Tag: FIBA
Euroleague introduces new FIBA rules
Beginning with the 2010-11 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds on Tuesday, Euroleague Basketball joins the international basketball community in observing and...
World Championship participation history
Do you know the only two nations to have taken part in all (15) the World Championships tournaments to this day? Are you curious...
Russia, Lithuania, Germany and Lebanon get wild cards
FIBA has decided the four nations who will receive the wild cards for 2010 World Championship in Turkey. Lithuania, Russia, German and Lebanon! ...
Kosovo applied for FIBA membership
The Basketball Federation of Kosovo applied for FIBA membership for the second time after the first application was turned down due to the fact...
FIBA to raise number of teams at WC
Patrick Baumann, FIBA's Secretary General, stated in the website of the Spanish Basketball Federation that FIBA is examining the possibility of raising the number...
FIBA selling wild cards?
The criteria for the wild cards set FIBA might be not the only factor to decide which countries are given the opportunity to play...
World Championship 2014: Denmark and France withdraw their candidatures
In a surprising move both France and Denmark have withdrawn their bids to host the 2014 World Championship. All other nations will submit...
Learn more about FIBA
Learn more about The International Basketball Federation. Patrick Baumann, FIBA's Secretary General and International Olympic Committee Member answered the questions about FIBA. He also...
An agreement between FIBA and ULEB reached
FIBA Europe and ULEB representitives gathered in Geneva, Switzerland in order to amend previous agreement between the two sides. The new European competition system...
