Posts Tagged ‘FIBA World Cup’
Turkey withdraws nomination from 2023 FIBA World Cup
Turkey has officially withdrawn its bid to host the 2023 FIBA World Cup. The Turkish Basketball Federation has sent a letter to FIBA stating that it is stepping down. The Federation plans to use the budget intended for the 2023 FIBA World Cup for basketball development centers, the installation and the dissemination of basketball to the…
Read MoreFIBA World Cup: USA to use non-NBA players to qualify
The Americas qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Cup has a scheduling conflict with the 2017-18 NBA season. As a result, USA Basketball will not use any NBA players to form the team it will be sending to qualify for the FIBA World Cup in 2019. USA Basketball will still be able to use NBA…
Read MoreFIBA: potential World Cup 2019 and 2023 hosts
FIBA announced the nations that have been shortlisted as potential hosts of the next two instalments of the flagship international tournament, the FIBA Basketball World Cup. Germany has been named as either a lone host or possibly as a joint host with France, while China, Qatar, the Philippines, and Turkey have also been shortlisted for…
Read MoreUSA wins the FIBA World Cup 2014
USA capped off their dominant run in the FIBA World Cup 2014 by cruising to an easy 129-92 win over Serbia, to claim the Gold Medal. This is their fifth world title and it is their first time as back-to-back champions. Prior to this only Brazil (1959, 1963) and Yugoslavia (1998, 2002) managed to repeat their claim…
Read MoreFIBA World Cup 2014, France takes Third Place
The third/fourth game of any major Basketball tournament is an odd contest, and so it proved at the FIBA World Cup 2014 yet again. You see, neither France nor Lithuania wanted to play this game and they came into it with a feeling of despair and heartbreak because they did not make the final. However,…
Read MoreFIBA World Cup 2014, Serbia prevails to reach final
Serbia progressed to the grand finale of the FIBA World Cup 2014 with a close fought 85-90 victory over France in the all-European semi-final clash. Serbia now heads to its ninth world final, although that of course takes into account when the tournament was named the World Championships and the Serbian team flew under the…
Read MoreFIBA World Cup 2014, USA makes final
Team USA will get the chance to defend its title at the final of the FIBA World Cup 2014 after swatting aside Lithuania in the first semi-final game on Thursday. The tournament favourites looked classy at times again on the court and is well poised to win back to back World Cup titles during Sunday’s…
Read MoreFIBA World Cup 2014: Spain is out
The second day of quarter-final games in the FIBA World Cup 2014 brought with them arguably the most exciting and intense Basketball of the tournament so far. Certainly, France knocking out tournament hosts Spain sent shockwaves around the country and stunned the millions watching the spectacle unfold on TV. Joining France in the semi-final stage…
Read MoreFIBA World Cup 2014, USA and Lithuania in semis
We are at the business end of the FIBA World Cup 2014 now as the quarter final stage gets underway in Spain. There were two games on day one of the stage, with the USA sweeping to the semi-finals in commanding fashion and Lithuania also progressing to the new round after a trickier encounter. Tomorrow’s…
Read MoreFIBA to probe Australia vs. Angola game
FIBA has officially launched an investigation regarding suspicions that Australia deliberately lost a game against Angola during the group stage of the FIBA World Cup 2014. Australia rested two of its key players, Aron Baynes and Joe Ingles in their 83-91 loss to Angola. “The on-court behaviour displayed by Australia in that game (against Angola)…
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