RIMINI (3x3 Youth World Championship) - The U18 3x3 Youth World Championship, set to take place in Rimini, Italy from 9 to 11 September begins this Friday. All games from court one will be broadcasted free on the internet via FIBA.TV through the feed of the Italian TV channel SportItalia.

Friday through Sunday you will get six and a half hours of live action on the court, allowing you to follow for the first time a 3x3 event of this magnitude.

To find out more about the event, schedule and the Official Program go here.

The official website rimini2011.fiba.com has been launched, giving fans from all around the world the possibility to follow this event from close-up.
Here are the final groups:

MEN

Pool A: Tunisia; India; Greece; Estonia; Ukraine; Puerto Rico; Sri Lanka; South Korea; Slovenia
Pool B: Austria; Jordan; Serbia; Singapore; Syria; Spain; Qatar; Italy; Egypt
Pool C: England; Japan; Canada; Romania; New Zealand; Turkey; Nepal; Latvia; Germany
Pool D: Netherlands; Czech Republic; USA; South Africa; Bulgaria; Croatia; Guam; Russia; Denmark

WOMEN

Pool A: Greece; Tunisia; Russia; Australia; Canada; England
Pool B: Jordan; Angola; Czech Republic; Turkey; Spain; Netherlands
Pool C: Sri Lanka; India; Sweden; Italy; USA; Guam
Pool D: Germany; Austria; Japan; Ukraine; China; Syria

The players will also have the chance to participate in five different individual competitions such as dunking (boys), free-throw (mixed), skills (girls) and shooting contests (boys and girls).

FIBA