FIBA
Athens to Host Basketball Champions League Final Four
Athens, Greece has been confirmed as the host for the FIBA Basketball Champions League Final Four which will take place from May 4-6 2018. The games will be played in the OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall, which can accommodate 18,000 basketball fans. AEK Athens will be the host team and they will be joined by AS…
Read MoreAEK, Monaco Bag Wins in Basketball Champions League Q-Finals
The first leg of the Basketball Champions League Quarterfinals is now complete. AEK Athens and AS Monaco bagged wins against their respective opponents. Neither team was able to come away with double-digit margins, but wins are wins and now the pressure is on the other teams to post a higher aggregate score in the end. The…
Read MoreFIBA Basketball Champions League: quarter-finals underway
We are at the quarter-final stage of the FIBA Basketball Champions League and the round was opened with two contests on Tuesday evening, with the other two to be played on Wednesday. The best of 3 series tipped off as Bayreuth defeated Ludwigsburg in an all-German tie to take a 1-0 series lead. Elsewhere, Murcia…
Read More2019 Basketball World Cup: missing players don’t affect big basketball nations
The big news over the basketball weekend was, of course, the 2019 Basketball World Cup qualifiers where international hoops came together to continue the path to next year’s tournament. As we already know, the EuroLeague and NBA have not cooperated with FIBA to deliver players to their nations. That means the best players, the cream…
Read More2019 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers: Euro Standings Update
We’re officially four games into the 2019 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers for Europe. Several teams have risen to the top of their respective groups with perfect 4-0 records, giving them a distinct edge. So far, there have been few surprises in the competition. Some favorites got to sweep their initial games, while a few stumbled…
Read MoreFIBA Basketball Champions League: path to final plotted
The final round of the FIBA Basketball Champions League closed last week and we have been looking ahead to the Play-Offs. Knockout hoops will commence in the competition on March 6 and today the draw was held to determine who will meet who in the next round. During an event at the House of Basketball…
Read MoreFIBA Europe Cup Round of 16 Pairings Drawn
Munich, Germany – The pairings for the Round of 16 of the 2017-18 FIBA Europe Cup have been drawn at FIBA’s Europe offices. 10 teams are the ones that advanced from the second round of the competition. Six teams are coming from the Basketball Champions League regular season. Round of 16 Pairings Nizhny Novgorod (RUS)…
Read MoreFIBA Champions League: Round 12 action
Round 12 of the FIBA Champions League opened on Tuesday with two games from each group. The round will conclude with a further eight contests from around the continent tomorrow. We are the business end of the Regular Season, with just two rounds to play after this week. Clubs who are not already qualified continued…
Read MoreEuropean Commission Ruling to Impact FIBA-EuroLeague Rift?
We could soon be turning to a new chapter in the FIBA-EuroLeague rift. A recent ruling by the European Commission addressing a complaint lodged by two professional ice skaters against the International Skating Union (ISU) could have set a precedent that could affect how international sports governing bodies, such as FIBA, sanction teams and players.…
Read MoreWorld Cup 2019 Qualifiers: Serbia, Greece, France Win
More teams took to the hardwood to play out their second game in the FIBA World Cup 2019 qualifiers. 12 spots are up for grabs from Europe and competition has been fierce in the first round so far. Teams from Groups E, F, G, and H were scheduled to play and the basketball action did…
Read More