Category: BASKETBALL
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Hungary To Host EuroBasket Women 2015 & FIBA Europe Board Convene in Munich
FIBA Europe Press Release, Dec 18, 2011: The FIBA Europe Board decided on Sunday that Hungary will be the host country of EuroBasket Women 2015. The decision was the result of a majority vote after the Board evaluated the bids of the two candidates, Belarus and eventual winners Hungary, in Munich. Immediately after the ceremonial…
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Draw for the Qualification Round of EuroBasket 2013 & EuroBasket Women 2013
FIBA Europe Press Release, Dec 04, 2011: The Draw for the Qualification Round of EuroBasket 2013 and EuroBasket Women 2013 was completed in Freising, Germany on Sunday. There will be no easy path to the EuroBasket 2013 Final Round for some of Europe’s powerhouses as they were drawn in groups that include tough opposition. In the…
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FIBA Europe has announced the list of the hosts of the 2012 Youth European Championships
Munich, (Germany) FIBA Europe Press Release, Nov 22, 2011: 214 teams will participate in as many as 14 tournaments in a total of 11 countries from Estonia to Gibraltar (2012 Youth European Championships). The hosts of EuroBasket 2011, Lithuania, will once again welcome the European Basketball World for the U16 and U18 European Championships Men, which…
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Seven countries from three continents bid to host 2012 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
GENEVA, Switzerland, FIBA Press Release, November 1, 2011: Seven countries from three continents have submitted bids to host the 2012 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (OQT) for Men and Women, serving as further proof of the growing interest in hosting major basketball tournaments. The FIBA OQT for Men will be held in Angola, F.Y.R. of Macedonia,…
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Galatasaray Awarded 2012 Final Eight
FIBA Europe Press Release October 20, 2011: FIBA Europe has announced that the Euro League Women 2012 Final Eight will be organised by the club Galatasaray Medical Park in Istanbul, 28th March to 1st April 2012 (Galatasaray Awarded 2012 Final Eight).
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Euro Basket Qualifying, Youth Events Draw Date Fixed
FIBA EUROPE-Press Release October 7, 2011: Federation International Basketball Association (FIBA) Europe has announced that the Draws for the Euro Basket Qualifying Round for Euro Basket 2013, Euro Basket Women 2013 and the Youth European Championships 2012 will take place in Munich, Germany, on 4th December 2011. The Euro Basket 2013 qualifiers will take place…
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China in Basketball….WUHAN FIBA News
WUHAN FIBA News: (FIBA Asia Championship) – On Sunday a record TV audience watched China recapturing the FIBA Asia crown after four years during which the trophy lay in Iranian hands. Indeed an average of 41.25 million Chinese watched their home team on CCTV-5 narrowly overcome Jordan in the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship final and…
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PEAK goes global with FIBA…
WUHAN, CHINA/GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (FIBA) – Press Release: FIBA, the International Basketball Federation, and PEAK, a leading Chinese sportswear manufacturing company, have extended their partnership until 2016 it was announced on Saturday in Wuhan, China. PEAK has worked closely with FIBA since 2008, serving as footwear and apparel provider for FIBA tournaments in Asia. The new…