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FIBA 3×3 World Tour Unveils 2024 Schedule

The FIBA 3×3 World Tour has revealed its 2024 schedule with 15 events around the globe including Edmonton, its lone North American stop, as the final pre-Olympic event. The FIBA 3×3 World Tour will visit four continents starting with the opener from April 27-28 in Utsunomiya, Japan, the third consecutive year the destination has hosted […]

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USA Basketball to Play Two Showcase Games in London in July

The USA Basketball men’s national team will play pre-Olympic games in London against South Sudan and Germany at the O2 Arena, its first appearance in England since winning the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Summer Games. Hosted in partnership between USA Basketball and TEG, the Americans will play South Sudan on July 20 and […]

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FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2025 Final Set for Piraeus

The Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus has been named as the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2025 venue in Greece and will host the championship game on June 28, 2025 at the culmination of the tournament that will be co-hosted by four nations. The 11,847-seat Peace and Friendship Stadium will host one of the four groups […]

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Sites, Draw Announced for FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

San Juan, Puerto Rico, will be one of the four sites for Olympic Qualifying Tournaments organized by FIBA, the international federation’s executive committee confirmed this week. The other tournaments will be played from July 2–7, 2024, in the cities of Piraeus, Greece; Riga, Latvia, and Valencia, Spain. Puerto Rico will host Mexico, Cote D’Ivoire, Lithuania, […]

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Serbian basketball star Sonja Vasic, right, will serve as deputy chair of the FIBA Players' Commission.

FIBA Commissions and Working Groups Increase Gender Equality

Following the recent 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, FIBA has announced its commissions and working groups for the 2023–2027 term following the first meeting of the new Central Board. For the first time, three out of seven FIBA Commissions are chaired by a woman and in two of the other four Commissions, the deputy chair […]

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Second Season of eFIBA Will Feature 61 Participating Nations

The second season of eFIBA, the official NBA 2K24 tournament organized by the international federation for basketball, will have 61 nations participating in a series of events. Beginning October 3, national federations across seven regional areas will battle in the Pro-Am game mode to secure a spot in the inaugural in-person eFIBA World Finals at […]

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