Get Ready for Hoops Action: Jigen Updaters Brings Japan’s Biggest 3×3 Basketball Tournament to Kyoto
Kyoto students will compete in a heated battle alongside professional teams.
Jigen Updaters is Cross Sports Marketing Co., Ltd. (Representative Director: Nobuaki Nakamura), which operates the global professional league “3×3.EXE PREMIER” approved by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and Japan Basketball Association (JBA). We are pleased to inform you that we will be inviting the pro/am mixed open tournament “3×3.EXE TOURNAMENT 2024-2025” sponsored by Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.
■About “3×3.EXE TOURNAMENT 2024-2025”
“3×3.EXE TOURNAMENT 2024-2025” is a tournament that started in 2013 as an open tournament for professionals and amateurs under the theme of “From the Streets to the World.”
For the 2024-2025 season, the scale will be expanded compared to last year, with six qualifying rounds held in each prefecture for men. The winning team in each preliminary round will earn the right to compete in the FINAL to be held in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture in March 2025, and the team that wins the FINAL will earn the right to compete in the world tournament. .
Starting this season, this tournament will be held not only for men but also for women in the CATEGORY, and is expanding year by year.
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■About “3×3.EXE TOURNAMENT Kyoto Qualifying”
This tournament, which will be held in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, the home of Jigen Updaters, will be held on Sunday, January 12, 2025, at the gymnasium of Ryukoku University Fukakusa Campus in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City.
This is a tournament with a total of 12 teams, including Jigen Updaters, professional teams belonging to “3×3.EXE PREMIER”, general teams with open entry, and university teams belonging to the Kansai Student Basketball Federation. A tournament featuring all six women’s teams is also scheduled to be held at the same time.
Admission to the gymnasium on the Ryukoku University Fukakusa campus is free, and watching games is also free. This is our team’s first invitation to a tournament, so please come and support us.
Jigen Updaters has a team slogan of “UPDATE the YOUTH – Supporting the challenges of young people”, and is promoting regional revitalization in Kyoto through 3×3 and the challenges of students and young people who are active mainly in Kyoto city. We are working to create opportunities for employees and employees to succeed. By participating in this tournament, we hope to create an opportunity for young basketball players, including students, to learn about the fun of 3×3 and the possibility of a career as a professional player after graduating from university, increasing their options in life. Masu. In the future, we aim to hold tournaments in which more student teams participate, and aim to create a community centered around sports.
■“3×3.EXE TOURNAMENT Kyoto Qualifying Presented by ZIGExN UPDATERS.EXE”
Tournament name: 3×3 EXE Tournament Kyoto Preliminary Presented by Jigen Updaters
Date: January 12, 2025 (Sunday) 11:00-17:00 (tentative)
Viewing fee: Free admission
Venue: Ryukoku University Fukakusa Campus
67 Fukakusukamotocho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8577
access:https://www.ryukoku.ac.jp/about/campus_traffic/
The latest information regarding this tournament will be posted on the 3×3.EXE TOURNAMENT official website, SNS, and Jigen Updaters official Instagram.
To enter the 3×3.EXE TOURNAMENT, please visit the URL below:
●Menhttps://3x3exe.shop/products/men-3×3-exe-tournament-2025-1-12
●Girlshttps://3x3exe.shop/products/women-3×3-exe-tournament-2025-1-12
Jigen Updaters official Instagram:
■Participating teams
The men’s tournament will feature a total of 12 teams, including professional teams from the Premier League, general teams with open entry, and universities that belong to the Kansai Student Basketball Federation (Kyoto Sangyo University, Doshisha University, Ritsumeikan University, Ryukoku University *in alphabetical order) is planned. The women’s tournament is scheduled to feature a total of six teams through open entry.
■Co-host
3×3.EXE (Cross Sports Marketing Co., Ltd.)
Kyoto Prefecture Basketball Association
Jigen Co., Ltd.
■Sponsorship
Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City
■Cooperation
Kansai Student Basketball Federation General Incorporated Association