The tournament will feature 8 teams from both genders and last for 2 days.
Teams are divided into 2 pools of 4 teams playing in a round-robin first round against their 3 respective pool opponents. The pool winners are directly qualified for the Semi-Finals and the 2nd- and 3rd-placed teams in each pool will play a Quarter-Final with the winners advancing to the Semi-Finals. The winners of the Semi-Finals will be qualified directly to the FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2019, while the losers of the Semi-Finals will play a final game for the final spot in the FIBA 3x3 World Cup. No Final between the Semi-Finals winners will be played.
The top 3 teams in each gender will secure their ticket to the FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2019, which will be held in Amsterdam, Netherlands on June 18-23.
If teams are tied after the first step, refer to the next one – and so on. 1. Most wins (or win ratio in case of unequal number of games in inter-pool comparison); 2. Head-to-head confrontation (only taking win/loss into account and applies within a pool only); 3. Most points scored in average (without considering winning scores of forfeits). If teams are still tied after those three steps, the one(s) with the highest seeding win(s) the tie-breaker.