Fast paced and spectacular - 3x3 basketball included at School Games National Finals

The 2024 School Games National Finals will take place next week from the 29 August to the 1 September and will feature 3x3 basketball for the first time. 

The Ball Park at Loughborough University will be transformed into a 3x3 basketball arena and from Friday, 30 August the 3x3 Basketball and 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball competitions – the former in collaboration with Basketball England and the latter with British Wheelchair Basketball, will take place.

Six England teams (three men’s and three women’s) will face up against Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

All games can be watched live with the purchase of tickets and will also be livestreamed, with links to follow.

BE 3x3 Development Manager Meehra Gorasia said:

“We’re so pleased that the Youth Sport Trust wanted to include 3x3 basketball as part of its multi-sport National Finals.

“We know how exciting the format is and how it has become a massive crowd pleaser at major sporting events such as the Summer Olympics and Commonwealth Games.

“Now part of our Talent Pathway, we want our England athletes to have as many opportunities as possible to test themselves in 3x3 against other national teams. Congratulations to those who have been selected, and we look forward to a tough few days of competition in Loughborough.”

The competition format will be the same for both boys and girls:

• A pool phase will see all teams play against each other on the 30 & 31 August
• The top two teams in the pool will qualify for the semi-finals automatically, whilst the third, fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams will play in a quarterfinals round (with third vs sixth and fourth vs fifth)
• Quarter-final winners will move through to the semi-finals to face one of the automatic qualifiers (first or second place, depending on seedings)
• The semi-finals, third place games and finals will be on the 1 September 

Schedule

Check out the full schedule via the FIBA 3x3 events page.

Want to watch the action live, buy your tickets via the link below. 

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Squads and coaches

Selection for each of the England quartets is still to be confirmed.

3x3 player pathway

This year, BE announced its 3x3 player pathway, which will help with the development of talented 3x3 players, as an alternative, and in addition to 5v5. 

The biennial School Games National Finals offers the chance for over 1,200 young athletes to compete across multiple sports, and is funded by Sport England National Lottery Funding and backed by all the Home Country Sports Councils and UK Sport.

A gallery of images from the tournament will appear below.