World Jam 2015

World Jam 2015
World Jam 2015 logo
Date	October, 2015
Venue	Dynn Casino Complex
City	Las Vegas, USA
Champions	Great Britain
Runners Up	Spain
Semi-Finalists	USA and Puerto Rico
Finals MVP	Ambrose Slade
32 teams vied for the 16 qualifying spots

World Jam 2015 was the inaugral 3v3 World Jam international tournament, hosted at the Dynn Casino Complex in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the first time that a 3v3 streetball tournament featuring FBA players had ever been achieved. The tournament was in a shortform format, with the first team to 50 points winning the game. 32 teams attempted to qualify but only sixteen reached the World Jam Finals. For the purposes of this first tournament, qualifiers were also held in Las Vegas.

History

During the end of the 2015 season, a strike involving the FBA players and controllers of the FBA left a new season in doubt, at best delayed and at worst cancelled. Spying an oppurtunity to make an entreprenerial move to make roads into international basketball and to utilise FBA players on strike and not currently covered by contract thanks to red tape, James Dynn (owner of the Las Vegas Wildcards and casino congolomerate owner) went about organising an international tournament like no other - and World Jam was set up. The relative ease of getting three players together made getting a vast number of teams interested in the tournament a cinch, and a fervour instantly kicked in amongst fans around the globe about the possibile dream match ups. Much of the early furore was about the potential for a USA vs Canada and a match up between Shane Rufus (in his last games) and Rocky Couture. Many teams from around the globe chose their three players, but others put their team selection up for nomination, including USA, Canada, Japan, Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Russia and China. The FBA voted in their droves and the starting threes were selected. At the start of the process, not a single ticket had been sold and no television coverage had been agreed, giving the tournament a rebellious edge like no other, which undoubtedly appealed to fans. By the tournaments end, games were sold out in the rooftop stadium at the Dynn Complex, and a deal reportedly worth a few million dollars had been signed with TV companies. Dynn is now in negotiations for further tournaments with the next one pencilled in for Jakarta, Indonesia. In future, the 16 World Jam finalists in any given year will be put into a hat and pulled out, with the country pulled out hosting the next tournament.

Teams

Argentina (6)	Australia (8)	Brazil (31)	Cameroon (32)
Seba Kosiciuko (Williamsburg Minutemen)	Barnaby Jazz (Las Vegas Wildcards)	Juniper Hill (Baltimore Spirits)	Okan Okayu (Acadandia University)
Esequiel Cajeta (Seattle Summit)	Bobby Rae-Brine (Montana Howlers)	Jorge Vilata (D-League)	Roger Hounsou (Free Agent)
Antonio Garza (Hawaii Kahunas)	Alan Murphy (Pittsburgh Keystones)	Gonçalo Trabuco (Fortaleza SC)	C-A Priso  (FSKA Moscow)
Canada (2)	Colombia (26)	China (10)	Congo (25)
Rocky Couture (Edmonton Totems)	Teo Masalia (Hawaii Kahunas)	Li Ho Fook (Las Vegas Wildcards)	Rob Jacobs (San Jose Thrust)
Yves Carbonneau (Winnipeg Voyagers)	Julia Fernandez (Free Agent)	Redawn Fenwatcher (San Jose Thrust)	Zuri Afolayan (D-League)
Edward Hudson (Retired)	Daniel Garcia (Villavicencio)	Cho Song-Hwa (Queens Pride)	Cesar Zakandi (Etoile Fatima)
Egypt (17)	Finland (15)	France (5=)	Germany (4)
Georgette Hawyer (Seattle Summit)	Luukas Hirvonen (Edmonton Totems)	Blanc Mange (Bangor Tides)	Franz Volker (Tallahassee Typhoons)
Mahmud Zarif (Pittsburgh Keystones)	Otto Okkonen (Williamsburg Minutemen)	Julian Cross-Kiraly (Hawaii Kahunas)	Siegfried Romanaren (Edmonton Totems)
Azizi Salah (Free Agent)	Eetu Aalto (Helsinki Norsemen)	Renard Antouille (Lorain Firestorm)	Dirk Von Stryker (Winnipeg Voyagers)
Great Britain (13)	Greece (7)	India (19)	Indonesia (22)
D’Angelo McQuilkin (Hunstville Mayors)	Gorge Pappamalous (Lorain Firestorm)	Mathiyazhagan Balasubramaniam (Baltimore Spirits)	Cliff Matthews (Alaska Arctics)
Jake Turner (Seattle Summit)	Paramonimos Konstantidis (Alaska Arctics)	Bali Mahi (Tennessee Moonshiners)	Aditya Anggun (Santa Ana Spectrums)
Ambrose Slade (Alaska Arctics)	Nektorios Straka (Free Agent)	Shubra Rajni (Pittsburgh Keystones)	Tasya Fangetsu (Jakarta)
Ireland (24)	Italy (16)	Jamaica (20)	Japan (18)
Mikaylah Marley (Williamsburg Minutemen)	Alessandro Serra (Alaska Arctics)	Zoie Wilds (Winnipeg Voyagers)	Ren Inoue (Tallahassee Typhoons)
Jacob McLee (Lorain Firestorm)	Daius Aurelias (Santa Ana Spectrums)	Treshaun Carnell (Seattle Summit)	Shirley Takamoto (Pittsburgh Keystones)
Morgan McCarthy (Arizona Whips)	Ain Iannizzi (Santa Ana Spectrums)*	Hammond Macey (Kingston Town)	Keitaro Kurosaki (Dakota Bikers)
Mexico (29)	The Netherlands (30)	Peru (28)	Poland (27)
Marcella Oliviera (Williamsburg Minutemen)	Christiaan Hengst (Santa Ana Spectrums)	Adolfa Girau Girau (Free Agent)	Jaeger Lewandowski (Free Agent)
Javier ‘Flash’ Villagomez (D-League)	Moki Ixtlahuac (Biloxi Voodoo)	Rudy Pimona (Free Agent)	Alec Kustowski (FSKA Moskva)
Zoraida Soto (Academica Mexico City)	Andreas Van Agteren (Utrecht)	Cooper Frizell-Ibañez (Matamoras College, NY)	Jakob Bosko (FSKA Moskva)
Puerto Rico (11)	Russia (3)	Slovenia (9)	South Africa (23)
Vera La Tierra (Williamsburg Minutemen)	Kasa Yalenchka (Plymouth Taproots)	Stefan Kikovic (Queens Pride)	Leonardo De Hugo (Lorain Firestorm)
Ricardo Rodrigues (Montana Howlers)	Vladimir Andreiovich Zhidkov (San Jose Thrust)	Nebojša Elkasevic (Tallahassee Typhoons)	Gerrit-Jan Pretorious (Plymouth Taproots)
Carol Quinones (Heraklion Warriors)	Sasha Ivanovich (Albany Alphas)	Mila Pisarović (KK Ljubljana)	Dennis Xabbu (Tennessee Moonshiners)
South Korea (14)	Spain (5=)	Sweden (21)	USA (1)
Derek Kim (Winnipeg Voyagers)	Elisa Lawless (Dakota Bikers)	Sterling Bengtzing (Montana Howlers)	Shane Rufus (retired)
Lee Jin-Sung (Albany Alphas)	Balthasar Torrealba y Toboso (Huntsville Mayors)	Saga Ström (Pittsburgh Keystones)	Nina Lime (Plymouth Taproots)
Lim Poong (D-League)	Diego Imperio (Montana Howlers)	Hedvin Eklund (Tallahassee Typhoons)	Rodger Umaechi (Albany Alphas)

• Ain Iannizzi replaced Adriana Ramaglia (Giugliano Calcio) in the main tournament.
• (Rankings) in brackets pre-tournament - these rankings were based on previous international pedigree of the nations, and not on the standard of FBA players who have yet to represent their countries at international level. In future, World Jam, Olympic and World Tourney will affect the rankings of the nations, which will affect where teams enter qualifying in future.

Players

The following players were introduced and made their debuts in the FBA Universe especially for World Jam;

• (Carol Quiñónes - F, 6'11", Grey Wolf from Mayaguez) *created by Sam Gwosdz*
• (Eetu Aalto - SF, 6' 5" Male - Bottlenose Dolphin, Helsinki Norsemen) *created by PaulShep*
• (Gonçalo Trabuco. Maned Wolf, Forward. Fortaleza) *created by Harlow*
• (Tasya Fangetsu, Sumatran Tigress, SG, Female, 5' 11") *created by lizzimba*
• (Daniela García - F/C, 7'1" Puma from Villavicencio) *created by Sam Gwosdz*
• (Zoraida Soto, Female, Borzoi Dog, SF/SG, Mexico City) *created by Betsie*
• (Mila Pisarović. Genet. Swingfur, Female, Ljubljana) *created by Harlow*
• (Cesar Zakandi , Bateleur, M, PG, Ikela, R. of Congo) *created by akkarri*
• (Andreas Van Agteren, Keeshond, PF, Utrecht) *created by hoomiku*
• (Cooper Frizell-Ibañez - SG, 6'0" male Spotted-necked otter, born from American/Peruvian parents in Ronkonkoma, NY) *created by Qovapryi*
• (Hammond Macey - Carolina Amole, F) *created by Hoomiku*
• (Claude Alham Priso - G, 6'2" male manatee from Campo, Cameroon) *created by Qovapryi*
• (Jakob Bosko, European Mink, 6' 2", SG, Born In Youande, Plays For FSKA Moskva) *created by PaulShep*
• (Adriana Ramaglia, SF, 6'6" female Neapolitan Mastiff from Giugliano in Campania, Italy) *created by Qovapryi*

Qualifying

Prior to the tournament, the 32 teams were ranked from 1-32, and the top four were automatically qualified for the tournament. These records were based on international competition prior to World Jam rather than the quality of the players themselves, which led to some controversy when Spain were seeded in the initial rankings. After some negotiations, it was decided the final top four were USA (hosts), Canada, Germany and Russia.

Another group of teams were deemed to be the eight worst and would have to play an extra round of qualification. The remaining 20 teams would join the four winners in a series of 12 playoffs in the second round of qualifying to join USA, Canada, Germany and Russia in the World Jam Finals.

1st Round Qualifying Draw

Mexico (Oliveira, Villagomez, Soto) vs Cameroon (Okayu, Hounsou, Priso)

The Netherlands (Hengst, Ixtlahuac, Van Agreten) vs Peru (Girau Girau, Pimona, Frizell-Ibanez)

Colombia (Masalia, Fernandez, Garcia) vs Poland (Lewandowski, Kustowski, Bosko)

Congo (Jacobs, Alofayan, Zakandi) vs Brazil (Hill, Vilata, Trabuco)

 

1st Round Results

Colombia 50 - 35 Poland	Netherlands 44 - 51 Peru
Masalia 21, Fernandez 19, Garcia 10	Hengst 23, Ixtlahuac 15, Van Agreten 6
Lewandowski 22, Bosko 8, Kustowski 5	Pimona 22, Girau-Girau 21, Frizell-Ibanez 8
Player of the Game: Jaeger Lewandowksi (Poland)	Player of the Game: Rudy Pimona (Peru)
Mexico 51 - 40 Cameroon	Congo 33 - 51 Brazil
Villagomez 18, Oliveira 17, Soto 16	Alofayan 16, Zakandi 12, Jacobs 5
Okayu 20, Hounsou 12, Priso 8	Hill 29, Vilata 15, Trabuco 7
Player of the Game: Zoraida Soto (Mexico)	Player of the Game: Juniper Hill (Brazil)

2nd Round Qualifying Draw

Finland (Hirvonen, Okkonen, Aalto) vs Mexico (Oliveira, Villagomez, Soto)

China (Fook, Fenwatcher, C-S Hwa) vs Indonesia (Matthews, Anggun, Fangetsu)

Puerto Rico (La Tierra, Rodrigues, Quinones) vs Ireland (Marley, McLee, McCarthy)

Great Britain (MacQuilkin, Slade, Turner) vs South Korea (Kim, J-S Lee, Poong)

South Africa (De Hugo, Pretorius, Xabbu) vs Japan (Takamoto, Inoue, Kurosaki)

Slovenia (Kikovic, Elkasevic, Pisorevic) vs Argentina (Kosiciuko, Cajeta, Garza)

Peru (Girau-Girau, Pimona, Frizell-Ibanez) vs Italy (Serra, Aurelias, Ianizzi)

Egypt (Hawyer, Zarif, Salah) vs Jamaica (Wilds, Carnell, Macey)

France (Mange, Antouille, Cross-Kiraly) vs Colombia (Masalia, Fernandez, Garcia)

India (Balasubramaniam, Mahi, Rajni) vs Sweden (Bengtzing, Strom, Eklund)

Greece (Pappalomous, Konstantidis, Straka) vs Australia (Jazz, Rae-Brine, Murphy)

Brazil (Hill, Vilata, Trabuco) vs Spain (Lawless, Toboso, Imperio)

 

2nd Round Results

Finland 51 - 37 Mexico	Puerto Rico 51 - 20 Ireland
A plucky Mexico side ultimately give way to a classier Scandinavian outfit in this exciting encounter.	An embarrassing shocking decimation for a young and promising Irish side by the spectacular Puerto Ricans.
Hirvonen 30, Okkonen 14, Aalto 7	Quinones 23, La Tierra 18, Rodrigues 10
Villagomez 17, Soto 14, Oliveira 6	McLee 10, Marley 8, McCarthy 2
Player of the Game: Luukas Hirvonen (Finland)	Player of the Game: Carol Quinones (Puerto Rico)
Slovenia 52 - 56 Argentina OT	Peru 49 - 52 Italy
Cajeta scores winning basket in overtime after closest match n WJ Qualifying so far. Slovenia so very close to making the tournament.	Plucky Peru catch Italy snoozing but Serra makes his mark just in time to save Italian blushes.
Kikovic 28, Elkasevic 14, Pirosevic 10	Pimona 25, Frizell-Ibanez 17, Girau-Girau 7
Kosciuko 30, Garza 14, Cajeta 12	Serra 22, Ianizzi 18, Aurelius 12
Player of the Game: Seba Kosiciuko (Argentina)	Player of the Game: Alessandro Serra (Italy)
Egypt 59 - 56 Jamaica (OT)	France 52 - 30 Colombia
The Jamaicans nearly saved by a Zoie Wilds supershow taking the game to overtime, but a workmanlike performance rom Egypt gains a shock win.	A super team performance from the French gave little room for Colombia to create openings and class shone through overall.
Zarif 35, Salah 15, Hawyer 9	Mange 22, Cross-Kiraly 15, Antouille 15
Wilds 34, Carnell 17, Macey 5	Masalia 11, Garcia 10, Fernandez 9
Player of the Game: Mahmud Zarif (Egypt)	Player of the Game: Blanc Mange (France)
India 50 - 43 Sweden	Brazil 46 - 51 Spain
A rejuvenated Moby shows what he has against a young Swedish team who held well but lacked consistency. Mahi wins it with a 3 pointer.	After a great start Spain very nearly blow it, but rallying with eleven points in a row saves it for the Spaniards.
Balasubramaniam 28, Mahi 14, Rajni 8	Vilata 16, Trabuco 15, Hill 15
Strom 17 Bentzing 15, Eklund 11	Toboso 26, Lawless 15, Imperio 10
Player of the Game: Mathiyazhagan Balasubramaniam	Player of the Game: Balthazar Torrealba y Toboso
South Korea 44 - 51 Great Britain	China 43 - 50 Indonesia
Despite some obvious tiredness and jetlag, and some good work from the Koreans, Team GB never looked troubled.	A flashy solo start from Li Ho Fook is not enough as Anggun and Matthiews grind down the Chinese to reach their first international tournament.
MacQuilkin 19, Turner 17, Slade 15	Fook 26, C-S Hwa 10, Fenwatcher 7
Kim 22, J-S Lee 14, Poong 8	Matthiews 22, Anggun 18, Fangetsu 10
Player of the Game: Jake Turner	Player of the Game: Li Ho Fook
South Africa 37 - 50 Japan	Greece 33 - 50 Australia
Japan comfortably ensure their place in World Jam with this clever erformance, their pace too much for the lions of South Africa.	An inspired Barnaby Jazz performance and the Aussies canter to victory over Greece and book the last spot in World Jam!
Xabbu 21, De Hugo 8, Pretorious 8	Paramonious 15, Straka 12, Pappalomous 6
Takamoto 24, Kurosaki 14, Inoue 12	Jazz 28, Murphy 11, Brine 11
Player of the Game: Shirley Takamoto	Player of the Game: Barnaby Jazz

The Finals

Group Stage

Group A

• USA 9
• PUERTO RICO 6
• ITALY 2
• ARGENTINA 1

Argentina – Seba Kosiciuko (Williamsburg Minutemen), Esequiel Cajeta (Seattle Summit), Antonio Garza (Hawaii Kahunas)

Italy – Alessandro Serra (Alaska Arctics), Daius Aurelias (Santa Ana Spectrums), Ain Ianizzi (Santa Ana Spectrums)

Puerto Rico – Vera La Tierra (Williamsburg Minutemen), Ricardo Rodrigues (Montana Howlers), Carol Quinones (Heraklion Warriors)

USA – Shane Rufus (retired), Nina Lime (Plymouth Taproots), Rodger Umaechi (Albany Alphas)

USA 50 - 45 Argentina	Puerto Rico 50 - 40 Italy
Umaechi 23, Lime 15, Rufus 12	La Tierra 25, Rodrigues 15, Quinones 10
Kosciuko 24, Garza 14, Cajeta 7	Serra 25, Aurelias 12, Iannizzi 3
Player of the Game: Rodger Umaechi	Player of the Game: Vera La Tierra
USA 50 - 40 Puerto Rico	Argentina 53 - 56 Italy (OT)
Rufus 24, Umaechi 20, Lime, 6	Kosciuko 30, Cajeta 14, Garza 9
La Tierra 15, Quinones 14, Rodrigues 11	Iannizzi 26, Serra 16, Aurelias 14
Player of the Game: Shane Rufus	Player of the Game: Ain Iannizzi
USA 50 - 32 Italy	Argentina 49 - 52 Puerto Rico
Lime 22, Umaechi 20, Rufus 8	Kosciuko 24, Garza 15, Cajeta 10
Serra 16, Iannizzi 8, Aurelias 8	Quinones 26, La Tierra 13, Rodrigues 13
Player of the Game: Nina Lime	Player of the Game: Carol Quinones

Group B

• JAPAN 6
• FRANCE 6
• CANADA 3
• EGYPT 3

Canada – Rocky Couture (Edmonton Totems), Yves Carbonneau (Winnipeg Voyagers), Edward Hudson (Retired)

Egypt – Georgette Hawyer (Seattle Summit), Mahmud Zarif (Pittsburgh Keystones), Azizi Salah (Free Agent)

France – Blanc Mange (Bangor Tides), Julian Cross-Kiraly (Hawaii Kahunas), Renard Antouille (Lorain Firestorm)

Japan – Ren Inoue (Tallahassee Typhoons), Shirley Takamoto (Pittsburgh Keystones), Keitaro Kurosaki (Dakota Bikers)

Canada 42 - 50 France	Egypt 23 - 51 Japan
Hudson 23, Carbonneau 14, Couture 5	Zarif 16, Hawyer 6, Salah 1
Mange 19, Cross-Kiraly 17, Antouille 14	Takamoto 22, Inoue 18, Kurosaki 11
Player of the Game: Julian Cross-Kiraly	Player of the Game: Shirley Takamoto
Canada 47 - 50 Egypt	France 36 - 50 Japan
Couture 22, Carbonneau 15, Hudson 10	Mange 25, Cross-Kiraly 9, Antouille 2
Hawyer 26, Zarif, 24, Salah 0	Inoue 23, Takamoto 16, Kurosaki 11
Player of the Game: Georgette Hawyer	Player of the Game: Ren Inoue
Canada 51 - 41 Japan	France 51 - 43 Egypt
Carbonneau 30, Hudson 14, Couture 7	Mange 27, Cross-Kiraly 13, Antouille 11
Takamoto 20, Kurosaki 15, Inoue 6,	Hawyer 23, Zarif 17, Salah 3
Player of the Game: Yves Carbonneau	Player of the Game: Georgette Hawyer

Group C

• GREAT BRITAIN 9
• SPAIN 6
• GERMANY 3
• INDIA 0

Germany – Franz Volker (Tallahassee Typhoons), Siegfried Romanaren (Edmonton Totems), Dirk Von Stryker (Winnipeg Voyagers)

Great Britain – D’Angelo McQuilkin (Hunstville Mayors), Jake Turner (Seattle Summit), Ambrose Slade (Alaska Arctics)

India – Mathiyazhagan Balasubramaniam (Baltimore Spirits), Bali Mahi (Tennessee Moonshiners), Shubra Rajni (Pittsburgh Keystones)

Spain – Elisa Lawless (Dakota Bikers), Balthasar Torrealba y Toboso (Huntsville Mayors), Diego Imperio (Montana Howlers)

Germany 44 - 50 Spain	Great Britain 51 - 32 India
Volker 27, Romanaren 14, Von Stryker 3	Turner 32, MacQulkin 14, Slade 5
Toboso 27, Lawless 15, Imperio 8,	Rajni 14, Mahi 10, Balasubramaniam 8,
Player of the Game: Balthasar Torrealba y Toboso	Player of the Game: Jake Turner
Germany 51 - 54 Great Britain (OT)	Spain 50 - 27 India
Romanaren 20, Volker 18, Von Stryker 13	Toboso 25, Imperio 14, Lawless 11
Turner 30, McQuilkin 14, Slade 10	Balasubramaniam 14, Mahi 11, Rajni 2
Player of the Game: Jake Turner	Player of the Game: Balthasar Torrealba y Toboso
Germany 50 - 32 India	Spain 26 - 52 Great Britain
Von Stryker 23, Volker 20, Romanaren 7	Toboso 20, Imperio 4, Lawless 2
Mahi 12, Balasubramaniam 10, Rajni 10	Turner 31, McQuilkin 15, Slade 6
Player of the Game: Dirk Von Stryker	Player of the Game: Jake Turner

Group D

• AUSTRALIA 7
• FINLAND 6
• INDONESIA 3
• RUSSIA 2

Australia – Barnaby Jazz (Las Vegas Wildcards), Bobby Rae-Brine (Montana Howlers), Alan Murphy (Pittsburgh Keystones)

Finland – Luukas Hirvonen (Edmonton Totems), Otto Okkonen (Williamsburg Minutemen), Eetu Aalto (Helsinki Norsemen)

Indonesia – Cliff Matthews (Alaska Arctics), Aditya Anggun (Santa Ana Spectrums), Tasya Fangetsu (Jakarta)

Russia – Kasa Yalenchka (Plymouth Taproots), Vladimir Andreiovich Zhidkov (San Jose Thrust), Sasha Ivanovich (Albany Alphas)

Russia 32 - 52 Indonesia	Australia 50 - 38 Finland
Ivanovich 15, Yalenchka 14, Zhidkov 3	Murphy 23, Jazz 16, Brine 11
Matthiews 23, Anggun 16, Fangestu 13	Hirvonen 20, Okkonen 11, Aalto 7
Player of the Game: Cliff Matthiews	Player of the Game: Alan Murphy
Russia 53 - 50 Australia (OT)	Indonesia 28 - 50 Finland
Yalenchka 22, Zhidkov 22, Ivanovich 9	Matthiews 11, Anggun 10, Fangestu 7
Jazz 29, Murphy 11, Brine 10	Hirvonen 35, Okkonen 12, Aalto 3
Player of the Game: Barnaby Jazz	Player of the Game: Luukas Hirvonen
Russia 36 - 50 Finland	Indonesia 41 - 51 Australia
Yalenchka 16, Zhidkov 16, Ivanovich 4	Anggun 16, Fangestu 14, Matthiews 11
Hirvonen 30, Aalto 15, Okkonen 5	Jazz 26, Brine 14, Murphy 11
Player of the Game: Luukas Hirvonen	Player of the Game: Barnaby Jazz

Quarter Finals

USA 50 - 30 France
Rufus 26, Umeachi 17, Lime 7
Mange 22, Cross-Kiraly 4, Antouille 4
Player of the Game: Shane Rufus
The USA crowd are thrilled as Shane Rufus rolls back the years with this awesome performance that decimated France despite Mange efforts.
Japan 35 - 51 Puerto Rico
Takamoto 16, Inoue 12, Kurosaki 7
La Tierra 38, Rodrigues 9, Quinones 4
Player of the Game: Vera La Tierra
God mode Vera propels Puerto Rico into an unlikely semi final in this stellar performance.
Great Britain 51 - 32 Finland
Turner 24, Slade 18, McQuilkin 9
Hirvonen 18, Aalto 10, Okkonen 4
Player of the Game: Jake Turner
Finland stop the super hot Firefox running riot, but ultimate the Brits are just too good for the Finns.
Australia 29 - 50 Spain
Jazz 11, Brine 10, Murphy 8
Imperio 23, Lawless 18, Toboso 9
Player of the Game: Diego Imperio
The pre-match build up was all about Barnaby Jazz, but shockingly it was Diego Imperio who stamped his authority before bursting into tears at the final whistle and his career defining performance.

Semi-Finals

USA 61 - 65 Spain (OT)

Lime 27, Umaechi 22, Rufus 12

Lawless 25, Imperio 24, Toboso 16

Player of the Game: Elisa Lawless

An epic game for the ages, which saw Spain take a sstrong lead, before a great comeback from USA. The match went to Spain, but no-one deserved to lose it what would end up beind Shane Rufus' curtain call.

Puerto Rico 51-54 Great Britain (OT)

Quinones 22, Rodrigues 17, La Tierra 12

McQuilkin 25, Turner 22, Slade 7

Player of the Game: Ricardo Rodrigues

The British team were nearly stunned by a cavalcade of threes from Rodrigues and an 'unfortunate' incident that saw McQuilkin get a muzzle full of vixen cleavage, but a quick three 30 seconds into overtime from Turner won the game.

The Grand Final

Great Britain 50-45 Spain

Slade 26, Turner 13, McQuilkin 11

Lawless 22, Toboso 14, Imperio 9

Player of the Game: Ambrose Slade

Spain lead by ten points early on, and look like maintaining their lead to bring in a shock 66/1 outsider win, but the Brits show their class and grind them down thanks to Ambrose Slade. It goes to the wire, but Imperio misses a vital two which rebounds off the rim and straight to Slade who dunked the ball empathically to make Great Britain the first ever World 3v3 Champions.

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