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New Zealand pulls out of Olympic qualifiers
The New Zealand men’s basketball team have withdrawn from Olympic qualifiers in Serbia due to costs associated with COVID-19 protocols and international travel, the country’s governing body (BBNZ) said on Friday. New Zealand have also pulled out of the FIBA 3×3 Olympic qualifying event in Austria. BBNZ said it had agreed to prioritise “events that…
Read MoreFIBA Europe Cup Round of 16 and Quarter-Final hub locations confirmed
The FIBA Europe Cup Round of 16 and Quarter-Final hubs will be organized in Botevgrad, Bulgaria; Oradea, Romania; and s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, with BC Balkan, CSM CSU Oradea and Heroes Den Bosch confirmed as the hosts of the March 23-26, 2021 hubs. The s’Hertogenbosch hub will host four Round of 16 pairings and the corresponding Quarter-Finals…
Read MoreCanada books spot in FIBA AmeriCup 2022
Canada secured a spot in the 12-team FIBA AmeriCup 2022 tournament by beating the U.S. Virgin Islands 95-90 on Saturday in San Juan, Puerto Rico. With the victory, Canada raised its record to 3-1 in Group C phase play. Anthony Bennett, the No. 1 pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, led Canada with 30 points…
Read MoreFiba Asia Cup qualifiers in Doha postponed
From the International Basketball Opinion Blog. FIBA has allegedly pulled the plug on the staging of the Doha bubble for the third window of the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers. The Saudi Basketball Federation, one of the nations set to compete in Qatar, stated that the international governing body for basketball had postponed the games…
Read MoreFIBA Europe Cup Round of 16 pairings drawn
The pairings for the FIBA Europe Cup Round of 16 were drawn at the FIBA Regional Office Europe headquarters in Munich on Wednesday. Following the Regular Season’s conclusion, the top two clubs from each of the six groups, plus the four best third-placed teams, advanced to the Play-Offs, with the 16 qualified clubs divided into…
Read MorePlay-Offs groups set in Basketball Champions League
The Basketball Champions League Play-Offs groups were confirmed during a draw on Tuesday at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland. Here are the results of the draw: The Play-Offs will start on March 2-3, 2021, and conclude on April 6-7, 2021. Clubs will play six games each in a round-robin system (three games home,…
Read MoreFIBA penalizes Canada for skipping qualifying games
FIBA announced that Canada Basketball has been fined 160,000 Swiss francs ($227,138) and docked a point in the standings for withdrawing from games against Cuba on Nov. 29 and the US Virgin Islands on Nov. 30. Canada Basketball is appealing sanctions leveled by FIBA after the country pulled out of two FIBA AmeriCup 2022 qualifying…
Read MoreAEK, Holon, and Sassari qualify for Basketball Champions League Play-Offs
Hapoel Unet-Credit Holon will make their maiden trip to the Basketball Champions League Play-Offs after claiming first place in Group A thanks to a statement win at Cholet and AEK, who were victorious at Tsmoki-Minsk, took second place behind the Israeli team. Meanwhile, in Group A, Dinamo Sassari defeated Galatasaray in Istanbul to erase the…
Read MoreTofas, Nymburk, and Nizhny qualify for Basketball Champions League playoffs
Tofas Bursa clinched first place in Group B and a Play-Offs berth in their maiden Basketball Champions League campaign after claiming their second big road win in a row on Tuesday, this time around at ERA Nymburk. Nymburk also qualified to the Play-Offs, at the expense of JDA Dijon, while Nizhny Novgorod prevailed against Falco…
Read MoreA team loses all group games at FIBA U18 African Championship but still reaches the final! How??
From the International Basketball Opinion Blog. The FIBA U18 African Championship took place last week in Egypt. For both men and women. The COVID-19 is ravaging the globe, and Africa is no exception as various national and continental competitions have been canceled or postponed, such as the NBA/FIBA Basketball Africa League. Nevertheless, FIBA and FIBA…
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