FIBA 3×3

Basketball NI are working to develop the game of FIBA 3×3 Basketball. The game of 3×3 is an exciting fast paced approach to our game. Simple. 1 hoop,. 1 half court. 2 teams of 3 + 1 sub ; Fast. 10-minute game. 12-second shot-clock. No break after scoring. No half-time. No quarters.

BC Wolves have developed a great initiative in NI 3×3 Community which hosts a number of 3×3 Events across the island of Ireland building the game of 3×3.

Basketball NI has been working to develop our Elite Athlete pathway developing Team NI 3×3 Men’s and Women’s teams to compete in the Commonwealth games with the support of Basketball Ireland, FIBA , Sport NI and NI Commonwealth Games. We look forward to growing this project for the future of our young people and sport.

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Considered to be the number one urban team sport in the world, 3×3 basketball is increasingly becoming a key motor for the development of basketball.
 
One of the biggest strengths of 3×3 is its simplicity both in terms of rules and in terms of required facilities, allowing it to be held in the most spectacular settings, using iconic landmarks as backdrops.
 
Beyond ensuring a sustained growth in the number of basketball players, FIBA has created a worldwide sports community through a network of hundreds of organisers, thousands of tournaments and millions of players. The online community https://play.fiba3x3.com/ interconnects all of these thanks to the latest digital technology.
Members of FIBA 3×3 platform can interact using their computers or mobile phones via the Mobile App that allows them to team-up and organise pick-up games with other players nearby, register for tournaments and record results of their games.
 
Points accumulated result in the main indicator of how good an individual player is the Ranking.
 
The more ballers play, the better their chances are of improving this indicator, increasing the number of games played on the courts and playgrounds everywhere, and absorbing an ever-growing number of https://play.fiba3x3.com/ members.
 
A global network of open tournaments, from grassroots to the FIBA 3×3 World Tour, and National Team FIBA 3×3 World Championships are at the forefront of the development of 3×3 basketball, with the discipline already setting its sights on gaining Olympic status.

“Basketball NI has been working to develop our Elite Athlete pathway developing Team NI 3×3 Men’s and Women’s teams to compete in the Commonwealth games with the support of Basketball Ireland, FIBA , Sport NI and NI Commonwealth Games. We look forward to growing this project for the future of our young people and sport.”

– BNI Board