MANAMA (Bahrain) - All the toil from this electric FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2025 comes down to the showpiece Manama Final on November 21-25. Here is all the important information you need before the biggest event of the season. Where can I watch the World Tour Manama Final? The action runs from November 21-22 and you can follow it live on the FIBA 3x3 YouTube page. Who is competing in Manama? This loaded draw has a total of 14 teams: Ub, Miami, Amsterdam Rabobank, Liman, Toulouse, Raudondvaris Hoptrans, Chongming, Riffa, Skyliners, Vienna, Hangzhou, Lugano HANDONG, Partizan, Seef What are the pools?
Pool A: Ub (SRB), Riffa (BRN), Vienna (AUT) Pool B: Miami (USA), Chongming (CHN), Hangzhou (CHN) Pool C: Amsterdam RABOBANK (NED), Raudondvaris Hoptrans (LTU), Partizan (SRB) Pool D: Liman (SRB), Toulouse (FRA), QD
Who are the favorites?
Real ones well know that this is the best of the best, so let's be honest - anyone can win. But that would be all too easy. We won't chicken out. Here are the four favorites, the cream of the crop if you will.
We just have to start with top seed Ub (SRB) even though they've eased the gas recently and won't head into Manama will all guns blazing. But they've once again earned the right to go in as top dog after another dominant regular season. Their absolute best remains the standard as they showed when they peeled off six titles during one insane stretch mid-season.
No.2 seed Miami (USA) just has to be on this shortlist, given they have been Ub's most consistent threat and just have a habit of making finals even though their trouble has been finishing it off at the end. A title here might signal a changing of the guard on the WT.
We were getting worried about them, but Amsterdam RABOBANK (NED) came through in Bucharest to suggest they are absolutely back in business as they look to defend their crown.
The fourth team is tricky as there are so many worthy contenders but we're going with ever reliable Raudondvaris Hoptrans (LTU), winners on this season's WT. The lethal Lithuanians are led by dynamic duo Aurelijus Pukelis and Evaldas Dziaugys who has gone up a level in 2025.
Who are the players to watch?
The best players on the planet are ready to fight for the crown as they look to sit on 3x3's throne. Right now, it's Strahinja Stojacic who wears the championship belt after submitting the GOAT regular season, which is fitting for the GOAT. If 'Doctor Strange' makes Manama his multiverse then it's over, Stojacic will be the undisputed best player of 2025.
Henry Caruso has been Stojacic's biggest threat this season after turning into Captain America for Miami. If he walks off with the MVP after delivering the Americans the biggest prize in 3x3 then we will have a new top dog.
It's not a two-horse race for the crown because Worthy de Jong is ready to defend his World Tour Final MVP. After not quite reaching the heights of his insane 2024, de Jong has been clearly pacing himself through this long season and he rewound the clock with a vintage display in Bucharest.
While those three will fight for the crown, there are plenty of other stars who can steal the show in Manama. Franck Seguela should be in discussions for the crown but has had an indifferent season although that does not mean he can't be the best player whenever he steps on the half-court in Manama.
There will be no stronger dude than Cameron Forte, while look out because Aleksander Lazic is about to take flight. Leon Fertig is no longer just hype, he's a WT MVP winner and made for the big stage having been mentored by OG Stefan Kojic.
The most muscular dude in Manama will of course be Stefan Milivojevic, a 3x3 Gladiator, and if the temperature soars to record highs that's because Quincy Diggs is dropping bucket after bucket.
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