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Groups, schedule of games, and other challenges that will take place in the 1st FIBA 3×3 Youth World Championship (YWC) for U18 Boys and Girls in Rimini Italy from September 9-11, 2011, have been announced by FIBA. India have been invited to send teams for both the boys’ and girls’ competitions, which are amongst the 60 total teams taking part in the tournament.
India’s Boys’ side have been placed in Group A, along with Tunisia, Greece, Estonia, Ukraine, Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, South Korea, and Slovenia. The top four teams from the group will advance to the Quarter Final stage of the tournament.
India’s Girls’ side have been placed in Group C, along with Sri Lanka, Sweden, hosts Italy, USA, and Guam. Once again, the top four teams will advance to the Quarter Final stage of the tournament.
Here is the complete list of teams in their assigned groups:
Boys
Group A: Tunisia, India, Greece, Estonia, Ukraine, Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Slovenia
Group B: Austria, Jordan, Serbia, Singapore, Syria, Spain, Qatar, Italy, Egypt
Group C: England, Japan, Canada, Romania, New Zealand, Turkey, Nepal, Latvia, Germany
Group D: Netherlands, Czech Republic, USA, South Africa, Bulgaria, Croatia, Guam, Russia, Denmark
Girls
Group A: Greece, Tunisia, Russia, Australia, Canada, England
Group B: Jordan, Angola, Czech Republic, Turkey, Spain, Netherlands
Group C: Sri Lanka, India, Sweden, Italy, USA, Guam
Group D: Germany, Austria, Japan, Ukraine, China, Syria
Here is India’s schedule of group games:
Boys:
Sep 9, 12:00 PM: India vs. South Korea
Sep 9, 1:40 PM: India vs. Puerto Rico
Sep 9, 3:00 PM: India vs. Estonia
Sep 9, 5:40 PM: India vs. Slovenia
Sep 9, 6:20 PM: India vs. Sri Lanka
Sep 10, 12:00 PM: India vs. Ukraine
Sep 10, 1:20 PM: India vs. Greece
Sep 10, 3:30 PM: India vs. Tunisia
Girls
Sep 9, 1:00 PM: India vs. USA
Sep 9, 2:20 PM: India vs. Italy
Sep 9, 3:40 PM: India vs. Sweden
Sep 9, 5:00 PM: India vs. Guam
Sep 10, 1:00 PM: India vs. Sri Lanka
The knockout/classification matches will begin on the evening of Saturday, September 10th. Finals will be held after 6 PM on Sunday, September 11th.
FIBA 3×3 Rules: In this half-court basketball competition, each team will have four players – three starters plus one substitute. Each game will be 10 minutes long, with two halves of five minutes each. A one-minute overtime is held if the score is tied at the end of regulation. The shot-clock is 12 seconds, and the scoring limit is 21 points (that is, the first team to 21 wins). No time-outs are allowed: substitutions are to be made in dead-ball situations.
Outside of the 3×3 tournament, there will be many other tournaments taking place for the players to participate in, including a Free Throw Contest, Shootout Contest, Skills Challenge, and a Dunk Contest.
Here are India U18 basketball teams for the 1st FIBA 3×3 World Championship:
Boys
Kirti Goswami (Madhya Pradesh)
Love Neet Singh (Punjab)
Ajay Pratap Singh (Chhattisgarh)
Sivabalan Gnanasekaran (Tamil Nadu)
Coach: Kulwinder Singh Gill
Girls
Jeena PS (Kerala)
Aishwarya Natarajan (Tamil Nadu)
Amrutha Bhuskute (Maharashtra)
Shireen Limaye (Maharashtra)
Coach: Pete Gaudet
