3x3 Basketball

The winning men’s team from UCU, after beating ISEGNAIROBI – Uganda Christian University (UCU) were double winners African Varsity Basketball Championships concluded in Nairobi, Kenya. The Mukono-based university scooped up both, the men’s and women’s titles.   The top two teams per gender qualify to represent Africa at the 3×3 University World Cup in Xiamen, China, […]

DOHA, QATAR – The FIBA 3×3 World Tour Doha 2019 season was off to a spectacular start with the Doha Masters held in late April. FISU was watching closely, not only due to the close cooperation it enjoys with FIBA, but also because of the Mount-Royal team from McGill University, Canada. McGill had finished runners-up at […]

McGill University’s 3×3 squad tells us what they learned at the FISU University World Cup – 3×3   The 3×3 basketball squad from Canada’s McGill University were the dark horses at the University World Cup, held in November 2018. Although McGill had won the event before – when it was still called the World University […]

The man with the incredible shot at the World University League Finals   When some of the best plays of the 3×3 FISU World University League Finals are discussed in the years to come, Iran’s Shayan Pourkaveh will be remembered for an outrageous shot that made the commentators jump in their seats and ask the producers […]

She’s nearly 6 feet 2 inches tall, loves shopping and never rests on her laurels.   “I just want to be better than I was yesterday,” says a smiling Maja Jakobcic. “And that is what is pushing me forward in basketball and in life.”   Meet this pharmacy student from Slovenia’s University of Ljubljana who also happens to […]

For four days, student-ballers from all around the world brought the fire to the half-court in Xiamen at the 3×3 FISU World University League – 2018 Finals. Let’s relive the best moments in our ultimate #UniHoops countdown!   XIAMEN – We witnessed four days of fierce competition, fair play, epic moments and new friendships. Many of them […]

Tsinghua University takes the women’s title, while Huaqiao University emerges victorious on their home court in the men’s competition XIAMEN — With championships in the balance, Chinese student-athletes relied on sharpshooting from beyond the arc to turn nail-biters into titles at the 3×3 FISU World University League – 2018 Finals.   McGill University’s Isaiah Cummins […]

        XIAMEN — The 3×3 FISU World University League 2018 Finals comes down to this — the day when one men’s and one women’s team will be earn the right to head back to campus as the world’s best 3×3 university crew.       After three days of hoops, eight men’s and women’s team are […]