Tag: Basketball
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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…
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Dynamo Moscow Crowned Champions
Kursk, Mar 28, 2014: Turning Point: Jelena Milovanovic provided the assist for Shay Doron on a three-point play to put Dynamo Kursk in front 49-48 with 4:52 to play in the third. Milovanovic then picked up the next four points including a three, stirring a 27-7 run that had the Kursk faithful believing a miracle…
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Moscow To Face Kursk In EuroCup Final
Germany, Mar 6, 2014: March Defending champions Dynamo Moscow will face fellow Russian side and 2012 champions Dynamo Kursk in the final of EuroCup Women 2014. On Thursday, Moscow overturned a six-point first-leg deficit (83-89) with an 86-66 triumph over visiting Villeneuve D’Ascq in the teams‘ semi-final return leg, winning 169-155 on aggregate. Kursk suffered…
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Bucharest Confirmed To Host 3×3
Munich-Germany, Feb 25, 2014: FIBA Europe announced on Tuesday that the inaugural 3×3 European Championships will be hosted by Bucharest, the city dubbed by Sports Illustrated as “the unlikely mecca of 3×3.” The decision was arrived on by the FIBA Europe Executive Committee during a meeting in Munich on 25 February. Set to take place…
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Sancho Lyttle Is 2013 Women’s Player of the Year
Munich, Feb 07, 2014: Sancho Lyttle has been voted as the 2013 FIBA Europe Women’s Player of the Year, completing a double for Spanish women’s basketball in the 2013 FIBA Europe Player of the Year awards. Following on from the announcement of Astou Ndour as the 2013 FIBA Europe Young Women’s Player of the Yearon…
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Saric Is 2013 Young Men’s Player of the Year
Munich, Feb 06, 2014: After being runner-up in 2012, Dario Saric has claimed the top accolade in 2013 by being named the FIBA Europe Young Player of the Year 2013. Saric won the award ahead of Turkey’s Kenan Sipahi and Greece’s Giannis Antetokounmpo. It marks a constant rise for the Croatian wunderkind who was first nominated…
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Ndour Is 2013 Young Women’s Player of the Year
Munich, Feb 06, 2014: Astou Ndour has become the second Spanish woman in history to be named as the FIBA Europe Young Women’s Player of the Year. Following on from Alba Torrens in 2009, Ndour has taken out the 2013 edition of the award, beating out Valeriane Ayayi of France and Artemis Spanou of Greece. Undeterred…
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Europe Claims Three World Cup Wildcards
Munich, Feb 1, 2014: FIBA Europe was proud to learn on Saturday, that three of the four wildcards given out to the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup presented by BEKO have been given to European teams. Finland, Turkey and Greece are the fortunate European recipients, with FIBA Americas’ member Brazil claiming the fourth, taking the…