Basketball

MIES (Switzerland) – Following a high number of qualitative applications, the Basketball Champions League is pleased to announce TFT Skopje (MKD), Unicaja (ESP), SL Benfica (POR) and FMP Meridian (SRB) as hosts for the Qualification Round Tournaments, taking place in September. These four tournaments will determine the last four spots in the Regular Season of BCL’s seventh season.   The group hosts will ...

MALAGA (Spain) – Izan Almansa may have come up one step short of his ultimate dream of winning the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2022 title, but the Spanish big man was named TISSOT Most Valuable Player after helping the host team make history by reaching the Final. Almansa collected 9 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals as he and ...

MALAGA (Spain) – The USA remains atop the youth basketball world as they defeated Spain 79-67 to capture the title at the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2022 – even though the home side really put up a strong challenge. Jeremy Fears poured in 17 points as the Americans’ leading scorer while Ron Holland scored 13 points and Cooper Flagg added 10 ...

  SINGAPORE – Australia’s men and China’s women won the FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup 2022, which took place in the footsteps of Singapore’s iconic Marina Bay Sands on July 6-10. Australia completed a three-peat after defeating New Zealand 21-17 in a thriller of a final. Sharpshooter Andrew Steel had ice in his veins to finish with 8 points along with big man Daniel ...

BORDEAUX (France) – Spain avenged their excruciating Crelan FIBA 3×3 World Cup 2022 quarter-final loss by beating archrivals France in the final of the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series Bordeaux Stop (21-15) on July 7, 2022.   This time around, no overtime torture. Last year’s Women’s Series MVP Sandra Ygueravide was on a mission in the final of the Bordeaux Stop. The Spanish sniper scored a ...

DEBRECEN (Hungary) – The rosters of the 16 participating teams at the FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 have been confirmed ahead of the curtain being raised in Debrecen.   Click on the countries below to see the rosters: Group A: Mexico, Hungary, Belgium, Japan Group B: Australia, France, Argentina, Slovenia Group C: Egypt, Canada, Spain, Korea Group D: Germany, USA, Mali, New Zealand   In what is the sixth edition of the prestigious tournament, the ...

MIES (Switzerland) – With four previous champions on hand, and members from all 52 participating teams present in the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball, the draw for the seventh season of the Basketball Champions League was completed on Thursday morning. Nicolas Richotti, who won the inaugural title with Lenovo Tenerife back in 2017, and Dusan Sakota, a winner with AEK ...

MIES (Switzerland) – FIBA, the International Basketball Federation, has appointed IMG, a global leader in sports, events, media and fashion, as Global Master Licensee of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, taking place from August 25 to September 10, 2023, in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia. This is the first time in the history of the competition that multiple countries will ...

APRIL 4, 2022 ANTWERP (Belgium) – Defending men’s champion USA face an early test against host Belgium, while women’s Olympic gold medalist USA play world No.2 France in a blockbuster as the pools for the Crelan FIBA 3×3 World Cup 2022 are announced. For the marquee 3×3 event this year, held in Antwerp on June 21-26, there are four pools of five teams ...

UTRECHT (Netherlands) – The FIBA 3×3 World Tour will stop in the Netherlands for the first time ever during the Utrecht Masters on September 24-25, 2022. Just six weeks after reporting a record number of World Tour events, FIBA announced the addition of a 14th Masters in 2022.     “We’re excited to bring the World Tour to the Netherlands,” FIBA 3×3 ...