Valencia Basket 3x3 qualifies for the Hong Kong World Tour

Valencia Basket 3x3’s men’s team wrapped up its participation in the Salvador Challenger, held on November 7 and 8 in Brazil, with a fourth-place finish that secured its ticket to the Hong Kong World Tour. The event marked the final stop on the 2026 FIBA 3x3 Challenger circuit and the last opportunity to qualify for the penultimate World Tour event of the season, ahead of the circuit’s grand finale.

With Javier Herrero, Carlos Martínez, Jorge Parra and Alfonso Ribera making up the team, the Taronja side opened the competition with a 21-18 win over Antwerp. In their second group-stage game, Valencia Basket 3x3 were unable to make it two wins in a row, falling 10-17 to Diadema, but still managed to advance to the quarter-finals. In the first knockout round, the Valencians defeated Vienna 16-13 to book their place in the semi-finals. There, they faced Shibuya in a closely contested game that was decided by the narrowest of margins, with the Japanese side claiming a 20-19 victory.

Although they narrowly missed out on a place in the final, the fourth-place finish in Salvador brought its reward. The usual qualification spots for the World Tour went to the top three teams, but Princeton, one of the teams to secure one of those places, had already guaranteed its participation in Hong Kong. As a result, the spot went to Valencia Basket 3x3, securing the team’s place in its second World Tour event of the season.

The men’s team will therefore be in Hong Kong on November 28 and 29 for another event at the highest level of international 3x3 basketball. Before that, on November 14 and 15, both Taronja teams — men’s and women’s — will begin the second season of the Liga 3x3 FEB. The competition gets underway with the first season’s impressive results still fresh in the memory, after the men’s team were crowned champions and the women’s team finished as runners-up.