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2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A
Group A was one of eight groups of the preliminary round of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. It took place from 25 to 29 August 2023 and consisted of Angola men's national basketball team, Angola, the Philippines men's national basketball team, Philippines, the Dominican Republic men's national basketball team, Dominican Republic, and Italy men's national basketball team, Italy. Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all but two games to be played at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines. The top two teams advanced to the second round and the bottom two teams qualified for the classification rounds. Following the venue change for the final phase to the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, FIBA announced that the first two games of Group A would take place at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, the original venue for the final phase. Teams Standings Games ''All times are local (Philippine Standard Time, UTC+8).'' Angola vs. Italy Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominican Republic V Philippines FBWC
Dominican may refer to: * Someone or something from or related to the Dominican Republic ( , stress on the "mi"), on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles, in the Caribbean ** People of the Dominican Republic ** Demographics of the Dominican Republic ** Culture of the Dominican Republic * Someone or something from or related to the Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominica ( , stress on the "ni"), an island nation in the Lesser Antilles, in the Caribbean ** List of Eastern Caribbean people#Dominica, People of Dominica ** Demographics of Dominica ** Culture of Dominica * Dominican Order, a Catholic religious order Schools * Dominican College (other), numerous colleges throughout the world * Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Berkeley, California, United States * Dominican University (Illinois), River Forest, Illinois, United States * Dominican University of California, San Rafael, California, United States * Dominican University New York, Orangeburg, New York, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 FIBA World Championship
The 1954 FIBA World Championship (also called the 2nd World Basketball Championship – 1954) was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 23 October to 5 November 1954. Twelve nations participated in the tournament. Competing nations Preliminary round Group A Group B Group C Group D Classification round All teams play one game against each other for a total of three games. Final round All teams play one game against each other for a total of seven games. The teams with the best records are awarded medals. Awards Top scorers All-tournament team Final rankings * sourc References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:1954 Fiba World Championship FIBA Basketball World Cup FIBA FIBA The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organizations wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 FIBA World Championship
The 1994 FIBA World Championship was the 12th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. The tournament was hosted by Canada from August 4 to 14, 1994. The tournament was held at SkyDome and Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto''The New York Times''Sports of The Times; Toronto, Dream Team, The World/ref> as well as at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton. The hosting duties were originally awarded to Belgrade, Yugoslavia, but after United Nations limited participation in sporting events in Yugoslavia, Toronto stepped in as a replacement option in 1992. The 1994 FIBA World Championship was the first time that the FIBA World Championship (now called the FIBA Basketball World Cup) allowed current American NBA players that had already played in an official NBA regular season game to participate. Prior to that only professionals from other leagues were allowed to compete, since players from other leagues were still considered amateurs. The tournament wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Belgrade
The 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade was one of four 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia. It was originally scheduled to take place from 23 to 28 June 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to 29 June to 4 July 2021. Following the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, it was the second consecutive men's Olympic qualifying tournament held in Belgrade, Serbia. Teams New Zealand initially qualified for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament by virtue of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. On 26 February 2021, Basketball New Zealand announced that they would pull out of the tournament. On the same day, FIBA announced that they would be replaced by the Philippines as the next-best team from the Asia-Oceania region in FIBA World Rankings. Senegal had been initially included in the Belgrade Tournament, but it has been forced to withdraw before the start due to several COVID-19 positive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Spissu
Marco Spissu (born February 5, 1995) is an Italian professional basketball player for Reyer Venezia Mestre of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroCup. Spissu usually plays as point guard. Professional career In July 2016, Spissu was sent on loan to Virtus Bologna of the Serie A2 Basket. With Bologna, he won the Italian LNP Cup and he was named the LNP Cup Finals MVP. After 11 years with Dinamo Sassari, from 2011, Spissu moved in Spain to Unicaja Málaga, signing a two years contract. On August 12, 2021, Unicaja Malaga voids Marco Spissu’s contract after Italian player fails physicals. The Italian Basketball Federation intervened in his favour by stating that his physical conditions were adequate and no injuries has compromised his condition, such that he was called for the Tokyo Olympics. Standing to ''Gazzetta dello sport'', the Italian sport newspaper, the Malaga management team had second thoughts about the deal and used his physical condition as a justificat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achille Polonara
Achille Polonara (born November 23, 1991) is an Italian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He primarily plays at the power forward position. Professional career Teramo Basket (2009–2012) After progressing through the youth ranks of Banca Tercas Teramo, Polonara debuted in the first division, the Serie A, in the first game of 2009-10 though he rarely featured that season and played sparingly the next. He played more regularly during the 2011-12 season with 8.2 points and 4.5 rebounds in 15.6 minutes on average, some coming from a stellar performance against Fabi Shoes Montegranaro in April with 34 points (13/14 from the field) and 9 rebounds for a valuation of 46. This helped the youngster win the Best Player Under 22 award for the season. He was also selected (as a replacement) for the Serie A All Star Game. Cimberio Varese (2012–2014) Teramo was struggling financially and filed for bank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Fontecchio
Simone Fontecchio (born 9 December 1995) is an Italian professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays at the small forward position. Youth career Fontecchio participated in an array of youth tournaments: #2011 Jordan Brand Classic International Tour game in London (not to be confused with the International Game of the same tournament) #2012 Albert Schweitzer Tournament #2012 Basketball Without Borders Europe #2012-13 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament Rome tournament. Besides playing for Italy (see #International career, International career), he notably won the Italian Under 17 championship in 2011–12 and the Under 19 championship the same season and in 2012-13, all for Virtus Bologna. Professional career Fontecchio was promoted from the Virtus U19 to the senior side in 2012-13, alternating between the two during the season. He played a symbolic minute in LBA on 4 November 2011 before posting his first gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerson Gonçalves
Gerson Henriques Gonçalves (born 29 March 1996), also known as Lukeny, is an Angolan basketball player. He plays for Petro de Luanda of the Angolan Basketball League since 2015 and is a two-time league MVP winner. Professional career Gonçalves played for Petro de Luanda in the 2015 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup. He participated in the 2018–19 Africa Basketball League where he averaged 6.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3 assists per game. Gonçalves was named the MVP of the Angolan League in 2019, after winning his second title with Petro. He repeated as most valuable player three years later, in 2022, after another national championship. National team career Gonçalves played for Angola's junior teams and helped them win the 2015 African Games. At the 2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship, he averaged 16.6 points on his way to help Angola finish in 4th place. represented the Angola national basketball team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, where he averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Childe Dundão
Childe Madaleno Fortuna Dundão (born 17 May 1998) is an Angolan basketball player who plays for Petro de Luanda of the Angolan Basketball League and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). Standing at , he plays as point guard. Professional career Dundão started his career with Petro de Luanda in 2016. On 8 January, he re-signed for another season. Dundão helped Petro reach the 2022 BAL Finals as the team's starting point guard, gathering All-Defensive Team honours in the same season. In the 2023 season, Dundão won the national triple with Petro; he also lead the league in assists per game. He was named the 2023 Angolan Cup Final MVP. National team career Dundão has played for the Angola national junior teams in the 2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship and the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup The 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup (Arabic: 2017 كأس العالم لكرة السلة تحت 19 سنة فيبا) was the 13th edition of the FIBA Under-19 Bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 FIBA World Championship
The 1990 FIBA World Championship was the 11th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Argentina from 8 to 19 August 1990. The final phase of the competition was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires. Yugoslavia emerged as the tournament winner. This was the last World Championship in which the country participated before its dissolution. Likewise, the Soviet Union participated in its final tournament before its dissolution. This was the first ever FIBA World Championship (now called FIBA Basketball World Cup) tournament, in which non-American current NBA players that had also already played in an official regular season NBA game could participate. Venues Qualification There were 16 teams taking part in the 1990 World Cup of Basketball. * Host nation: 1 berth * FIBA Americas: 12 teams competing for 5 berths * FIBA Europe: 8 teams competing for 5 berths * FIBA Oceania: 2 teams competing for 1 berths * FIBA Asia: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Standard Time
Philippine Standard Time (PST or PhST; fil, Pamantayang Oras ng Pilipinas), also known as Philippine Time (PHT), is the official name for the time zone used in the Philippines. The country only uses one time zone, at an offset of UTC+08:00, but has used daylight saving time for brief periods in the 20th century. Geographic details Geographically, the Philippines lies and 126°34′ east of the Prime Meridian, and is physically located within the UTC+08:00 time zone. Philippine Standard Time is maintained by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). The Philippines shares the same time zone with China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Western Australia, Brunei, Irkutsk, Central Indonesia, and most of Mongolia. History Philippine Standard Time was instituted through Batas Pambansa Blg. 8 (that defined the metric system), approved on December 2, 1978, and implemented on January 1, 1983. The Philippines is one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 FIBA World Championship
The 1970 FIBA World Championship was the 6th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Yugoslavia in Sarajevo, Split, Karlovac, Skopje and Ljubljana, from 10 to 24 May 1970. It was the first ever FIBA World Championship hosted outside South America. Competing nations Venues Preliminary round Group A Group B Group C Classification round Final round Final rankings All-Tournament Team * Krešimir Ćosić (Yugoslavia) * Sergei Belov - (MVP) (Soviet Union) * Modestas Paulauskas (Soviet Union) * Ubiratan Pereira Maciel (Brazil) * Kenny Washington (U.S.) Top scorers (ppg) # Shin Dong-Pa (South Korea) 32.6 # Davis Peralta (Panama) 20 # Jiri Zidek Sr. (Czechoslovakia) 19.3 # Pedro Chappe Garcia (Cuba) 18.5 # Pedro Rivas (Panama) 18.5 # Lee In-Pyo (South Korea) 18 # Omar Arrestia (Uruguay) 17.7 # Luiz Cláudio Menon (Brazil) 17.3 # Bob Molinsk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
