Tag: FIBA

WASL Guide: 10 Things To Know About FIBA’s West Asia Super League

WASL Guide: 10 Things To Know About FIBA’s West Asia Super League

The FIBA West Asia Super League (WASL) is a relatively new addition to the basketball league community. It brings together the top teams and players from West Asia wherein they go head-to-head in intense matches, showcasing their talent and skills. […]

2017 Eurobasket schedule and printable bracket

2017 Eurobasket schedule and printable bracket

The 2017 Eurobasket tournament will take place between August 31st and September 17th, 2017. This will be the 40th Eurobasket Championship played and is organized by FIBA. And a big change is coming for the tournament — starting with the […]

Betting on Africa as the next basketball powerhouse

Betting on Africa as the next basketball powerhouse

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, […]

Watch FIBA Asia Quarterfinals: Korea vs. Iran, Philippines vs. Lebanon

Watch FIBA Asia Quarterfinals: Korea vs. Iran, Philippines vs. Lebanon

It’s been a whirlwind first week of the 2015 FIBA Asia Championships. There have been some surprises including Palestine’s surprising performance in their first Asia Championship, the Philippines’ 14-point win over Iran (discuss) and India’s appearance in the quarterfinals (and […]

Nigeria upsets Angola to win Afrobasket, qualfies for 2016 Olympics

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 […]

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DubNation Diary: Bravo, Bilbao! Viva Le FIBA!

HOTEL MELIA, BILBAO, SPAIN — Bob Hill is an assistant coach for Ukraine, under head coach Mike Fratello, whose name you might find familiar as the “Czar of the Telestrator” as an analyst for The NBA on TNT and former […]

Senegal Surprises: Upsets Puerto Rico, Croatia at FIBA World Cup

Senegal Surprises: Upsets Puerto Rico, Croatia at FIBA World Cup

It’s three games in but Senegal is looking to be the “Cinderellas” of the tournament after the African nation pulled off a second straight upset in Group B. Senegal started out the tournament with a win against Puerto Rico 82-75 – […]

Top 10 Non-US Players In The 2014 FIBA World Cup

Top 10 Non-US Players In The 2014 FIBA World Cup

In order to avoid a full Top10 list of US players for the upcoming 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup here is a Top 10 Non-US players list. The Spanish squad has also been excluded from the list because this generation is […]

FIBA Wild Cards: Who will miss out on the 2014 World Cup?

FIBA Wild Cards: Who will miss out on the 2014 World Cup?

After the finals of the FIBA continental championships on Sunday which saw France beat Lithuania 80-66 to take the Eurobasket Championship, 20 of the 24 teams who will play in the 2014 FIBA World Cup have been finalised. The remaining […]

Basketball: Americas Championship Commence in Venezuela

Basketball: Americas Championship Commence in Venezuela

The FIBA Americas Championship for Men have begun in Caracas, Venezuela and will go from August 30 – September 11, 2013. Follow all the FIBA Americas action in our forum This is one of the five regional qualifying tournaments for […]

Primeiro d’Agosto wins 2009 African Cup Championship

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 Championships Mascot: Van Cat

FIBA World Championships Mascot: Van Cat

The 2010 World Championships have a mascot and it’s the Van cat, a breed of feline that originates from the Lake Van area of southeastern Turkey. Unlike most cats, the Van cat loves water, which is why it is also […]

FIBA World Basketball Championships: Draw Results

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 […]

Basketball Notes: Marić dominates, Wafer doesn’t

This week’s quick roundup of the player performances around the world during the last few days includes discussion about Hasheem Thabeet’s two assists, Aleksandr Marić’s monster game, Von Wafer’s European adventure, Darius Songaila’s sharp-shooting, FIBA chooses the wild cards, Danilo […]