Cross Sports Marketing Co., Ltd. announced the JAPAN 2022 season schedule for the global league “3×3.EXE PREMIER” for three-player basketball. “3×3.EXE PREMIER JAPAN 2022” will be held for 21 days at 14 venues in 13 cities nationwide with 42 men’s teams (7 conferences) and 6 women’s teams (1 conference), with 8 rounds for men and 4 rounds for women. Tomoya Ochiai, who played from the 2014 season of the first year of “EXE PREMIER” at Round.1 held at WATERRAS (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) on Saturday, May 28, was also selected as the representative of Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. (Koshigaya Alphas: ALPHAS.EXE) will participate in the KANTO conference. In addition, his BAY ZONE conference, to which Takuya Kaida (BEEFMAN.EXE), a member of the 19th Asian Games (2022 Hangzhou) Japan National Team Candidate Selection Camp, will be the first team on Sunday, May 29th. Round.1 of the women’s category, which has made its strength known in the world, will be held at Oasis 21 (Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture) on Saturday, June 11th. While young players are expected to move with the U23 special player frame, three new teams such as OWLS.EXE, to which Rena Isogai, who has a track record of U18 Japan national team, belongs, are also expected to play an active role. The opening round will be held at “WATERRAS”, which was the stage for the opening of the 2019 season before the Corona disaster. Shinagawa Intercity (Minato-ku, Tokyo), Seven Park Ario Kashiwa, Super Sports Zebio Seven Park Ario Kashiwa (both in Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture), Ube City Watanabe Memorial Hall (Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture), Amour Town Takasaki (Gunma Prefecture) It has been decided that the event will be held at all 14 venues where you can feel the charm and excitement of the area, including the 5 venues that were held for the first time in Takasaki City). PLAYOFFS, which concludes the season, is scheduled to be held from Saturday, September 17th to Monday, September 19th, and the top of more than 100 teams in the four countries / regions of Japan, New Zealand, Thailand and Chinese Taipei will be at the top. It will be decided. * Details of PLAYOFFS will be announced on the official website later. * The number of overseas teams may change depending on the infection status of the new coronavirus infection.[About 3×3.EXE PREMIRER]3×3.EXE PREMIER・ Premier) started in 2014 with 7 teams as the world’s first 3-player basketball league. The women’s team was established in 2018 with 6 teams, and in 2019 it developed into a global league and expanded to New Zealand, South Korea and Thailand in addition to Japan. In 2020, Indonesia and Chinese Taipei will be added, expanding to 102 teams (17 conferences) in 5 countries and 1 region. By 2024, we aim to have 150 teams and more than 1,000 players around the world. In the 2022 season, 48 teams (42 men’s teams and 6 women’s teams) from Japan, as well as New Zealand, Thailand and Chinese Taipei will join, and the league will develop as the world’s largest league with over 100 teams. We aim to create a new “culture” of 3×3, such as the creation of a U23 special player frame and participation in the “FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series”, and to sublimate it into one of the “new lifestyles” as an urban sport.
