MIES, Switzerland: The International Basketball Federation announced Thursday that Bengaluru will host the FIBA 3×3 Olympic qualifying tournament from March 18th to March 22, 2020.
“We are excited to welcome teams from 36 different countries to Bengaluru, a city which has played host to successful FIBA competitions in recent history”, said BFI president Govindaraj Kempareddy.
Over the past 2-3 years, Bengaluru, the “Silicon Valley of India”, has hosted a number of FIBA tournaments including the U16 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup in 2017, the U-18 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup in 2018, the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup in 2017, and most recently Division A of the 2019 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup.
This 3×3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which will host 40 teams (20 per gender), will award six Olympic tickets (three per gender) and add them to the already qualified eight teams.
