BASKETBALL Archive

Debrecen, Hungary, August 30, 2021: USA made history again by successfully defending their FIBA 3×3 U18 World Cup titles in both the men and the women’s categories in Debrecen, Hungary on August 24-29, 2021. Two years after completing the historic double for the first time in Mongolia, the United States repeated after

TOKYO (Japan), July 28, 2021: Latvia superstar Karlis Lasmanis hit a shot for the ages and USA confirmed their credentials as the two teams became the first 3×3 Olympic gold medallists after a momentous finale at the Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo on July 28, 2021. Tournament top scorer Lasmanis sank

Antwerp, January 18, 2021: The seventh edition of the FIBA 3×3 World Cup will take place in Antwerp, Belgium in June 2022. The city meant to host to the Crelan FIBA 3×3 Europe Cup 2020 before the event cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The FIBA 3×3 World Cup 2022 will hold

Mies, December 4, 2020: The official logo of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 was unveiled on Friday as part of the launch of FIBA’s new #DontMissABeat campaign. The concept for the newly unveiled logo for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 stems from three key elements: a heart, the Naismith Trophy

Neuchatel/Mies, October 09, 2019: The International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) and FIBA have published the eighth edition of the International Basketball Migration Report sees, a seasonal insight into the migratory trends and tendencies of the sport across the globe. This edition of the report, which covers the 2018-19 basketball season, combines

Beijing, September 15, 2019: Spain completed their undefeated run at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 in China with a 95-75 victory against Argentina in the Final to capture the Naismith Trophy at the Wukesong Sport Arena in Beijing (Spain recaptures FIBA Basketball). Ricky Rubio paced the winners with 20 points while

Montreal, September 08, 2019: Sakiai Gulbele win (LTU) made history in the first edition of the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Montreal Masters on September 7-8, 2019. The Lithuanian squad took home their first-ever World Tour Masters title after beating the World Tour reigning champs Novi Sad (SRB) in the semi-finals and crowd

Beijing, August 30, 2019: The official Opening Ceremony of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 presented a beautiful show, with a succession of eyecatching performances at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre announcing the start of FIBA’s flagship event (Chinese President Xi Jingping ). The Ceremony, organized by the General Administration of Sport

NEW YORK/MIES/TOKYO, August 5, 2019: The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) have announced the 11th edition of Basketball without Borders Japan (BWB) Asia will hldo Wednesday, August 14 to Saturday, August 17 at the Mizumoto General Sports Center in Tokyo. Marking the second time that the NBA

Dakar, Senegal, July 30, 2019: The Basketball Africa League (BAL) today announced Cairo (Egypt), Dakar (Senegal), Lagos (Nigeria), Luanda (Angola), Rabat (Morocco) and either Monastir or Tunis (Tunisia) as the host cities where the inaugural Africa Basketball League regular season will take place and Kigali (Rwanda) as the host city for the