Help & FAQ

BallGames is a basketball 3x3 tournament management platform. Create events, set up teams, generate schedules, score games play-by-play, and share live results — all from your phone.

Tournament organizers, league managers, barangay sports committees, school athletic departments — anyone running basketball 3x3 events. From grassroots to competitive leagues.

BallGames is free to get started. Create your organization and run your first tournament at no cost.

Yes. Scoring, fouls, team fouls, overtime, forfeits, and standings tiebreakers all follow official FIBA 3x3 rules.

Click "Get Started" to create your organization. Then go to Admin > Events and create a new event with Basketball 3x3 as the sport. Add divisions, set up teams, and generate a schedule.

In your division, go to Players to add players, then Teams to create teams and assign players. Each team needs 3-4 players (3 starters + 1 substitute per FIBA rules).

Go to Schedule in your division dashboard. Set the date range, game days, courts, and interval. The system generates round-robin pool games and knockout bracket automatically using serpentine seeding.

Pool play (round-robin within pools) followed by single-elimination knockout. Top 2 teams from each pool advance to semifinals. Optional 3rd place game.

Teams are seeded using serpentine (snake) distribution across pools. Seed 1 and 4 go to Pool A, seeds 2 and 3 go to Pool B, etc. This ensures balanced pools.

FIBA 3x3 tiebreakers: 1) Most wins, 2) Head-to-head result, 3) Highest scoring average (capped at 21/game), 4) Highest seeding.

Yes. The schedule generator lets you set the number of pools, teams advancing per pool, and whether to include a 3rd place game.

Open a game and tap: 1) Team that scored, 2) Shot type (1PT inside arc, 2PT beyond arc, FT), 3) Player who scored. Three taps per play. The score updates instantly.

Tap the FOUL button, select the team, player, and foul type (Contact, Offensive, Technical, Unsportsmanlike, Disqualifying). Team fouls are tracked automatically with penalty alerts at 7+.

The game ends automatically — first team to 21 wins (regular time only). If time expires with a tie, overtime begins: first team to score 2 points wins.

Yes. The UNDO button removes the last recorded play. You can even undo a completed game within 24 hours if it was the last game played.

Yes. Open the scoreboard URL on a TV or monitor for a full-screen live display. It auto-updates every 3 seconds as you score.

Per FIBA 3x3 rules: 4 players max (3 on court + 1 substitute). Minimum 3 players to start a game.

Yes. Assign jersey numbers (0-99) to each player. Numbers are auto-assigned when adding players to teams if not set.

Yes. When all pool games are completed, the system automatically calculates standings and assigns teams to knockout bracket matchups. Winners and losers of semifinals automatically advance to the final and 3rd place game.