MIES (Switzerland) - The birthday celebration at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball will be extra special on June 18 as FIBA turns 90 years old.

To mark the occasion this will be the eighth edition of the hugely popular FIBA Open, the biggest 3x3 grassroots tournament in Switzerland. The tournament will take place on both 18 and 19 June with games starting at 9:30.

Those who come can walk through the doors of the House of Basketball to visit the Hall of Fame and the exhibition space that retraces the history of basketball and FIBA. 

At this year's FIBA Open and to mark FIBA's anniversary there will be the unveiling of the James Naismith statue to celebrate basketball and its roots. Naismith invented basketball in 1891 at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, and this new statue will be placed in front of FIBA's headquarters.  

As part of this year's festivities, a celebratory anniversary dinner will take place with special guests including Naismith's great granddaughter and her son who will also play in the tournament.

A whopping 260 teams (1040 players) have already signed up to play at this year's event, with the final number expected to be a record 305, making this event the biggest FIBA 3x3 endorsed basketball tournament so far in 2022.

Teams that still want to play can register here.

Making the FIBA Open more appealing, and inclusive, than ever is a record 16 categories to give everyone a chance to play, including wheelchair basketball, Special Olympics and teams from Under-10 to over 50s.

Additionally, Swiss Tour is returning and, for the first time, Elite women teams will compete for the title of 3x3 Swiss Champions.

The event is highly popular with players and visitors alike with catering, a raffle and impressive games to be seen.

The three clubs registering the greatest number of teams per youth category will receive 10 basketballs each.

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