Fundraising Ideas Database

3v3 Basketball Tournament

Location: In-Person

Overhead Cost: $$$

Expected Return: $$

Complexity: 3

Special Considerations

Try to avoid basketball season so that you can engage the basketball players!

Great activity to have around a pep rally in high school.

Who doesn’t love a little friendly competition? Throw together a 3v3 basketball tournament at your local park, rec center or school and get the whole town involved!

Here’s how to get started and some helpful tips:

Send out flyers and a sign up link
Make sure to have plenty of refs and volunteers to keep track of the scores and brackets
Create a various number a brackets depending on how many teams you have sign up
Give part of the entry fee as a prize to the winning team

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