2014 FIBA 3x3 Tour dates announced

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The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has announced the dates for the 2014 edition of the FIBA 3×3 World Tour. The city based tour will be organized in some of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities. The 2014 edition will be the third season of the fast-paced discipline, 3×3 basketball.

Here is the full 2014 FIBA 3×3 World Tour calendar

• 19 – 20 July 2014 – Manila, Philippines
• 2 – 3 August 2014 - Beijing, China
• 15 – 16 August 2014 - Chicago, USA
• 23 – 24 August 2014 - Prague, Czech Republic
• 29 – 30 August 2014 - Lausanne, Switzerland
• 27 – 28 September 2014 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 11 – 12 October 2014 – Tokyo, Japan – World Tour Final

The FIBA 3×3 World Tour sees teams representing cities from around the world qualify for six 12-team Masters events via a worldwide network of qualifying tournaments. Any tournament in the world can be part of the network and have its teams qualify directly or indirectly to the FIBA 3×3 World Tour. The only requisites are the use of the 3×3 Rules of the Game and the 3×3 EventMaker, FIBA’s proprietary state-of the-art freeware to organize 3×3 events. Any team of four players is eligible to participate.

The 12 best teams from the Masters events qualify for the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final, which will be held in Tokyo, Japan.