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SUNDAY 3X3 LEAGUE registration opens mid-july!

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2025 fall season schedule

**Registration will open in mid-July 2025. Keep checking back here or monitoring our Instagram or Discord server for more details**

Day and Time: Sundays 5:30pm-7:40pm (exact schedule will be posted closer to the date)
League Orientation and Pre-season Scrimmage: September 7, 2025
Media Day (Photos!): TBD
Regular Season: September 14, 2025 - December 7, 2025 (no games October 12 or November 9)
Playoffs Night: December 14, 2025

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 night.
  • Players may register individually or as a team.
  • 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!).

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.

All divisions play at the same time, and games do not cross over. Both divisions focus on fun and community-building, with Division 1 making space for friendly competition. League organizers reserve the right to move players between divisions if they feel that they are not supporting the spirit of the division.
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Division 1Division 2
Playing LevelFor 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.
CultureFaster 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.
PointsShots 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 ThrowsThe 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 checks the ball at the top of the 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.