{"id":2521,"date":"2025-04-10T12:32:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T12:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/?p=2521"},"modified":"2025-04-10T12:32:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T12:32:47","slug":"2028-olympic-basketball-bigger-participation-for-3x3-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/2028-olympic-basketball-bigger-participation-for-3x3-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"2028 Olympic Basketball: Bigger participation for 3&#215;3 teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MIES (Switzerland) \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0International Olympic Committee (IOC)&#8217;s Executive Board\u00a0on Wednesday announced its decision to increase the quota to 12 men\u2019s and 12 women\u2019s teams for 3&#215;3 basketball as part of the Olympic Basketball program for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>This expansion from 8 to 12 teams per gender reflects the growth of 3&#215;3 basketball over recent years and further highlights the sport\u2019s global appeal and development. The expanded field opens the door for greater universality and broader national representation, offering more countries the opportunity to compete on the Olympic Stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thank the IOC for its decision, which provides great encouragement for FIBA and its members to continue promoting our urban discipline. Having four additional teams for the men\u2019s and women\u2019s tournaments is a testament to the global interest and excitement Olympic Basketball have delivered at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024,\u201d said FIBA President, Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday marks a milestone for FIBA and our sport. The additional quota allows more National Federations and players from all around the world to dream that they can make it from the streets to the Olympics\u201d said FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis. \u201cLos Angeles is one of the world\u2019s most iconic basketball cities and has a thriving 3&#215;3 basketball culture. We are very excited to be once again at the heart of a vibrant, urban sport festival atmosphere during the Games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The detailed competition format and qualification system for the 3&#215;3 basketball tournaments at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games will be communicated at a later stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIES (Switzerland) \u2013\u00a0The\u00a0International Olympic Committee (IOC)&#8217;s Executive Board\u00a0on Wednesday announced its decision to increase the quota to 12 men\u2019s and 12 women\u2019s teams for 3&#215;3 basketball as part of the Olympic Basketball program for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. This expansion from 8 to 12 teams per gender reflects the growth of 3&#215;3 basketball&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[266],"class_list":["post-2521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoops-basketball","tag-2028-olympics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2523,"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521\/revisions\/2523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}