First list of 3x3 World Tour 2023 qualifiers announced

MIES (Switzerland) - Just one month after announcing the biggest-ever 3x3 World Tour season, FIBA unveiled the first batch of Challengers and Super Quests on the road to the World Tour. 

The Super Quests are invitational events that are played before the start of the World Tour season while the Challengers are the premium international qualifiers to the World Tour. Both qualify teams directly to 3x3's flagship competition. You can learn more about the FIBA 3x3 competition network on the FIBA 3x3 official website.

Here is the list of confirmed Challengers and Super Quests, sorted by FIBA 3x3 World Tour Masters to which they qualify.

WT Manila Masters 
3x3 Lausanne Super Quest – April 22-23
3x3 Ulaanbaatar Super Quest – April 22-23

 

WT Macau Masters 
Shenzhen Challenger - May 13-14
Penang Challenger - June 10-11

 

WT Edmonton Masters 
Deqing Challenger - May 26-27

 

WT Prague Masters 
Clermont Ferrand Challenger - June 10-11
Orleans Challenger - June 23-24

 

WT Lausanne Masters 
Ulaanbaatar Challenger - June 16-17
Xiongan Challenger - June 16-17

 

WT Debrecen Masters 
Netanya Challenger - July 4-5
Fribourg Challenger - July 7-8

 

WT Constanta Masters 
Poitiers Challenger - June 30  - July 1
Pristina Challenger - July 15-16

 

WT Cebu Masters 
Bordeaux Challenger - July 21-22

 

WT Amsterdam Masters 
Belgrade Challenger - August 11-12
Sukhbaatar Challenger - August 12-13

 

WT Chengdu Masters 
Shanghai Challenger - August 12-13
Sansar Challenger - September 2-3


*The Taipei Challenger (October 28-29) is also confirmed, but the concrete World Tour Masters will be announced later. 

Sixteen teams take part in each Challenger and 12 in each Super Quest, and the two finalists stamp their ticket to a designated FIBA 3x3 World Tour Masters (unless they are already qualified to the same Masters).

There are 3 ways to qualify for a FIBA 3x3 Challenger:

1. Win a lite quest event (a tour or a standalone event that qualifies directly to a challenger)
2. Rank as high as possible in the FIBA 3x3 Team Ranking  (best-ranked teams - at the moment of auto-allocation 5 weeks before the event - have preferential access to challengers)
3. Get one of the wildcards from the tournament hosts

A first list of lite quests will be announced at a later stage and available on fiba3x3.basketball.

All organizers interested in hosting a 3x3 Lite Quest, Super Quest or a Challenger can contact FIBA's 3x3 team.