Defined the 16 countries of the Premundial 3x3 basketball tournament

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FIBA announced today, Friday, the 16 teams that will participate in both branches of the 3x3 Basketball World Tournament to be played in San Juan in May of next year.

A total of six tickets will be awarded in the qualifying tournament for the 3x3 World Cup to be played in 2019. The Cup, in turn, will distribute three tickets in each branch for the qualification of the Olympic Games of Japan 2020.

The World Cup qualifier will take place on May 4 and 5 in the capital city.

In the male branch there will be representation from Australia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Nigeria, Romania, and the host Puerto Rico.

While the teams in the women will be Australia, Brazil, Estonia, Mali, New Zealand, Uganda, Spain and Puerto Rico.

The best three teams in each branch will qualify for the World Cup.

Puerto Rico comes to achieve a gold medal in the men's branch at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla with Gilberto Clavell, Ángel Matías, Josué Erazo and Tjader Fernández in the team.