This summer will see the inclusion of 3x3 basketball in the Pan American Games for the first time since the Pan Am Games were launched in 1951. With the remarkable growth in popularity of 3x3 basketball globally, what used to be a simple half-court pickup game became an officially sanctioned event at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games and will be a new Olympic discipline at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. FIBA conducts 3x3 World Cup and 3x3 U18 World Cup competitions on an annual basis.