Ghana stays steady in World 3×3 Basketball Rankings

The FIBA 3X3 Basketball World Rankings have been released and Basketballghana.com can confirm the West African nation ranks 106^th in the world.

Ghana was ranked 106^th out of 170 ranked countries by basketball world governing body FIBA in the federation category of the rankings. In Africa, Ghana ranks 21^st overall.

In the individual categories, Ghana’s rank varied in the Men’s and Women’s Divisions respectively.

In the Men’s Category, Ghana ranked 92^nd among 206 countries. On the African continent, Ghana ranks 15^th.

In the Women’s Category, Ghana ranks 112 out of 172 countries; Ghana is ranked 22^nd in Africa with Egypt, Mali and Uganda in first, second and third place respectively.

Ghana has over the years competed in 3×3 tournaments with a contingent participating in the Young Lions Tournament in Ivory Coast.

At the Senior Level, Ghana competed at the FIBA 3×3 Africa Cup in Cotonou, Benin in 2018 in the Men’s and Women’s categories.

Ghana’s Men’s Team competed in last year’s maiden Africa Beach Games; 3×3 Basketball is an abridged version of the standard basketball sport and has been identified as the most popular urban team sport.

By Yaw Adjei-Mintah

@YawMintYM on Twitter