The city of Rennesin partnership with the Departmental Committee and the Ligue de Bretagne de basket-ball, has just been officially designated Organizing City of theOpen the France de basketball 3×3 by the French Basketball Federation (FFBB). The city will host this competition on the General-de-Gaulle esplanade for four days, in July 2023.
In addition to the official basketball tournament which will bring together nearly a hundred players, many free activities will be offered:
- 3×3 initiations in the city’s leisure centers and clubs;
- contests (dunks, dexterity, skill);
- departmental and inter-company tournaments.
The Mayor of Rennes, Nathalie Appéré, is delighted with the reception of this sporting event which is part of the Terre de Jeux 2024 label: “with a view to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Rennes is one of the communities that have received the Terre de Jeux 2024 label. Our town is on the list of labeled training centres. Eight sites will be able to accommodate foreign delegations preparing for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 20 disciplines including basketball, swimming, Paralympic athletics, judo, rugby 7 and fencing. »
About the Super League 3×3 FFBB
Considered the first urban team sport in the world, 3×3 basketball is born from the free and creative practice of street basketball. The deployment of the 3×3 World Tour and the 3×3 Superleague in France testifies to the growth of this discipline which has been structured over the years. The popular success of this young sport led the International Olympic Committee to include 3×3 basketball in the program of the Tokyo 2020 Games. The sport is now part of the official list of 28 Olympic sports and the events will be contested on the Place de la Concorde in 2024 in Paris.
The Superleague 3×3 FFBB is the official 3×3 tournament circuit organized by the French Basketball Federation, for players of legal age.
It is structured around 4 levels of tournaments:
- The Open Start: tournaments open to everyone to enter the discipline, organized throughout the year;
- Open Plus Access: tournaments open to everyone and organized by departmental committees. The winner of an Open Plus Access is qualified for the Open Plus to which he is linked;
- The Open Plus: the teams are selected according to their place in the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) ranking and according to the results of the Opens Plus Access.
- The French Open: national final which brings together the teams that have scored the most points on the Open Plus circuit.
