Thirty teams from thirteen Universities from eight countries are in Kenya for the 2021 FASU 3X3 Basketball Challenge at the United States International University Africa (USIU) in Nairobi Kenya.
The games begins with hosts USIU-Africa team A take on Stellenbosch University of South Africa in the mens game in court one, while the women’s game challenge will see Copperbelt University of Zambia take on USIU-Africa women’s Team B.
Defending champions in the men’s and women’s category Uganda Christian University(UCU) will hope to maintain their continental dominance but will face a stiff challenge from the other schools including University of Johannesburg, Makerere and previous finalists and medalists Institut Supérieur d’Entrepreneurship et Gestion (ISEG) and hosts United State International University-Africa.
All the teams will be playing for a spot at the World University 3×3 Basketball Championships, as the winners per gender shall represent Africa at the 6th edition of the FISU World Cup in Xiamen, China from 20th-23rd October 2022.
The game schedule