If  basketball popularity coincided with the average height of the country’s population, then Scandinavia should have many more professional basketball players. At least according to some data that was compiled by one of our forum members, tpraseri (see Average Height by Country thread). Tpraseri compiled data from across the internet, listed out the average heights [...]

Title: Asia Championships of Basketball Location: Tianjin, China Official Website: http://china2009.fiba.com/ Description: The 2009 FIBA Asia Championships of basketball (discuss) will be held in Tianjin, China from August 6-16, 2009 with 16 teams divided into four groups. The sixteen teams competing for the gold and a spot in the 2010 World Championships are hosts China, [...]

Medan, Indonesia – The Philippines are champions once again, defeating Iindonesia 96-68 in the SEABA title game (discuss).   After a tighly contested first quarter, the defending champions would cruise to a 98-68 win over hosts Indonesia to claim the 8th Southeast Asian Basketball Association (SEABA) crown at the Angkasapura Lanud Basketball Hall. At the end [...]

The 2009 SEABA Championships are underway in Medan, Indonesia (discuss). As expected, the tournament favorites and defending champions got off to a great start as the Republic of the Philippines defeating Malaysia 100-73.   The two competitors have dominated the SEABA gold medals since the inception of the tournament. The basketball-crazed Philippines is going for a repeat [...]

The 8th annual SEABA championships will be played this coming weekend (June 6-10, 200) in Medan, Indonesia. SEABA, the SouthEast Asian Basketball Association,  is a sub-region of FIBA Asia that includes these ten Southeast Asian countries; Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Four of these ten national teams will compete [...]

Iranian club Mahram defeated Zain 78-68 in the 20th FIBA Asia Cup Championship (Discuss). With two dominant scorers in Jackson Vroman and Samad Nikkah Bahrami, Mahram overwhelmed their Jordanian opponents beginning in the second quarter. Vroman led Mahram with 19 points and 10 rebounds and was named MVP. “I’m happier for the win than the [...]