(Georgetown, Guyana – 12 August 2022) – The Guyana 3×3 Basketball Men’s National Team will begin their campaign for 3×3 basketball gold at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey on Sunday, August 14th against Mauritania at 11:15 AM (Turkey time) at the Karatay Sports and Congress Center. The men’s 3×3 basketball competition will have twenty (20) teams that will play in a league-style (round-robin made-up of four (4) groups with five (5) teams each) phase that leads directly to singles elimination. The top two (2) teams of each group will advance to the Quarter-finals, while the third place team of each group will play for 9th – 12th places. The bottom two (2) teams of each group will be classified based on wins, head-to-head records and points scored for 13th – 20th places.
Guyana is placed in Group B along with Iran, Maldives, Mauritania, and Uganda. Other teams in the competition are:
Group A: Jordan, Libya, Palestine, Senegal, Qatar
Group B: Iran, Guyana, Maldives, Mauritania, Uganda
Group C: Azerbaijan, Gabon, Mali, Morocco, Turkey
Group D: Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Iraq, Sudan, Suriname
Team Guyana will be led by Stanton Rose Jr., Nikkoloi Smith, Harold Adams, and Travis Belgrave. The 3×3 Coordinator joining the team is Junior Hercules.
Group B Schedule: (all times are in Turkey local time)
Aug. 14 – 11:15 – Guyana vs. Mauritania
Aug. 14 – 12:40 – Uganda vs. Guyana
Aug. 16 – 17:45 – Iran vs. Guyana
Aug. 16 – 20:25 – Guyana vs. Maldives
