Tag: fibaeurope

  • FIBA Europe Concerned About Developments

    FIBA Europe Concerned About Developments

    Munich – Germany, Jan 12, 2013: FIBA Europe has expressed its deep concern about the recent developments in Lithuania, with the reported arrest and detention of Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LBF) Secretary General Mindaugas Balciunas on suspicion of embezzlement of public funds. In a letter to the LBF, FIBA Europe made it clear that it is…

  • Basketball: Legendary Players To Help Pick Groups

    Basketball: Legendary Players To Help Pick Groups

    Germany, Nov 16: Legendary, Seven of Europe’s all-time most prolific basketball players will help pick the First Round groups of EuroBasket 2013, at the Draw ceremony on Sunday, 18 November in Postojna Cave. The three official ambassadors of EuroBasket 2013, Slovenia’s Ivo Daneu, Rašo Nesterović and Peter Vilfan, will be joined on stage by their…

  • EuroLeague Women Final Eight 2013

    EuroLeague Women Final Eight 2013

    Munich – Germany, Oct 30, 2012: The EuroLeague Women Final Eight 2013 will be hosted by the Russian city of Ekaterinburg and the local club UMMC, FIBA Europe announced on Tuesday. The season ending tournament of Europe’s best women’s basketball competition returns to the capital city of the Sverdlovsk Region after the EuroLeague Women Final…

  • Novak Appointed Secretary General

    Novak Appointed Secretary General

    Munich – Germany, Oct 22, 2012: FIBA Europe has appointed 45-year-old former Czech international Kamil Novak as its new Secretary General. Novak was voted in by the FIBA Europe Board during its extraordinary meeting in Munich, Germany, on Saturday, October 20. He will replace Nar Zanolin who was relieved of his duties last May. “Kamil…

  • EuroChallenge Regular Season Field Complete

    EuroChallenge Regular Season Field Complete

    Germany, Oct 03, 2012: Field Complete, Tofas SC Bursa, Gaz Metan Medias, Pizza Express Apollon and Joensuun Kataja clinched the last four available places in the EuroChallenge Regular Season on Tuesday. Gaz Metan produced the big upset of the Qualifying Round. The Romanian side had suffered a 69-67 home defeat to Ural Ekaterinburg in the…

  • EuroBasket Women 2013 Draw Completed

    EuroBasket Women 2013 Draw Completed

    Munich – Germany, Sept 21, 2012: The EuroBasket Women 2013 Draw took place on Friday in the storied UNESCO building in Paris, France. In front of a sizeable crowd of National Federation representatives, diplomats, coaches, media representatives and invited guests from across Europe, the 16 teams were drawn into four First Round groups, also dictating…

  • Miami Beach ready for FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final

    Miami Beach ready for FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final

    MIAMI, USA (FIBA 3×3 World Tour) – Sept 19, 2012: The first edition of the FIBA 3×3 World Tour will draw to a close from 21-23 September, with Miami Beach seeing one of the 12 best 3×3 basketball teams crowned champions and pocket USD 30,000 of the USD 40,000 total prize pot. The teams, who…

  • Seedings For EuroBasket Women Announced

    Seedings For EuroBasket Women Announced

    Munich – Germany, Sept 18, 2012: FIBA Europe has announced the seedings for the EuroBasket Women 2013 draw which will take place in Paris on Friday. Reigning European champions Russia are the highest-ranked team and in the top group of seeds alongside EuroBasket Women 2011 silver medallists Turkey, bronze medallists France and fourth-placed Czech Republic. Croatia,…

  • EuroCup Women 2012/13 Clubs Announced

    EuroCup Women 2012/13 Clubs Announced

    Munich – Germany, July3, 2012: FIBA Europe has announced the list of teams that will participate in the 2012/13 edition of EuroCup Women. 30 teams will take part in the Regular Season which tips-off on 3rd November. They will be drawn into six (6) groups of four (4) teams each and two (2) groups of…

  • FIBA Europe the Race For Player of The Year is On

    FIBA Europe Press Release Dec 08, 2011: The race is on for the most prestigious individual honour in European basketball, as FIBA Europe has announced the nominees for its annual Player of the Year awards. The 2011 Awards include all four established categories: Men, Young Men, Women and Young Women. The winners in each category will be…