 2025-05-15 FIBA has released its financial report for 2024, revealing a clear decline in both revenue and profit compared to 2023. The downturn largely reflects the absence of a major event like the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, which significantly boosted earnings in the previous year.
 2025-05-13 The draw for the FIBA World Cup 2027 European Qualifiers took place on May 13 in Doha, giving us a clearer view of the "Road to Qatar." Eight groups of four teams have been formed, with games set to be played across six FIBA windows. The European Qualifiers will run from November 2025 to March 2027, and 12 nations will earn a spot in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027.
 2025-05-13 After hosting the FIBA World Cup in 2023, the Philippines is now set to begin its "Road to Qatar." During the official draw ceremony held in Doha on May 13, Gilas Pilipinas learned its group for the FIBA World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers. The Philippines was placed in Group A, along with Australia, New Zealand, and debutant Guam.
 2025-01-27 FIBA Global Ambassador Carmelo Anthony has launched the official visual identity of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027, along with the 'Step It Up' campaign, which is set to unite players, teams and fans in propelling the legacy and impact of the competition to unprecedented heights. Â
 2024-11-07 International FIBA tournaments like EuroBaskets or World Cups are attracting the biggest basketball stars from all around the world. However, basketball fans aren't very likely to hear even a single quote from them.
 2024-08-13 The New Zealand Basketball Federation (BBNZ) parted ways with head coach Pero Cameron on August 8th. They're searching for his successor in an unconventional way. Usually, basketball federations either have special committees that appoint the next head coach or call a special meeting to determine the person who will lead the national team.
 2024-07-28 Several months after surrendering first place in the FIBA Global Ranking, a new coaching staff has been announced for the US men's national team. Steve Kerr from the Golden State Warriors will serve as the head coach in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Alongside Kerr, Miami Heat's Erik Spoelstra and Gonzaga's Mark Few will join him as assistant coaches.
 2024-07-08 Brazil, Greece, Spain, and Puerto Rico became the latest countries that will participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics and its basketball tournament. They joined France, Australia, South Sudan, Japan, Team USA, Canada, Serbia, and Germany which qualified for the Olympic basketball tournament through the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
 2024-04-08 Serbian forward Borisa Simanic suffered a severe injury in the 2023 FIBA World Cup that caused initial panic in the Philippines in the middle of the night. FIBA is going to change regulations to ensure it doesn't happen again.
 2024-03-15 Sergio Scariolo is expected to remain the Spanish national team's head coach for the foreseeable future. Juan Jimenez from AS reports that the Italian tactician will remain the national team coach until 2028. That means Scariolo will coach Spain in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles if La Roja qualifies for it, of course.
 2023-12-31 With 2023 coming to an end, BasketNews invites you to remember and relive the most memorable and exciting basketball moments of the year. It had plenty of exciting matchups, incredible finals, and unexpected transfers, followed by the FIBA Basketball World Cup, among other memorable events. So, take a seat and remember the most important basketball events of 2023.
 2023-12-15 The FIBA Basketball World Cup might be returning to Europe. The Italian Basketball Federation (FIP) announced that it had positive talks with the Italian government about the possibility of making a bid for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2031 hosting rights.
 2023-12-12 USA Basketball announced that the USA Basketball Men's National Team will play a pair of games in London as part of the 2024 USA Basketball Showcase and in preparation for the 2024 Olympic Summer Games.  The USA Basketball Showcase features a series of games that help the USA Basketball national teams prepare for major competitions, including the FIBA World Cup and Olympic Summer Games.
 2023-12-07 FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis held his end-of-the-year press conference with media members, covering plenty of topics. One of them was the FIBA Basketball World Cup hosting. After Qatar was announced as the host of the FIBA World Cup in 2027, it became official that for the 3rd time in a row, Asia will be hosting the most prestigious basketball competition.
 2023-11-20 Just a few months ago, we all got excited about the fantastic performance of the German national team that Gordon Herbert led to the FIBA Basketball World Cup victory. Thanks to the FIBA World Cup success, Germany made a significant leap in the international ranking, gaining 8 positions and settling in third place, behind only the USA and Spain.
 2023-11-06 Almost two months have passed since the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, but Team USA head coach Steve Kerr still has a memory of the Germany national team's sharpshooter Andreas Obst. Obst torched Team USA in the FIBA World Cup semifinal, scoring 24 points (2/3 2PT, 4/8 3PT, 8/9 FT) in a 113-111 win.
 2023-11-06 Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr will close his Team USA chapter after the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 58-year-old confirmed that he will leave his head coach position after the Olympics. "No," Kerr told Joe Vardon from The Athletic if he would coach Team USA after the Paris Games. "To me, it's a two-year cycle. Pop coached a World Cup and the Olympics, now it's my turn to pass the baton."
 2023-10-20 German national team head coach Gordon Herbert confirmed he'll lead the country in the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics. "Nobody has to worry. I won't leave the national team," Herbert gave a short comment to bild.de.
 2023-10-02 Vassilis Spanoulis is officially replacing Dimitris Itoudis as the new Greek national team head coach, the Greek Basketball Federation announced. Spanoulis and the Greek Basketball Federation agreed to a 2-year deal. Spanoulis' upcoming challenges include the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers, the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, and possibly the 2024 Paris Olympics.
 2023-09-30 At one point during his discussion with BasketNews during Olympiacos Piraeus' media day, Moustapha Fall realized that he had to get it off his chest. "Honestly, I don't want to talk about the national team. I just want to talk about Olympiacos," he said after being asked several questions about his World Cup experience with France.
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