3x3 basketball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
3x3 basketball was among the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England. This variation of basketball and its wheelchair counterpart was staged at the Games for the first time. All four tournaments took place between 29 July and 2 August 2022.
It is a first time that 3x3 basketball was included in the Commonwealth Games programme with last being the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
The discipline of wheelchair basketball made its sport debut at the Commonwealth Games.
Schedule
The competition schedule was as follows:| G | Group stage | CM | Classification matches | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
The wheelchair groups were drawn in May 2022; The running groups were drawn at a later date, August 2 Birmingham Time.
Venue
The competitions were held in a temporary Games-time venue at the brownfield site in Smithfield, named after the market that once stood in its place.The venue also played host to beach volleyball and the start of the marathon; After the Games, it will be dismantled and the site is subject to a redevelopment scheme.
Qualification
3x3 basketball
Eight nations qualify for each tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games:- The host nation.
- The top nation in the FIBA 3x3 Federation Rankings from each of the six CGF regions.
- The highest-ranked nation not already qualified.
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3x3 wheelchair basketball
Six nations qualify for each tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games:- The host nation.
- The winners of the four IWBF Zonal Qualifiers.
- One nation not already qualified will receive a CGF/IWBF Bipartite Invitation.
;Women