials will be borne by each participating National Federation; while local travel &
living for up to five people per delegation, as well as customary event organisation
expenses, will be covered by the LOC.
Venues should be outdoors and downtown in iconic high-traffic areas. Further details
will be included in the FIBA Champs manual.
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