3×3 Basketball Calendar at the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2021: when it starts, date, hours, TV channels, programming and disciplines of the Olympic Games | MEXICO
The olympic games Tokyo 2020 They will finally be played from July 23 to August 8, 2021 in Japan. Initially, the appointment was agreed for 2020, but the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) forced the event to be postponed for a year on the same start date. Now everything is underway and the countdown begins for one of the most important events in world sport.
In this edition there will be 33 competitions, with 339 events that will take place in 42 different competition venues. All of them will be disputed throughout the days and the calendar of each discipline with established dates. First, the elimination rounds will be held and finally, the competitions that award medals to each delegation. Next, we will go with the following information that we have for you.
3×3 basketball at the Olympics
3×3 basketball is an exciting and innovative sport. It was developed from street basketball, and is considered the number one among urban team sports. In 2007, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) officially adapted the universal rules to 3×3 basketball for its debut at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG, Youth Olympic Games), in Singapore 2010.
Since 2012, FIBA has organized the FIBA 3×3 World Cup, which is played between national teams, while the FIBA 3×3 World Tour is played by clubs. In 2017 3×3 was selected as an official Olympic sport for the Tokyo 2020 Games, making it the first YOG discipline to be included in the Olympic program. This means that, in just eight years, this sport has gone from the streets to the Olympics.
3×3 Basketball in Tokyo 2021
Serbia’s 3×3 men’s team has won four of the six World Cups played since the inaugural tournament in 2012. Many nations have five-player basketball players participating in 3×3, but Serbia has developed a combined and independent game. This nation sends professional teams to world competitions, where they win at a high level, so it continues to be the team to beat.
One of Serbia’s outstanding players is Dušan Bulut, who is 1.91 meters tall, and plays for Novi Sad, the 2019 World Tour champion after winning the Utsunomiya final. Bulut is number one in the world and is known for his incredible passing ability.
Meanwhile, in the women’s category there is no dominant nation, as five different countries have won a World Cup, the latest being the People’s Republic of China. In Tokyo 2020 everyone has the door open to get on the podium, so the teams will give their best.
3×3 Basketball Schedule at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games
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