Category: BASKETBALL

Bangkok, July 28, 2019: The dominance of USA at the FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup has resumed after they secured their eighth triumph at the event, regaining the title they relinquished to Russia two years ago. USA won an overtime classic against Australia 74-70 in Bangkok to deliver a seventh title in eight editions,…

Johannesburg, South Africa, July 23, 2019: The NBA today announced the 10 boys and 10 girls who will represent the African continent in the second Jr. NBA Global Championship, a youth basketball tournament for the top 13- and 14-year-old boys and girls teams from around the world that will be held Aug. 6-11 at ESPN…

NEW YORK/MIES/DAKAR, July 9, 2019: The National Basketball Association (NBA), the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the Senegalese Basketball Federation today announced that Basketball Without Borders Africa 2019 will take place Sunday, July 28 – Wednesday, July 31 in Senegal. The 17th edition of BWB Africa will be held at The NBA Academy Africa in…

Lausanne, July 4, 2019: FIBA, the world governing body of basketball, and Genius Sports, a global leader in sports data, technology and integrity services, today announced a long-term renewal of their landmark partnership. Since 2004, FIBA and Genius Sports have worked closely together to develop and deploy ground-breaking technology that has transformed the data and…

Mies, Switzerland, June 17, 2019: The International Basketball Foundation (IBF) and Special Olympics announced their partnership during the FIBA Open in Mies (IBF Special Olympics Partnership). This cooperation marks their joint commitment to leverage the power of Special Olympics Unified Sports® with the aim of fostering inclusion on and off the basketball court. “We are…

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 7, 2019: USA complete unprecedented double at the FIBA 3×3 U18 World Cup 2019 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on June 3-7, 2019. No team has previously won this competition with both men and women in the same edition. The success in the women’s category did not come as a surprise as the US…

Mies, May 29, 2019: The first-ever FIBA 3×3 competition dedicated to women will start on May 31, 2019 (FIBA 3×3 Women Series). “We are excited to launch the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series,” FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis said. “Similar to what FIBA achieved in basketball with the new women’s national team competition system, the tremendous…

Mies, May 20, 2019: Dear media representatives, FIBA is happy to announce that the media accreditation process for the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2019 taking place at Heraklion Greece from June 29 to July 7 is now open. The deadline to apply is Friday 21 June 2019 (23:59 CET). Both local and international media…

Mies, May 16, 2019: Former German national team and NBA superstar Basketball legend Dirk Nowitzki on Thursday (May 16) was revealed as a global ambassador for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019. Nowitzki becomes the third global sporting icon to be named an ambassador of the first-ever 32-team World Cup, joining Yao Ming and Kobe…

Doha, April 19, 2019: Riga Ghetto wins FIBA their first Masters after defeating world No.1 Liman (SRB) 15-14 in a tense final of the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Doha Masters on April 18-19, 2019. In a spectacular start to the season, it was a hard-fought, low-scoring game but the world No.3 finally tasted glory and…