Category: BASKETBALL
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Mini-Basketball Convention and U14 Get Together Set For Warsaw
Germany, Oct 14, 2014: The second annual FIBA Europe Mini-Basketball Convention and U14 Get Together is set to take place in Warsaw, Poland from 17-19 October, with the weekend also marking the first meeting of the FIBA Europe Youth Commission, term of office 2014-2018. Whilst the U14 Get Together has been an annual fixture on…
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FIBA Europe Announces 3×3 European Championships Pools
Germany, August 06, 2014: FIBA Europe announced on Wednesday afternoon the pools for the inaugural 3×3 European Championships which take place from 5-7 September in Bucharest, Romania. Following three qualifying tournaments which took place across Europe in July and August, 16 Men’s and 16 Women’s teams will now compete for the European crown. Additionally, by…
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Eight Bid To Host EuroBasket 2015
Germany, August 01, 2014: FIBA Europe announced on Friday that it has received a record number of eight official bids from potential organisers of EuroBasket 2015. Bids from Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Latvia, Poland and Turkey means this is the biggest number of formal applications to host a single EuroBasket event, since FIBA Europe…
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2014 Youth Events Media Accreditation
Munich, June 11, 2014: 2014 Youth Events, FIBA Europe announces that the media accreditation process for all 2014 European Youth Championships is now open. Media representatives wishing to cover the Division A events are required to complete the accreditation application online, using the FIBA Media Portal https://accreditation.fiba.com/fiba-publicregistration All required fields under the Event and Profile…
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FIBA Family Call For Support
Germany, May 23, 2014: Newly-elected FIBA Europe President Turgay Demirel, FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann and FIBA Europe Secretary General Kamil Novak are among the basketball notaries in Europe and beyond urging the worldwide basketball community to rally together in support of the grief-stricken communities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. The three nations…
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Turgay Demirel Elected FIBA Europe President
Munich, May 17, 2014: Turgay Demirel is the new President of FIBA Europe for the term of office 2014-2018, elected by the General Assembly of the member federations, in Munich, Germany, on Saturday. Demirel, 57, is a former Turkish international and the current President of his country’s Basketball Federation. He prevailed over the only other…
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Rafnsson Honoured At General Assembly
Munich, May 16, 2014: 47 FIBA Europe member federations met in Munich on Friday for the 2014 FIBA Europe General Assembly, where the late President Olafur Rafnsson was on the minds of all. Rafnsson, who passed away in June 2013, was remembered at the General Assembly by being named as an honorary Member of FIBA…
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Statement On EuroBasket 2015
Munich, May 16, 2014: The Board of FIBA Europe which convened in Munich, Germany on Thursday, approved a request by the Ukrainian Basketball Federation to postpone any decision on EuroBasket 2015 until the beginning of June. Ukrainian Federation President Sasha Volkov explained to the Board that these additional weeks will give its Federation the time…
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3×3 European Championships
Germany, May 2, 2014: FIBA Europe announced on Friday, the qualifier groups for the inaugural 3×3 European Championships which are set to take place in Bucharest, Romania from 5-7 September. The three qualifiers will take place at Lake Balaton in Zanka, Hungary from 12-13 July; Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 19 July; and the…
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3×3 EuroTour Gearing Up For Summer
Germany, Apr 29, 2014: The club season is drawing to an end, signaling the beginning of summer, and of course, another year of the 3×3 EuroTour (#3x3EuroTour). This year the tour will be stopping by a number of the same venues as last year, as well as picking up some new hotspots along the way. The…