Australian women start 3-0 at 3X3 World Championship

Australia's women's 3X3 team has made a perfect 3-0 start to their World Championship campaign.

Alice Kunek (Photo: FIBA)

The Australian women’s team at the inaugural FIBA 3X3 World Championships in Greece have swept all three matches in the first day’s play.

Australia almost completely shut-out a mismatched team from Mexico, 21-2, before two hard fought wins against Chinese Taipei (16-14) and Ukraine (20-16).

The three wins sees the Australian team - made up of Alice Kunek, Katie Ebzery, Tess Madgen and Sara Blicavs – on top of Pool A with a perfect 3-0 record.

Australian Coach Rebecca Dick was pleased with the early results.

“(Against Mexico), we used our size advantage and the game was a good opportunity for the girls to get a feel for the 3X3 (game),” Dick said.  “Against Chinese Taipei, the game was a real grind with them making us earn every basket.  The match against Ukraine was a danger game for us with Ukraine having a significant size advantage but the girls were focused on D and offensively all were assertive and some timely steals earned us the win.”

Australia next plays Brazil (1-2) on 24 August before their final round game against Estonia (2-1) on 25 August.  Play offs commence on 25 August with finals on 26 August.

To view the tournament website visit: http://greece2012.fiba.com.

There will be live streaming of matches from centrecourt at Athens, and fans can watch games by clicking here.