CYBERJAYA (FIBA 3x3 U18 Asia Cup 2018) - New Zealand's men and China's women struck gold at the FIBA 3x3 U18 Asia Cup 2018 at the Gem-In Mall in Cyberjaya, Malaysia on September 6-9.

    CYBERJAYA (FIBA 3x3 U18 Asia Cup 2018) - New Zealand's men and China's women struck gold at the FIBA 3x3 U18 Asia Cup 2018 at the Gem-In Mall in Cyberjaya, Malaysia on September 6-9.

    New Zealand's first appearance at the FIBA 3x3 U18 Asia Cup could not have gone better. Their men's team did not lose a single game in the tournament and bested reigning champions China in the final with a score of 22-17.

    The MVP of the tournament Max De Geest topped all scorers in Malaysia with 52 points overall, including a 16-point outburst in the quarter final against Japan. Kangneng Liu (China) and  Gan-Erdene Gantsolmon (Mongolia) joined the Kiwi rising star on the team of the tournament.

    China won silver and Mongolia earned bronze after beating Qatar in the 3rd place game (21-12).

    In the women's category, China had a perfect 5-0 record and dominated New Zealand in the final (19-12).  Last year's champions Indonesia took home the bronze medal by beating Hong Kong  (15-11).

    The MVP of the women's category was Xianglin Wu of China, who led her team in points and scored 9 in the final . Arielle  Williams (New Zealand) also made the team of tournament  after leading all scorers with 45 points and was joined by Tricia Aoijs from Indonesia.

    In the shoot-out contest,  Matin Aghajanpour won gold for Iran, Cheng Li Pei  earned silver for Chinese Taipei and  Hee Heong Yee (Malaysia) struck bronze.

    The FIBA 3x3 U18 Asia Cup 2018 brought together 33 teams from 19 countries.

    Some of the best players at the event, including men's MVP  Max De Geest, will be back on the 3x3 court at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 7-17, 2018.

    FINAL STANDINGS

    MEN
    1. New Zealand
    2. China
    3. Mongolia
    4. Qatar
    5. Japan
    6. Kyrgyzstan
    7. Jordan
    8. Sri Lanka
    9. Malaysia
    10. Turkmenistan
    11. Indonesia
    12. Kazakhstan
    13. Iran
    14. South Korea
    15. Hong Kong 
    16. Chinese Taipei 
    17.Uzbekistan
    18. Guam 
    19. Thailand 

    WOMEN
    1. China
    2. New Zealand
    3. Indonesia 
    4. Hong Kong 
    5. Japan
    6. Iran
    7. Sri Lanka
    8. Malaysia
    9: Chinese Taipei 
    10. Kyrgyzstan
    11. Mongolia
    12. Kazakhstan
    13.Uzbekistan
    14. Thailand

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