Skip to content
Home News 3×3 FISU World University League 2016: Technical Meeting and Team Draw

3×3 FISU World University League 2016: Technical Meeting and Team Draw

21 October 2016

 

 

XIAMEN – On the afternoon of 20 October, the technical meeting of 3×3 FISU World University League 2016 took place at the Royal Hotel, Xiamen, China. FISU Technical Delegate Kosta LLiev, FIBA development manager Robert Rieblinger, dean of Physical Education of Huaqiao University Xing Zunming attended the meeting, as well as the delegates of all the participating teams.

Kosta IlievThe League will be a new form of sport events to attract young people to go outside and to play on the court”, Kosta LLiev explained with a smile. “Although basketball is popular enough in university, 3×3 is younger, wilder and more passionate to play.”

Robert Rieblinger introduced the detailed rules of the game during the meeting. Afterwards, the team draw was held under the inspection of the team delegates.

“The other 3 teams in our pool are good”, Mehdi Nasirzade, coach of Payame Noor University (IRI) said after the team draw. “But there is no problem, and I do trust my team.”

The league is going to officially open today. In the coming two days, 32 teams from 23 countries will compete for the first two positions of each group qualifying for the second round.

 

Men’s Teams

 

A

B

C

D

1

Unversité de Bordeaux/FRA

University of Kragujevac/SRB

ETH Zurich/SUI

UNDLM/ARG

2

University of Macau/MAC

Payame Noor University/IRI

Auddand University of technology/NZL

Huaqiao University/CHN

3

Makerere University/UGA

University of Johannesburg/RSA

The University of Sydney/AUS

Tsinghua University/CHN

4

Taking Wu University/TPE

Indiana University/USA

University of split/CRO

McGill University/CAN

 

Women’s Teams

 

A

B

C

D

1

University of Ljubljana/SLO

University of Auddand/NZL

Lithuanian Sports University/LTU

Sripatum University/THA

2

University de Nantes/FRA

Makerere University/UGA

University of Nantes/FRA

Peking University/CHN

3

University of Sydney/AUS

University of Oxford/GBR

UNINASSAU-PE/BRA

University of Regina/CAN