3x3 Global Workshop Session 2

Competition Network & Outlook Jun 2015 Competition Network & Outlook

1. Rationale 2. Unwrapping 3. Outlook

2 Vision: sustainable, stand-alone sport discipline with highest number of registered players

Virtuous Circle to achieve Vision

More players in more countries

Sound Stars Competition More TV & YouTube Network

More $$$

Digital (the engine) World Tour (the energy) A sound competition network a must

3 Strategic concept to achieve vision

• Olympic Elite • Professional World Tour with stars Competitions • TV product

inspire

nurture • Structure & frame the chaos Grassroots • Capture orphan players • Attract new & different players

No successful sport without elite and TV exposure

4 Tactical approach: road map to the vision

• Audience-focused (on-site, TV, web) World Tour... • Resonance beyond the WT stops Elite • Same players more players ... with qualifiers - to make living out of 3x3

- to create stars

Digital tools, • Forms & glues the community Grassroots • Beyond the court experience 3x3planet.com • Anyone, anywhere, anytime can join

Transversal: • National-team competitions to incentive NFs to develop 3x3

5 Competition Network & Outlook

1. Rationale 2. Unwrapping 3. Outlook

6 Reminder: 3x3 Glossary

• 3x3planet.com: FIBA’s player-centric platform and community for 3x3

• 3x3 Backend: is database that allows Regional Offices and national federations to extract reports, follow the 3x3 activity on their respective territory and register players to national-team based 3x3 Official Competitions

• EventMaker: FIBA’s freeware to organize 3x3 events

• 3x3 World Tour Qualifier: 3x3 competition organized by a FIBA-designee where at least one team will qualify for the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Masters in the corresponding catchment area; there are two kind of 3x3 Qualifiers: Quest and Challenger

3x3 Quest: 3x3 Qualifier comprised of 3x3 Challenger: Standarized 3x3 at least three events, including a final, Qualifier comprised of one stand- with at least 50 participating teams in all alone, international tournament with categories, being open to anybody min. $5.000 prize money, invitational

• 3x3 Satellite: Is a 3x3 Tour or single event that is yet too small to be eligible to be a direct WT Qualifier – therefore winning teams of these events are directed by FIBA to suitable 3x3 Challengers

7 One discipline – one competition network

3x3planet.com 3x3 • A digitally-linked world community All Stars • A unique system linking

Multi- grassroots with the World Tour sport • Any player, any event can join

• All players ranked in one single Grassroots individual ranking worldwide

Endorsement is indispensable

8 Benefits of joining 3x3planet.com

• Freeware to run events • FIBA3x3-stamp for all FIBA-endorsed events - Inclusion in 3x3planet.com - Access to players - Association with FIBA helpful in sourcing public funding & sponsorships • Best in class become qualifiers to World Tour • Improvement of 3x3 Federation Ranking pursuant World Champs • Players enjoy repository of all their games - Individual ranking - Locating events - Gamification (e.g. expected results)

9 Ten levels’ competition hierarchy for ranking, classification and framing purposes

10 Competition Network & Outlook

1. Rationale

2. Unwrapping 3. Outlook

11 3x3 Global Season

Season National Team Competition City-based World Tour

Nov-May Open WCH U18 WCH Jun biyearly yearly

Masters WT Masters Qualifiers in each Catchment Jul-Oct …. Area

Masters

Final

Season 1 November All Stars End cut-off for World Champs

12 Professional World Tour topped up with All Stars

Challenger Quests

Satellite … WT teams Ranking

• On-site and on-line audience focused premium events • All year long activity for star-players to cash and fans to follow • Packaged, standarized product to allow monetization

13 World Tour & All Stars future plans

TODAY TOMORROW

• 6 + 1 events • 9 + 1 events • Slots via WT Qualifiers, catchment areas, players free to qualify to any WT Masters, step-wise increase in $$$

• All Stars • Pre Stars + All Stars • Ranking based classification, 1 November cut-off, end of season character, stretching season with top quality

All year season spiced with prize money for joy of players and fans

14 Events for national teams are increasing

… 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 …

Spain Indonesia Hungary Kazakhstan ???

U18

Greece Russia China

Open

• Zone Champs: regular Zone & Subzone Championships as of latest 2017 - Yearly in U18 and every uneven year in open

• Multi-sport: FIBA is lobbying for inclusion of 3x3 in all major event’s programme - , , Islamic Games, South , , as well as Commonwealth, , Pan Am Games, etc.

Your country has a chance to participate, too – eligibility rules apply

15 Premiumisation of standard World & Zone Champs

World Champs Zone Champs

• 20 teams per gender • 12 teams per gender • Five days - one court • Three days - one court • 5 competitions – 5 medals’ opp • 3 competitions • Classification via 3x3 Federation • Open to all eligible federations; Ranking sub-Zones Champs if required

• Eligibility criteria for NFs: minimum 3 FIBA-endorsed events in territory • Players eligibility: minimum 2 FIBA-endorsed events • Roster: hand-picked with 2 out of top 10 or national trial • Automated backend registration • ... applicable mutatis mutandis to multi-sport games

Follow your top players all year long !!! National team not a last-minute exercise

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