welcome to the "Isle wealth" sunday 3x3 league 2025 fall season!
CONTEST: WANT TO PLAY FOR FREE? We are hoping to fill our league this season with 8 teams in each division! The rostered player who refers the most new players will get their 2025 Fall Registration Fee fully refunded!
How it works:
- Recruit your friends and former teammates to register for the 2025 Fall Season, when registration opens.
- Ensure that they write your name in the 'referral' field on the registration form.
- The rostered player with the most referrals will get their registration fee refunded after the refund deadline has passed.
*Players being referred cannot have played in the 2025 Winter (January-April) season of Sunday 3X3 League. *
Meanwhile - here's information on the season to help you prepare for registration (opening soon!):
An updated version of the Rules, with feedback from the 2025 Winter season taken into consideration, can be found here.
Important changes include zero-tolerance for jewelry and hair clips, and teams now hold responsibility for contacting substitute players, not league organizers.
Important Dates:
- League Orientation and Pre-season Scrimmage: September 7, 2025
- Regular Season: September 14, 2025 - December 7, 2025 (no games October 12 or November 9)
- Playoffs Night: December 14, 2025
- Rostered player: $169
- Substitute player: $39
All players register individually. There will be a space on the registration form to indicate whether you already have a team you want to play with, or if you're looking to be placed on a team (as a "free agent").
A rostered player is assigned to a team roster in either division. Rostered players are registered full-time for the season.
A substitute player may be asked to play when a rostered player is unable to attend a game due to travel, illness, work, injury, or otherwise. If a substitute player is offered a space as a rostered player, their substitute player registration fee will be credited towards their registration fee as a rostered player.
In the 2025 Winter season, some substitute players were able to play almost every week! If you're unsure about Sunday 3X3 League or registering as a free agent, consider registering as a substitute player. It is a great way to meet players on a lot of different teams, and trial the league for a low fee.
Refund Policy:
- All refunds will be subject to a $20 administration fee.
- Island Hoops reserves the right to issue refunds by Interac e-transfer, regardless of initial payment method.
- No refunds will be granted after the first game night. (We are volunteer-run, and running the season, including building team rosters, is a lot of labour. This helps keep the workload manageable for us)
Note on scorekeeping: We heard your feedback; we will not be assigning teams to scorekeep, like we did last season - but we also don't have a good solution confirmed yet. Please stay tuned.
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about sunday 3x3 league
Like all IHBS programs, this program is subject to our Gender Inclusion Policy and our Code of Conduct.
All participants in IHBS programs are required to sign a waiver for insurance purposes.
Age 18+ (players turning 18 the same calendar year permitted)
- Sunday League is a 3X3 recreational half-court league.
- Teams play 4 games of 13 minutes each game night.
- There are two divisions (details below).
- Gameplay is largely based on the FIBA 3X3 format - learn the rules here.
- Two seasons each year: Fall (September-December) and Winter (January-April).
- There is no Sunday 3X3 League between May and August (In the same time slot, check out our Summer Outdoor Hoops instead!).
- Game officials (referees) for Sunday 3X3 League are assigned through a partnership with the Victoria Basketball Officials Association (VBOA). All officials must attend our Referee Training program to ensure they are familiar with 3X3 rules and the Island Hoops culture.
getting to sunday 3X3 league
Location: Pacific Institute for Sport Education, at Camosun College Interurban Campus
Driving: Free parking during league time is available in the large lot below PISE.Public Transit: PISE is serviced by the following bus routes:
- 8 Interurban/Tillicum Mall/Oak Bay
- 9 UVic/Royal Oak
- 21 Camosun-Interurban/Downtown
- 22 N Vic General/Hillside Mall
- 39 Westhills/Camosun/Royal Oak/UVic
- 83 Sidney/Brentwood/Royal Oak
accessibility
- Covid/Communicable diseases: This program is held indoors and players generally do not mask. Players are directed to stay home if sick or symptomatic.
- Washrooms: There are gendered washrooms and changerooms accessible from within the gymnasium. There are gendered washrooms located just outside the internal gym doors. Universal and wheelchair-access washrooms are available just down the hallway from the internal gym doors.
Sunday 3x3 League has two divisions, based on player experience and skill level.
| Division 1 | Division 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Playing Level | For people with high school varsity or higher (or equivalent) playing experience. | For people who are new to basketball and still learning the fundamentals, or players wanting a slower game for other reasons. |
| Culture | Faster games with more physicality. Expect players to generally have more strength and athletic capacity in Division 1. | Slower games with less physicality. Basketball rules permit for controlled physical contact, and this will still be present. |
| Points | Shots taken from behind the arc (“3-point line”) are worth 2 points. Shots from inside the arc are worth 1 point. FIBA Rule Reference: 16.2.1 | All shots are worth 1 point. |
| Free Throws | The last free throw shot is live and Official FIBA 3X3 rules apply; players may line up around the restricted zone/key. Fouling on a shot taken outside the arc (3-point line) results in 2 free throws worth 1 point each. If a shot taken outside the arc is successful despite a foul occurring, only 1 free throw is taken. FIBA Rule Reference: 43.2 | All free throw shots are ‘dead’ (no live rebounding), and the team that shot the free throw keeps possession and does a check-ball at the top of the arc (3-point line). In the event of both a made basket and a made free throw, the following check-ball goes to the defensive team. |
| Change of Possession (guidance on defence) | After a made basket, defense cannot play the ball when the offensive player is inside the no-charge semi-circle. In all other situations, defense can challenge the ball and prevent the ball from clearing outside the arc. This includes intercepting a clearing pass. FIBA Rule Reference: 30 | After a made basket or any other change of possession in which the ball stays live (i.e. fouls and violations excluded), defensive players cannot challenge the clearing of the ball by the new offensive team. There cannot be interceptions of a clearing pass. The new offensive players clearing the ball cannot commit a violation, such as carrying, travelling or double dribbling. |
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