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. […]
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Olympic Basketball Highs: NBA players show out in the Tokyo Olympics
The Tokyo Olympic Games are behind us, and Team USA ended up bringing home the gold medal. This was, even after a couple bumps along the way. The way that the US basketball team came together as the tournament progressed, […]
Hedo Turkoglu: FIBA refs stole Turkey’s gold medal in U18 European Championships
Former NBA player and the President of Turkish Basketball Federation Hidayet Turkoglu was livid when Turkey lost to Spain 57-53 in a tightly contested game. He wasn’t mad at his team, but unhappy with the FIBA officials refereeing the U18 […]
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
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 Finals: It’s Philippines vs. China in Asiabasket Championship
Iran will have to come back strong in 2017 to be considered a dynasty after China outplayed them in the their semifinal match. China’s Yi Jianlian dominated the inside and anchored their defense with 13 points, 8 rebounds and 4 […]
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 […]
Watch Eurobasket 2015: Greece vs. Latvia, Italy vs. Czech Republic
Though Greece, Latvia, Italy and the Czech Republic are no longer in the running for the 2015 FIBA Eurobasket championship or the two berths to the 2016 Olympics — there are still very high stakes for those not playing in […]
Jordan Clarkson won’t play for Gilas, Philippines in Asia Championships
Gilas Pilipinas, the national team for the Philippines have been trying their best to add Los Angeles Lakers second-year player Jordan Clarkson to their team. . As we’ve previously wrote about, Clarkson is HAPA — his mother is Filipina and […]
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 […]
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
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
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?
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
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 […]
“Polish Hammer” Marcin Gortat likely out of EuroBasket 2013 Games in Slovenia.
The one piece of bad news freshly hired Polish national team head coach, Dirk Bauermann, wanted to hear is the news of his star center, Marcin Gortat, suffering a Lisfranc sprain to his right foot during the first quarter of […]
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
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
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 […]