2017 FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup

The 2017 FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup was the third edition of the 3x3 Europe Championships, organized by FIBA Europe, and was held between 7 and 9 July 2017, at the Museumplein in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.[1] This 3x3 basketball competition featured separate tournaments for men's and women's national teams.

2017 FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup
Tournament information
LocationMuseumplein, Amsterdam
Dates7–9 July
Host(s) Netherlands
Teams24

Latvia won their first European championship title in the men's tournament, by beating Slovenia in the final. In the women's tournament, Russia won their second European championship title by beating Spain in the final.

Qualification

The qualification events took place in June 2017. Twenty-four teams from 16 countries took part in these tournaments, with 12 teams of each gender qualifying for the final championship.

Men

Event Date Location Berths Qualified
Host nation 13 February Switzerland Geneva 1  Netherlands
France Qualifier 23–24 June France Poitiers 5  Serbia
 France
 Hungary
  Switzerland
 Turkey
Andorra Qualifier 24–25 June Andorra Escaldes-Engordany 6  Latvia
 Russia
 Spain
 Ukraine
 Czech Republic
 Slovenia
TOTAL12

Women

Event Date Location Berths Qualified
Host nation 13 February Switzerland Geneva 1  Netherlands
France Qualifier 23–24 June France Poitiers 6  Russia
 Spain
 Czech Republic
 Ireland
 France
 Serbia
Andorra Qualifier 24–25 June Andorra Escaldes-Engordany 5  Hungary
  Switzerland
 Italy
 Romania
 Slovakia
TOTAL12

Participating teams

The FIBA 3x3 Federation Ranking was used as basis to determine the participating FIBA member associations.[2] Pools were announced on 26 June 2017.[3]

Men

Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D

Women

Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team
Details
 Latvia
Agnis Čavars
Edgars Krūmiņš
Kārlis Lasmanis
Nauris Miezis
 Slovenia
Simon Finžgar
Adin Kavgić
Gašper Ovnik
Anže Srebovt
 Ukraine
Sasha Kobets
Dmytro Lypovtsev
Stanislav Tymofeyenko
Maksym Zakurdaiev
Women's team
Details
 Russia
Anna Leshkovtseva
Anastasia Logunova
Tatiana Petrushina
Aleksandra Stolyar
 Spain
Aitana Cuevas
Cristina Hurtado
Paula Palomares
Irene San Román
 Netherlands
Sharon Beld
Loyce Bettonvil
Jacobine Klerx
Karin Kuijt

See also

References

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