The Turkish University Sports Federation (TUSF) stepped in the when COVID-19 restrictions made it impossible for Xiamen in China to hold the event.

A FISU University World Cup 3×3 Basketball has not been held since 2019, when Brazil's Paulista University won the men's title.

A Paulista team came through Americas qualifying to reach this year's tournament and will be seeking to defend the title.

Chinese teams are absent, so Tsinghua University cannot defend the women's title.

Three days of action is set to start tomorrow.

After the group stage is played out at Istanbul Technical University, Galataport is to be the venue for finals day.

A dunk contest is also on the agenda.

Teams from Mongolia, Iran, Spain, Uganda, New Zealand, Senegal, Slovenia, Ukraine, Mexico, Chile, Taiwan, Turkey, Lithuania, Australia, Algeria, Argentina, Brazil and Malaysia are due to compete.

The women's and men's competitions are each comprised of 12 teams split into four pools.

Earlier this year the TUSF also stepped in to hold the FISU World Cup Combat Sports, after Yekaterinburg in Russia was stripped of the honour because of the war in Ukraine.