Between Asia and Africa, which continent is seen as the next basketball frontier? Africa has been the home of many more basketball players throughout the years, the most famous of which came to prominence in the NBA. Names like Hakeem Olajuwon, […]
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The Complete Guide to National Basketball Team Nicknames
[survey][prem] With the continental championships in full swing, dozens of basketball national teams are vying for a berth to the Olympics. If you follow international basketball, you’ll quickly notice a pattern that countries have both official or an unofficial nicknames for their […]
Nigeria upsets Angola to win Afrobasket, qualfies for 2016 Olympics
Nigeria upset Angola to win the country’s first Afrobasket — a historic event for Nigerian basketball. . The Nigerian D’Tigers came in as underdogs to the Southern Africa dynasty. Led by Chamberlain Oguchi’s 19 points and Olaseni “Shane” Lawal’s 12 […]
Nigeria looks for 1st Afrobasket title vs. African powerhouse Angola
Nigeria has been making their way up the ranks in Africa basketball and their national team took a huge leap last night defeating Gorgui Dieng and Senegal 88-79 in overtime to reach the 2015 Afrobasket finale. The D’Tigers path to […]
Watch FIBA World Cup Live Online: Preliminary Rounds
It’s the preliminary rounds of the FIBA World Cup tournament as all 24 teams continue jockeying for position in the round robin where the best of the group move onto the next phase of competition. You can watch Day 4 and […]
Angola downs Egypt, takes African Basketball Championships
Angola took gold in the African Championships easily dispatching the upset-minded Egypt 57-40. Discuss the Africa Men’s Championships of Basketball Angolan star Carlos Marais scored 21 points, more than the third of Angola’s point total. Eduardo Mingas added a double-double with 12 points and […]
2013 FIBA Africa Basketball Championships Begin
Sixteen African nations have commenced on the Ivory Coast for the Africa Men’s Champi onships of Basketball (forum). The competition started on August 20 and will go until the end of the month, August 31. Also known as the Afrobasket, the […]
1º de Agosto retains African title
Once again, Angola showed its dominance in African basketball. For the fourth consecutive year, 1º de Agosto had no competition and ended up claiming the African Champions Cup title in Benin. In the final played today, the Angolan champions thumped […]
Upset: Angola stuns Germany 92-88 in overtime
Behind Angolan superstar Olimpio Cipriano’s 30 points, Angola continued Germany’s disappointing tournament play by sending the Germans to their third loss in four games. With the loss, it means that Germany will not advance to the second round. (Discuss Angola’s […]
Watch Puerto Rico, Lebanon, USA in the Basketball World Championships
Are you looking to watch Lebanon vs. Canada or Russia vs Puerto Rico in the first day of World Championships’ group play? Follow all the pool play matches in Interbasket’s World Championships of Basketball forum where we’ve created game-specific threads […]
Primeiro d’Agosto wins 2009 African Cup Championship
º de Agosto 88 Petro Luanda 74 (41-33 at halftime (ao intervalo)) Carlos Almeida 24 pts, Armando Costa 18 pts, Joaquim Gomes “Kikas” 15 pts + 16 rebs | Mario Porter 18 pts + 9 rebs, Eduardo Mingas 12 pts […]
FIBA World Basketball Championships: Draw Results
It’s been a busy week for FIBA as they announced the four wild cards on Saturday, and determined the top four seeds for the World Championships of Basketball on Sunday. Now the federation that overseas international basketball has announced the […]
FIBA Stanković Cup: 2009 Continental Championship
Kunshan, China – The Stanković Continental Champions’ Cup is an international basketball tournament held annually in China. This year’s continental basketball championship features four teams: last year’s champions Angola, hosts China, Turkey and Australia. The 2009 Stanković Cup is set for August […]
Angola wins Africa Basketball Championships (again)
Tripoli, Libya – Angola took home the 2009 Africa Nations Championship by defeating the Ivory Coast 82-72 to capture their sixth straight Afrobasket gold medal, and their tenth in the last eleven tournaments. (Discuss the 2009 Afrobasket) Though that is […]
Angola vs. Côte d’Ivoire in Afrobasket Finals
It’s no surprise that Angola is in the finals of Afrobasket, the African nation has been dominating the African Championships the last decade, winning nine of the last ten tournaments. The shocking news is that Nigeria and Senegal won’t be in […]
Senegal, Cameroon, and Egypt upset at Afrobasket
After some shocking results on day five of the tournament, only two teams, defending champions Angola and Nigeria, remain as the only undefeated nations in the 2009 Afrobasket tournament (click here for Afrobasket discussion) Angola and Nigeria will meet today […]
Afrobasket: Angola, Senegal, and Nigeria undefeated
The prelimiary stage of the 2009 African Championships have finished (discuss). Three nations Angola, Nigeria, and Senegal have moved onto the next round undefeated with three wins each. Each team will play today in the quarterfinals. [nggallery id=11] Nigeria […]
Day Three of AfroBasket, AsiaBasket begins
Two regional basketball championships are going into their third, and final day, of preliminary games today. The 2009 Africa Nations and the Asia Championships are finishing up their round robin play.After day 2, Angola, Nigeria, Senegal, and Cameroon have advanced […]
Afrobasket 2009: African Basketball Championships
Title: Afrobasket 2009 Location: Tripoli, Libya Official Site: http://libya2009.fiba.com Information: The 2009 Africa Nations Basketball Championships, or Afrobasket, starts in less than a week. The 25th Afrobasket (discuss) is being held August 5-15 in Tripoli, Libya. Teams participating include Libya […]
FIBA U19 World Championship for Men (2009)
The 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Men are going on right now in Auckland, New Zealand. The tournament runs from July 02, 2009 – July 12, 2009. Discuss the 2009 U19 World Championships The 9th annual World Championships for U19 Men features […]
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