Basketball

  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 ...

Dear members of the media, Please, note that the media accreditation process for FIBA EuroBasket 2022 is now underway. The event is scheduled to take place September 1-18 in Germany, Czech Republic, Georgia and Italy. All accreditation requests must be submitted via the FIBA Media Portal. The deadline to apply is June 15 (23:59 CET).   ON-SITE AND REMOTE COVERAGE Media representatives, local and visiting, wishing to ...

MIES (Switzerland) – FIBA, the International Basketball Federation, and sports marketing and data technology company Two Circles today announced a long-term strategic venture that will revolutionize the direct-to-consumer market for basketball content globally.     Aligning with FIBA’s vision to make basketball the world’s most popular sports community and the strategic objective to enlarge the FIBA family, the partnership will ...

MIES (Switzerland) – The FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 has taken another step towards becoming a reality today, with tickets for the international event officially on sale to the general public. Fans can now secure the opportunity to be part of the excitement when FIBA’s flagship women’s event returns to Australian shores for the first time since 1994.     All ...