| Tourney Name: | FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Size: | 300px |
| City: | Xi'an |
| Country: | China |
| Dates: | 3–7 October |
| Num Teams: | 20 |
| Champion Other: |  Russia |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second Other: | Latvia |
| Third Other: |  Hungary |
| Fourth Other: |  France |
| Mvp: | Alexander Zuev |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament is the inaugural edition of this championship. The event was held in Xi'an, China. It was contested by 20 teams.
Russia won their first title with a win against Latvia in the final.[1]
Chinese city, Xi'an, was given the hosting rights on 17 July 2018.[2]
FIBA announced the qualified teams on 26 September 2018.[3]
Egypt
China (hosts)
Japan
Kyrgyzstan
Turkmenistan
Czech Republic
Estonia France Hungary Russia
Serbia
UkraineThe pools were announced on 26 September 2018.[3] The seeding and groups were as follows:
| width=25% | Pool A | width=25% | Pool B | width=25% | Pool C | width=25% | Pool D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia (1) Mongolia (8) Estonia (9) Indonesia (16) Hungary (17) | Russia (2) Netherlands (7) France (10) Kyrgyzstan (15) Egypt (18) | China (3) (H) Slovenia (6) Serbia (11) Turkmenistan (14) Philippines (19) | Romania (4) Ukraine (5) Czech Republic (12) Japan (13) Chinese Taipei (20) |
All times are local.
| width=30 | Pos | width=240 | Team | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 149 | 101 | +48 | |||||||||
| 2 | Latvia | 7 | 6 | 1 | 145 | 98 | +47 | ||||||||
| 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 120 | 113 | +7 | |||||||||
| 4 | France | 7 | 4 | 3 | 124 | 102 | +22 | ||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 102 | 81 | +21 | |||||||||
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 94 | 75 | +19 | |||||||||
| 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 90 | 78 | +12 | |||||||||
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 82 | 79 | +3 | |||||||||
| 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 65 | +7 | |||||||||
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 71 | 57 | +14 | |||||||||
| 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 83 | –15 | |||||||||
| 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 67 | 73 | –6 | |||||||||
| 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 71 | –6 | |||||||||
| 14 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 79 | –14 | |||||||||
| 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 62 | 69 | –7 | |||||||||
| 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 76 | –15 | |||||||||
| 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 75 | –16 | |||||||||
| 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 83 | –34 | |||||||||
| 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 83 | –38 | |||||||||
| 20 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 83 | –53 |
These players were given the awards after the competition:[1]
Alexander Zuev (52 points)[4] Alexander Zuev Attila Demeter