8 Aug 2017
DEBRECEN (FIBA 3x3 U18 Europe Cup 2017) - The 24 participants teams (12 men's and 12 women's) were divided into 8 pools of 3 teams following the automatic seeding of the third edition of the FIBA 3x3 U18 Europe Cup, which will take place in Debrecen, Hungary, on September 1-3.
After 2 exciting qualifiers in Riga, Latvia and Szolnok, Hungary, the 12 best men and women's teams will battle out in Debrecen, the second largest city of Hungary and host of the U18 World Cup in 2015 and U18 Europe Cup last year, when France completed a historic double.
Following the automatic seeding based on the FIBA 3x3 Federation Ranking on July 7, pools are as follows:
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In the women's category, Pool A will feature Hungary, who won the event in 2015 and finished second last year. The hosts will meet Italy again, whom they defeated in the quarter-finals of the Hungary qualifier last weekend. Last but not least, Latvia will be a threat after they reached the final of the Latvia Qualifier and only bent the knee against Spain in overtime.