🏀 The outdoor courts at Finsbury Park are the place to be this weekend for the 2025 Ball Out 3×3 Grand Finals. Spectating is free!
After a summer of short-format basketball which has taken in Manchester, Essex and Nottingham the JD Ball Out 3×3 Tour reaches its final destination in north London on the weekend of Saturday 17 to Sunday 18 August. All the junior and senior national titles will be decided.
In all there have been six days of qualifying events with Ball out 3×3 and Basketball England once again teaming up to promote this iconic 3×3 tour together with sponsors JD Sports and Subway.
For a taster of what to expect at the Grand Finals weekend, check out the 2023 trailer below.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES & OLYMPICS RECOGNITION
The quicker, short-format of basketball was the jewel in the crown of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, before starring at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
In Paris, Netherlands won the men’s gold medal and Germany won the women’s gold medal. Prior to that at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, homegrown baller Myles Hesson and teammates Orlan Jackman, Kayne Henry and Jamell Anderson – lead by founder and CEO of Ball Out 3×3 Julius Joseph – won England’s first-ever basketball gold. England’s women – Hannah Jump, Chantelle Handy, Cheridene Green and Shanice Beckford-Norton – completed a triumphant night for the sport with a hard-earned silver medal.
Saturday’s action at the Ball Out 3×3 Grand Finals will see titles decided across the junior age groups. On Sunday attention turns to the seniors with titles at stake across the elite men’s and women’s and wheelchair basketball competitions. The winners of the Elite Men’s Ball-Out Finals will earn an all-expenses-paid trip to compete in the FIBA 3×3 World Tour and the chance to win a huge cash prize.
A Dunk Contest will take place on both days.
TICKETS, TIMINGS & TRAVEL
Spectating at Finsbury Park Basketball Courts is free. Checking the Ball Out 3×3 Twitter feed before travelling is recommended in the case of bad weather, as the event may be rescheduled if it rains.
🏀 Matches on Saturday and Sunday from 10am.
Daily schedule as follows:
Saturday 12th August (Final timings tbc)
09:45 Open Registration Under 16’s
10:00 Open Registration Under 18’s Women
10:00 Team Photos
10:15 Open Registration Men
14:20 Quarterfinals Under 18’s Women
15:00 U18 Women 3pt contest
15:00 Quarterfinals Under 16’s/Quarterfinals Under 18’s Men
16:00 U18 Women Final
17:00 U18 Dunk Contest
17:50 Finals Under 18’s
18:00 Presentation Under 18’s.
Sunday 13th August (Final timings tbc)
09:45 Open Registration Rec. Men and Women
10:00 Team Photos
11:00 Open Registration Elite Men
13:40 Last 16 Men
14:40 Women’s Final
15:00 Men’s Final followed by Prizes/JD Giveaway
17:20 Elite Dunk Contest followed by Entertainment
18:10 Elite Men’s Final
Travel tips: Finsbury Park station is approximately half a mile from the venue. It has connections for National Rail, London Underground and bus services. Manor House on the Piccadilly tube line is a short walk away. If driving there is free parking available on nearby streets around the park.
About Ball Out 3×3
Ball Out 3×3 is UK’s biggest 3×3 basketball tournament. It takes place every summer across the best outdoor courts across the nation.
The tournament invites basketball players from all across the nation to come out and compete in any of the featured qualifying events. They all have a shot at making the finals at Finsbury Park Basketball Courts.
Winners from the Ball Out Finals (Elite Men’s Division only) can earn an all expenses paid trip to compete in the FIBA 3×3 World Tour. To be confirmed. If so, they will have the chance to win a huge cash prize.
3×3 basketball is increasingly becoming a key motor for the development of basketball.
Background to the sport of 3×3
One of the biggest strengths of 3×3 is its simplicity both in terms of RULES and in terms of required facilities. This allows it to be held in the most spectacular settings, using iconic landmarks as backdrops.
Beyond ensuring a sustained growth in the number of basketball players, FIBA has created a worldwide sports community. This is through a network of hundreds of organisers, thousands of tournaments and millions of players. The online community play.fiba3x3.com interconnects all of these thanks to the latest digital technology.
Members with FIBA 3×3 profiles can interact using their computers or mobile phones via play.fiba3x3.com. This allows them to team-up with other players nearby, register for tournaments and record results of their games.
Points accumulated result in the main indicator of how good an individual player is the Ranking.
The more ballers play, the better their chances are of improving this indicator, increasing the number of games played on the courts and playgrounds everywhere. Not to mention absorbing an ever-growing number of play.fiba3x3.com members.
Ball Out 3×3 is part of the global network of open tournaments, from grassroots to the FIBA 3×3 World Tour. It’s at the forefront of the development of 3×3 basketball, with sights on the Olympic Games.
The tournament provides competitions across the following divisions:
Elite/Recreational Men
Elite/Recreational Women
Wheelchair Basketball
Under 18 Men/Women
Under 16 Boys/Girls
U14 Boys/Girls
Preview courtesy of the Ball Out 3×3 website
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