National Teams

23/04/2019 15:18

Wilson Sporting Goods and FIBA extend 3×3 basketball partnership through 2028

Wilson Sporting Goods Co. and FIBA announced today that they have extended their partnership for 3×3 basketball through 2028

16/04/2019 19:14

Competition formats confirmed for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Basketball and 3×3 Basketball Tournaments

The 12 participating teams in both competitions being divided into 3 groups of 4 each, instead of 2 groups of 6,

12/04/2019 09:37

Marco Belinelli says he will play for Italy at FIBA Basketball World Cup

Belinelli will be in China with Italy’s NT

11/04/2019 17:13

Nicolas Batum (France) and Willy Hernangomez (Spain) say they want to play FIBA WC this summer

The two players ready to join their NTs this summer

09/04/2019 13:51

FIBA approves extension of calendar for 2020 domestic league play offs upon ULEB request

Playoffs of the domestic league have to finish no later than June 12, 2020.
Olympic qualifying tournaments will be played from June 23 to June 28, 2020

03/04/2019 11:38

Rudy Fernandez says it would be very important for him to play for Spain at FIBA WC

Rudy hopes to be in China if healthy

02/04/2019 15:58

Rudy Gobert and Evan Fournier want to play for France at FIBA WC with one goal: the gold medal

The Magic guard and Jazz big man hope to be in China with France

02/04/2019 15:30

Toon van Helfteren no longer head coach of Dutch national team

Toon van Helfteren leaves Dutch NT

01/04/2019 23:50

Zion Williamson to play for Team USA and coach Popovich at FIBA Basketball World Cup?

USA Basketball intends to gauge the interest of Duke freshman sensation Zion Williamson in joining the 12-man squad it sends to China for the FIBA WC in the late summer

01/04/2019 19:18

LeBron James will skip FIBA Basketball World Cup, may play for Team USA at Tokyo 2020

James will be filming ‘Space Jam 2’.

01/04/2019 18:27

Decisions at FIBA Central Board’s first meeting of 2019

Awarding automatic Tokyo 2020 places to Japan teams tops key decisions at FIBA Central Board’s first meeting of 2019

31/03/2019 16:23

Japan’s national teams granted automatic places at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Basketball and 3×3 Basketball

Japan’s men’s and women’s national teams will compete in the Olympic Basketball and 3×3 Basketball Tournaments at the Tokyo 2020 Games

28/03/2019 12:08

Blums calls out Latvia Federation after missing WC: It’s a crime to waste the potential we have now

Janis Blums had harsh words against his basketball federation: No responsibility from everyone (from Latvian Basketball Association): no one has stepped down, admitted mistakes or understood something.

26/03/2019 15:40

Mourning, Tanjevic among 11 top basketball personalities making up 2019 Class of FIBA Hall of Fame

Alonzo Mourning (USA), Janeth Arcain (Brazil) and Bogdan Tanjevic (Montenegro) are among the 11 top basketball personalities that make up the FIBA Hall of Fame’s 2019 Class of Inductees.

25/03/2019 16:23

Ettore Messina reportedly one of the three candidates for Canada’s NT head coaching job

Messina, Rana and Herbert are the three names after Triano withdraw his name from consideration

25/03/2019 15:40

Seven candidates in the running to host FIBA EuroBasket 2021

Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Georgia, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia have each submitted an official bid by the March 15 deadline

18/03/2019 09:53

Dominican Republic name Nestor Garcia National Team head coach

Nestor Garcia take the helm of Dominican Republic for the FIBA Basketball World Cup

16/03/2019 15:28

FIBA Basketball World Cup Game Schedule

Full schedule of FIBA WC

16/03/2019 12:53

FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 – The groups are set

Here are the groups for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup

16/03/2019 09:03

Kobe Bryant shares thoughts on World Cup, international basketball ahead of China 2019 draw

Kobe Bryant was one of the most popular athletes in Beijing when the 2008 Olympics Games were staged in the city.

15/03/2019 10:08

FIBA and Molten unveil next generation basketball, set for debut at World Cup in China

The ball is softer than in the past and therefore easier to control in every moment of the game

15/03/2019 08:04

Procedure for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Draw

FIBA has issued the procedure for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Draw, presented by Wanda, which will take place on Saturday, March 16, at Shenzhen Bay Arena at 18:30 local time (GMT +8)

14/03/2019 14:54

Sell-out crowd for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Draw in Shenzhen

FIBA has confirmed that the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Draw, presented by Wanda, will take place in front of a sell-out crowd of 8,000 spectators at Shenzhen Bay Arena