2016 FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Tour The 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Tour is the 5th season of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour, the highest professional 3x3 basketball competition in the World. The tournament is organized by FIBA. The World Tour Final was held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates at the International Tennis Complex of the Zayed Sports City. Team Ljubljana of Slovenia were the champions, who defeated Team Hamamatsu of Japan in the final. Seven Masters tournaments were held in seven cities in seven countries. The finals were held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The best team from each
History of the FIBA Basketball World Cup was to be held in 1950. Argentina was nominated to host for three major reasons – first, European countries were still recovering from the War and none expressed interest in hosting; second, Argentina had a positive image in the international basketball community and were a founding member of FIBA; finally, and probably most importantly, they were willing to take on the unenviable task of hosting the first World Championship. FIBA decided to invite ten teams – the hosts Argentina, the medalists from the 1948 Olympics (the United States, France, and Brazil), plus two teams each from South America, Europe, and