The women's tournament of the 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Cup host in Nantes, France, was attended by 20 teams.

The top 20 teams, including the hosts, based on the FIBA National Federation ranking qualified for the tournament as of 01.03.2017.

One player from each women's team was eligible to enter the Skills contest.

In the qualification stage, each player were to perform a set of basketball moves and skills from a starting line at a side of the player's choosing:[2] The four fastest women who were able to perform the tasked required qualified for the final round.

[2] The format used in the qualification round is used once again but this time the players face each other head to head with the best player from the qualification playing against the fourth best and the second best player playing against the third.