3x3 - Nike Dunk Contest, 2 Ball start today

ALCOBENDAS - The individual competitions get underway on Saturday afternoon at the FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championships, presented by Nike, with the qualifying rounds of the Nike Dunk Contest and 2 Ball Contest.

Twenty two players will battle it out to be crowned dunk champion. They have been divided into two groups and will show their stuff at 15:40 local time (GMT +2) on the Nike Court and Court 2. The two best dunkers from each group will advance to Sunday's final.

Nike Dunk Contest Qualifiers (15:40)

Nike Court (Court 1)
William Hoole, Australia
Wesley Andrade, Brazil
Denislav Vutev, Bulgaria
Christopher McComber, Canada
Zhennian Zuo, China
Martin Jurtom, Estonia
Olivier Yao-Delon, France
Terry Thomas, Germany
Szilard Benke, Hungary
Lorenzo Benvenuti, Italy
Dmitriy Kharitonov, Kazakhstan

Court 2
Steven Dias Morais, Netherlands
Anamata Haku, New Zealand
Vlad Stoicoviciu, Romania
Artem Klimenko, Russia
Milos Jankovic, Serbia
Michael Sagula, Slovakia
David Iriare, Spain
Cyril Baechler, Switzerland
Mert Celep, Turkey
Rondae Jefferson, USA
Jose Gregorio, Venezuela

Before the Nike Dunk Contest, 30 teams will do battle in the qualifying round of the first-ever FIBA 3x3 U18 2 Ball Contest at 15:00 local time.

The four teams who score the most points will advance to Sunday's Final. In case of a tie, time will act as a tie-breaker

2 Ball Contest Qualifiers (15:00)

Nike Court (Court 1)
1 Cristina Rabasa/Laura Navarro Marin, Andora
2 Ebony Rolph/Stephanie Bairstow, Australia
3 Alan Moraes/Juliana Souza, Brazil
4 Brody Clarke/Kia Nurse, Canada
5 Deshuai Shi/Yu Fu, China
6 Tzu-Ju Chi/Tzu-Yi Liao, Chinese Taipei
7 Hiruni Perera/Imesha Dapana, Sri Lanka
8 Shequila Joseph/Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott, England

Court 2
1 Hendrik Ruut/Birgit Piibur, Estonia
2 Paul Rigot/Clementine Morateur, France
3 Johannes Joos/Robert Zinn, Germany
4 Kara Duenas/Rebecca Rupley, Guam
5 Yik Lam Tse/Yuen Ling Ko, Hong Kong
6 Peter Papp/Imre Rostas, Hungary
7 Eli Shipton/Neta Segal, Israel

Court 3
1 Tommaso LaQuintana/Francesca Gambarini, Italy
2 Saad Almomani/Lana Sunna', Jordan
3 Girts Pinete/Karlis Lasmanis, Latvia
4 Justinas Gecas/Justina Kraujunaite, Lithuania
5 Aleks Correia Semedo/Gillian Boldewyn, Netherlands
6 Derone Raukawa/Alexander Talam, New Zealand
7 Karol Uisnieuski/Justyna Holtyn, Poland

Court 4
1 Vlad Stoicoviciu/Andrei Damian, Romania
2 Viktor Kashin/Mikhail Kulagin, Russia
3 Luka Andusic/Rade Zagorac, Serbia
4 Dalibor Hlivak/Robert Slezak, Slovakia
5 Borja Mendia/Ariadna Pujol, Spain
6 Mathias Tolusso/Melanie Roth, Switzerland
7 Tevfik Akdamar/Pelin Bilgig, Turkey
8 Rondae Jefferson/Brianna Turner, USA

For more information on the rules and system of competition for the Nike Dunk Contest and the 2 Ball Contest, click here.

FIBA