2017 FIBA 3x3 World Cup – Women's tournament explained

Tourney Name:	FIBA 3x3 World Cup
Year:	2017
City:	Nantes
Country:	France
Num Teams:	20
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Count:	1
Mvp:	Anna Leshkovtseva
Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2018

The women's tournament of the 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Cup host in Nantes, France, was attended by 20 teams.

Participating teams

Every FIBA zone except FIBA Africa were represented. The top 20 teams, including the hosts, based on the FIBA National Federation ranking qualified for the tournament as of 01.03.2017.^[1]

FIBA Asia (6)

(14)
(12)
(15)
(18)
(17)
(16)

FIBA Africa (0)

None

FIBA Oceania (1)

(20)

FIBA Americas (2)

(13)
(19)

FIBA Europe (11)

(11)
(5)
(2) (hosts)
(9)
(1)
(4)
(3)
(8)
(10)
(7)
(6)

Players

Team	Players (World Ranking as of 17.06.2017)
	Nàdia Mun (822), Claudia Brunet (1774), Jennifer Carmona (2069), Maria Martín Moliné (2081)
	Inés Orselli Swinnen (51928), Sofia Chelini (-), Mara Marchizotti (-), Noelia Zinna (-)
	Rebecca Cole (-), Carley Mijović (-), Nadeen Payne (-), Amelia Todhunter (-)
	Fatima Bushehri (3594), Seema Hassan (4185), Fatima Ali (4467), Hessa Aljaber (25514)
	Qi Xue Xuan (11558), Liu Yusen (20947), Ruoyun Zhai (24920), Zhang Meng (24947)
	Tereza Vorlova (199), Kristýna Minarovicova (366), Michaela Uhrová (472), Kateřina Novotna (621)
	Alice Nayo (535), Dijon Sandra (582), Caroline Heriaud (712), Sabrina Palie (849)
	Lara Muller (17623), Kristin Annawald (17802), Mary Ann Mihalyi (17803), Wiebke Bruns (25211)
	Alexandra Theodorean (261), Krisztina Sule (1762), Bettina Bozóki (3608), Klaudia Papp (4373)
	Marcella Filippi (635), Federica Tognalini (1195), Alice Richter (13559), Rae Lin D'alie (-)
	Masami Tachiwaka (5571), Yui Hanada (15472), Megumi Iizuka (40307), Ryoko Yano (-)
	Aidana Satova (1969), Aizhan Mukhamedyarova (2215), Gulmira Soltankulova (2627), Yulia Sayapina (22452)
	Diana Akzholtoeva (1781), Aigul Dzhaparova (2152), Marina Pechenikhina (7040), Anastasiia Shamonina (8870)
	Karin Kuijt (4061), Jacobine Klerx (5846), Loyce Bettonvil (5855), Jill Bettonvil (5873)
	Aleksandra Stolyar (1401), Anna Leshkovtseva (3887), Anastasia Logunova (-), Tatiana Petrushina (-)
	Esther Montenegro (2313), Sandra Ygueravide (2325), Vega Gimeno (2628), Celia Menéndez (10509)
	Marielle Giroud (1054), Alexia Rol (1075), Sarah Kershaw (1357), Caroline Turin (20723)
	Nigyara Nagiyeva (1413), Leyla Halilova (1442), Ayna Gokova (1508), Mahrijemal Jumageldiyeva (1543)
	Darya Zavidna (394), Oksana Mollova (737), Ganna Zarytska (1185), Krystyna Filevych (3055)
	Ivaney Marquez (2337), Raymar Garcia (3520), Luisana Ortega (3683), Siuly Marcano (4066)

Main tournament

Preliminary round

Pool D

Final standings

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1		7	7	0	137
2		7	5	2	118
3		7	5	2	111
4		7	5	2	100
5		5	4	1	89
6		5	4	1	81
7		5	3	2	84
8		5	3	2	84
9		4	2	2	65
10		4	2	2	60
11		4	2	2	51
12		4	2	2	47
13		4	1	3	45
14		4	1	3	39
15		4	1	3	34
16		4	1	3	27
17		4	0	4	35
18		4	0	4	31
19		4	0	4	23
20		4	0	4	23

Individual contests

Skills contest

Qualification

FormatOne player from each women's team was eligible to enter the Skills contest. In the qualification stage, each player were to perform a set of basketball moves and skills from a starting line at a side of the player's choosing:^[2]

Hit Corner Shot after the "Go" signal is made
Dribble through a slalom through four cones
Make a straight pass into a target
Dribble through a second slalom with 2 balls forwards then backwards
Make a straight pass
Make a third dribble through the slalom
Score a basket.

The four fastest women who were able to perform the tasked required qualified for the final round. A time limit of 45 seconds was given. In the case of a tie, the tied players would have to do the same run again.^[2]

Results^[2]

width=20px bgcolor="#ccffcc"		Qualification for the final

Team	Player	Time left
	Claudia Brunet	16
	Karin Kuijt	16
	Yui Hanada	15
	Liu Yusen	14.9
	Rebecca Cole	14.6
	Caroline Heriaud	12
	Alexandra Theodorean	12
	Sandra Ygueravide	12
	Raymar Garcia	11
	Ines Orselli	8
	Lara Muller	7
	Anna Leskovtseva	6
	Layla Halilova	3
	Rae Lin D'alie	2

Final

FormatThe format used in the qualification round is used once again but this time the players face each other head to head with the best player from the qualification playing against the fourth best and the second best player playing against the third.^[2]

Results

	Team	Player
		Claudia Brunet
		Karin Kuijt
		Yui Hanada
4th		Liu Yusen

Awards

Team of the Day

June 17: ^[3]

Game of the Day

June 18: 18–8 ^[4]

MVP of tournament

Anna Leshkovtseva^[5]

External links

Official website

Notes and References

News: Team. https://web.archive.org/web/20170628111337/http://www.fiba.basketball/3x3worldcup/2017/teams. live. June 28, 2017. 10 June 2017. FIBA. 10 June 2017.
Web site: Skills Contest. https://web.archive.org/web/20170628111332/http://www.fiba.basketball/3x3worldcup/2017/skills-contest. live. June 28, 2017. FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2017. FIBA. 25 June 2017.
Web site: Netherlands shine on Day 1 at FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170620222125/http://www.fiba.com/3x3worldcup/2017/news/netherlands-shine-on-day-1-at-fiba-3x3-world-cup-2017. live. June 20, 2017. FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2017. FIBA. 19 June 2017. 17 June 2017.
Web site: France impress on Day 2 at FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170620215654/http://www.fiba.com/3x3worldcup/2017/news/france-impress-on-day2-at-fiba-3x3-world-cup-2017. live. June 20, 2017. FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2017. 19 June 2017. FIBA. 18 June 2017.
Web site: MVP Leshkovtseva stars on women's Team of the Tournament at FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171020011416/http://www.fiba.basketball/3x3worldcup/2017/news/mvp-leshkovtseva-stars-on-women-s-team-of-the-tournament-at-fiba-3x3-world-cup-2017. live. October 20, 2017. FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2017. 21 June 2017. FIBA. 21 June 2017.