National Teams

16/10/2019 23:56

Five-star prospect Paolo Banchero committed to play for Italian National Team

The US-born power forward born in 2002 to play for Italy. The passport is expected to arrive before the end of 2019

14/10/2019 17:23

Remembering Patrick Baumann

One year ago the FIBA family suddenly lost a beloved member, Secretary General Patrick Baumann

13/10/2019 16:30

Edmonton get 1st FIBA 3×3 World Tour Masters win in Nanjing

Edmonton (CAN) won their first-ever Masters at the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Nanjing Masters

11/10/2019 14:07

Andreas Zagklis about World Cup: We are planning to maintain this format also for 2023

FIBA secretary general Andreas Zagklis talked about next Fiba Basketball World Cup and his format

09/10/2019 12:15

Luis Scola on fifth Olympics with Argentina: I’m so close. It will be special

In Argentina they call him “El Capitan”, the Captain, he’s a symbol, an icon, a little bit of everything

09/10/2019 10:47

2019 edition of International Basketball Migration Report sees international transfers stabilize

Spain remains the league with the highest percentage of foreign players and the highest number of nationalities

07/10/2019 14:39

India to host FIBA 3×3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

FIBA announced today that the FIBA 3×3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament will be staged in India in March 2020

06/10/2019 17:18

Russia and Japan win FIBA 3×3 U23 World Cup 2019

Russia (men’s) made it back-to-back titles while Japan (women’s) avenged last year’s heartbreak at the second edition of the FIBA 3×3 U23 World Cup 2019

02/10/2019 19:48

Olympic qualification system for 3×3 basketball at Tokyo 2020 confirmed

The exact dates and locations of these 2 Olympic Qualifying Tournaments will be announced shortly.

02/10/2019 17:07

Biggest-ever FIBA World Cup reaches record-breaking three billion people

All the record numbers of the FIBA World Cup in China.

02/10/2019 15:03

Luis Scola: If we had not qualified for the Olympics, I would surely have retired

Scola has been introduced as new player of Olimpia Milano

01/10/2019 22:37

Daniel Hackett retires from Italian NT

“I’ve played my final game with the Italian NT at the last World Cup”

30/09/2019 14:40

Nick Calathes to retire from Greece’s NT next summer?

One more summer with Greece for Calathes?

29/09/2019 23:04

Kawhi Leonard, Paul George open to playing at Olympics

Leonard and George are willing to play for Team USA but right now their main focus is on the Clippers

27/09/2019 20:29

James Harden wants to play for Team USA at Olympics

“It’s one of my goals to represent this beautiful country”

26/09/2019 15:46

Olympic Qualifying Tournaments: €2.1M is the cost to organize each tournament (some key dates)

The candidatures must be submitted to FIBA by October 4;

23/09/2019 17:21

Marc Gasol and Rudy Fernandez join pantheons of greats to have won two World titles

The two helped Spain cap an unbeaten run at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 with a 95-75 triumph over Argentina on September 15 in Beijing

21/09/2019 17:22

Gianmarco Pozzecco will coach the Italian National Experimental Team

Yesterday Pozzecco extended his contract with Banco di Sardegna Sassari until June 2022.

20/09/2019 20:18

Klay Thompson says he wants to join Team USA at Olympics

Thompson will be out for most of the upcoming season with a torn ACL

19/09/2019 15:54

Ricky Rubio honors late mother with cancer patient visiting room at Barcelona hospital

After remarkable on-court performances at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 in China, the tournament’s TISSOT MVP Ricky Rubio of Spain is also making an impact away from the court

19/09/2019 11:44

Spain close in on USA in the updated FIBA World Ranking Men

The FIBA World Ranking Men, presented by NIKE has been updated after the conclusion of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019, with USA maintaining their top-ranked status but the newly-crowned World Cup champions Spain closing in the gap

19/09/2019 11:05

FIBA announces the 24 teams qualified for Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

The four remaining places in the 12-team Tokyo 2020 Olympic field are reserved for the winners of each of the four FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, set to take place on June 23-28, 2020

18/09/2019 20:17

Damian Lillard commits to play at Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Portland Trail Blazers guard has confirmed his will to play at the upcoming Olympics.

18/09/2019 14:36

Stephen Curry says he wants to play Olympic Games next summer

Curry never played Olympics

18/09/2019 11:41

Nike Top 10 Plays | FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019

Enjoy the Top 10 Plays from the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019

17/09/2019 12:14

Patty Mills on not making World Cup All-Star Five: My federation told me I made the team

Patty Mills was not inserted in FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Star team

17/09/2019 11:29

Scariolo’s locker room speech after winning World Cup: You have showed you are a team

Sergio Scariolo’s postgame speech is emotional

17/09/2019 09:20

A perfect summer for the perfect Spanish system

The problem for the rest of the world is that Spain are just getting started with their domination

16/09/2019 17:03

Kemba Walker ‘would love’ to plays for Team USA in 2020 Olympics

Walker averaged 14.4 points (60% 2p, 38% 3p, 70% FT) and 5.4 assist over 7 FIBA World Cup games.

16/09/2019 11:41

Kaunas want to host a Olympic qualification tournaments

Hosts should be announced by March

15/09/2019 19:35

Sergio Scariolo: “Proud of these guys, they worked hard and kept fighting in tough moments”

“I can only be proud of what these guys did and feel that basketball was fair to these guys”

15/09/2019 19:24

Ricky Rubio says World Champion Spain NT will be ‘family for life’

“We played with heart”

15/09/2019 16:25

Ricky Rubio is the 2019 FIBA World Cup MVP

The Spanish point-guard is the MVP in China

15/09/2019 16:13

Spain beat Argentina, are FIBA Basketball World Cup Champions

Spain win 95-75

15/09/2019 11:49

France beat Australia, win bronze medal at FIBA Basketball World Cup

De Colo leads France to bronze medal

15/09/2019 11:39

Victor Claver scores trick shot of the year a few hours before World Cup final

Claver with an incredible shot

15/09/2019 10:15

Andreas Zagklis: The expansion to 32 teams has been a natural evolution

FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis: Our new competition system is at the first half of his testing, and overall we are satisfied as of now

14/09/2019 21:07

Donovan Mitchell says he wants to play at Olympics

Mitchell has been a part of Team USA at the FIBA World Cup

14/09/2019 16:59

Honorary President Horacio Muratore appointed new IBF President

Horacio Muratore, newly named FIBA Honorary President, after presiding over FIBA from 2014 to 2019, has been appointed the new President of FIBA’s Foundation, the International Basketball Foundation (IBF).