The FIBA 3×3 World Tour Bucharest 2026 Main Draw delivered some intriguing results, with eight teams securing their places in the Quarter-Finals following an action-packed day at Kossuth Square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
American outfit Miami, Amsterdam RABOBANK<\/em> of the Netherlands and Fuengirola of Spain each finished the day unbeaten, while top-seeded Ub of Serbia crashed out of contention after some dramatic finishes on the opening day of action at the ParkLake Shopping Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kaunas VDU<\/em> of Lithuania topped a Pool A, booking a place in the Quarter-Finals alongside Hangzhou Jingwei<\/em> of China. All three Pool A teams finished with identical 1-1 records, but Kaunas and Hangzhou advanced thanks to superior ponts totals. Ub, meanwhile, was eliminated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Kaunas opened their account with a major 21-11 upset over Ub before the Serbians bounced back with a 21-16 win over Hangzhou. Vuk Borovicanin closed Pool A action with a game-winning two-pointer as Hangzhou stole a game from Kaunas, 21-20. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It was a surprising result for Ub, the No. 1-ranked team in the FIBA 3×3 World Tour 2026 standings, which saw their Bucharest campaign come to an end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pool B belonged to Miami, who secured first place after they notched two wins over home team Cluj of Romania and DeQing of China. Joining them in the Quarter-Finals are DeQing, who punched their ticket thanks to their 21-13 win over Cluj to close Pool B action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Big man Riley Battin starred with a total of 13 points across two games for Miami, who are looking for their second FIBA 3×3 World Tour stop win of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Defending WT Bucharest winners Amsterdam RABOBANK<\/em> emerged unscathed from the Qualifying Draw and Pool C after an impressive showing that included impressive wins over Baskets Bonn of Germany and Toulouse of France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Germans also advanced to the knockout rounds following they defeated the French, 17-12. The pool featured strong performances from Amsterdam’s Worthy de Jong, who averaged 7.3 points across their four Day 1 wins, including the Qualifying Draw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Toulouse narrowly missed out on the Quarter-Finals despite strong performances from Paul Djoko and Lucas Ugolin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spanish fans had plenty to cheer about as ninth-seeded Fuengirola showed sharp form, finishing atop Pool D and securing a their spot in the Quarter-Finals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They will be joined in the knockout stage by Antwerp of Belgium, who advanced after beating Ulaanbaatar MMC Energy<\/em> of Mongolia, 21-19. Isaac Mayo once again delivered for Fuengirola, while Ulaanbaatar exited the competition after two uneven showings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The stage is now set for an exciting knockout phase:<\/p>\n\n\n\n QF1:<\/strong> Kaunas VDU<\/em> (LTU) vs. Baskets Bonn (GER) <\/p>\n\n\n\n QF2:<\/strong> Fuengirola (ESP) vs. DeQing (CHN) <\/p>\n\n\n\n QF3:<\/strong> Miami (USA) vs. Antwerp (BEL) <\/p>\n\n\n\n QF4:<\/strong> Amsterdam RABOBANK<\/em> (NED) vs. Hangzhou Jingwei<\/em> (CHN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The FIBA 3×3 World Tour Bucharest 2026 Main Draw delivered some intriguing results, with eight teams securing their<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[94,52],"class_list":["post-16545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-3-x-3","tag-basketball"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tPOOL A<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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