The second edition of the FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championships, presented by Nike, will take place in Alcobendas, Spain from 28-30 September.

 

The first-ever FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championships took place in Rimini, Italy, in September 2011 with New Zealand winning the boys' tournament and Spain prevailing in the girls. This year it is possible to see many well-known prospects including: Artem Klimenko ('94), Mike Kulagin ('94), Damien Inglis ('95) or David Iriarte ('95).

 

Some rosters we already know:

Bulgaria: Deyan Karamfilov, Nikolay Stoyanov, Denislav Vutev and Velislav Gulabov.

France: Paul Rigote, Damien Inglis, Oliver Yao-Delon, Charly Pontens

Germany: Dino Dizdarevic, Johannes Joos, Terry Thomas, Robert Zinn.

Lithuania: Ignotas Bukauskas, Justinas Gecas, Ricardas Prybylskis, Alvydas Zarskus

Poland: Patryk Wal, Karol Wisniewski, Maciej Kochaniak, Wojciech Czerlonko

Russia: Artem Klimenko, Mike Kulagin, Stanislav Ilnitskiy 

Spain: Aitor Zubizarreta, Dario Brizuela, David Iriarte

 

Boys U18 groups:

 

A: Belize, Canada, China, France, Netherlands, New Zeland, Poland, Slovak Republic

B: Angola, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Tunisia

C: Australia, Estonia, Jordan, Lithuania, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, Venezuela

D: Brazil, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Spain, Turkey, USA

 

 

Photo: FIBA Europe