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2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
The 2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 28th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The tournament took place from 15 to 17 February 2019. The tournament was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the Carioca Arena 1. Format The tournament was held under a Final Four format, played by four teams, and included a third-place game. Teams The tournament was contested by four teams. The NBA opted to send the G League champions, rather than send the NBA champions. Venue When the event was announced, it was also announced that the game would be played at the Carioca Arena 1, the home arena of the tournament's host club, Flamengo. Carioca Arena 1 is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The arena was opened in 2016, and it has a seating capacity of 6,000 people for basketball games. Bracket Semifinals Third place game Final Final standings Final Four MVP * Jordan Theodore ( AEK) References External links Official websiteFIBA official website {{DEFAULTSOR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
The 2017 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 27th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The cup winner was decided through one game, which was held on September 24, 2017. It was contested by the 2017 FIBA Americas League champions, Guaros de Lara, and the 2017 FIBA Champions League champions, Iberostar Tenerife. The title game was held at the Santiago Martín, in San Cristóbal de La Laguna. Champions of the EuroLeague were not allowed to participate by FIBA, due to the EuroLeague's dispute with FIBA. Iberostar Tenerife won the game, and captured its first FIBA Intercontinental Cup title. Mike Tobey was named the FIBA Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player. Qualified teams Venue Match details MVP * Mike Tobey - ( Iberostar Tenerife) References External links2017 Intercontinental Basketball CupFIBA official websiteFIBA Intercontinental Cup official website FIBA Intercontinental Cup HistoryBasquetepinheirense FIBA World Cup FIBA World Cup of Clubs {{DEFAUL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
The 2014 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 24th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup for men's professional basketball clubs and the 23rd edition of the tournament being in the form of a true intercontinental tournament for clubs. The 2 game aggregate score tournament took place at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on September 26 and September 28, 2014, in order to determine the world club champion. The tournament was contested between the 2013–14 season EuroLeague champions, Maccabi Electra, and the 2014 FIBA Americas League champions, Flamengo. Series summary ''Flamengo won the series by aggregate score 156-146.'' Game 1 Game 2 Rosters Referees * Recep Ankarali * Jorge Vázquez * Daniel Hierrezuelo Source: MVP * Nicolás Laprovíttola - ( Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; English: ''Flamengo Rowing Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Balbi
Franco Nicolás Balbi (born August 21, 1989), is an Argentinian professional basketball player who currently plays with Boca Juniors in the Liga Nacional de Básquet. At a height of 6'2" (1.88 m) tall, he plays at the point guard position. Professional career Balbi started playing youth club basketball with Club Villa Belgrano, in the city of Junín, when he was 5. He also played with Los Indios de Junín at the youth level, before arriving at Ciclista Juninense, where he made his debut in Argentina's top-level league, the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), on January 14, 2007, against Regatas Corrientes. The following season, Ciclista Juninense got relegated, and had to play in Argentina's second division, the Torneo Nacional de Ascenso (TNA). Balbi turned into a key player on the team, including playing more minutes and having good games, which made Quimsa from Santiago del Estero, sign him up for the 2009–10 LNB season, marking his return to the Argentine first division. Tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Griffin (basketball)
Malcolm Xavier Griffin (born August 10, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for SLAC of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). Standing at 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in), he plays at the point guard and shooting guard positions. After two years at Toledo and two years at Fresno Pacific he played professional basketball in Morocco, Tunisia, Latvia, Greece, Russia and Israel. High school career Griffin played high school basketball at Hyde Park Career Academy at Chicago, Illinois. He led his team to a 27–5 mark as a senior and averaging 17 points, seven assists and five rebounds per game. Griffin also earned South MVP honors in the Chicago Classic All-Star Game, scoring 28 points in just 13 minutes of action. College career After graduating from high school, Griffin attended Toledo, where he stayed until 2011. As a freshman, he averaged 7.1 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. As a sophomore, he started 28 games for the Rockets, averaging 12.0 po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassilis Xanthopoulos
Vassilis Xanthopoulos (alternate spellings: Vasilios, Vasilis, Vasileios; Greek: Βασίλης Ξανθόπουλος; born 29 April 1984) is a Greek professional basketball player for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. He is 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) tall and he plays at the point guard position. Professional career Xanthopoulos grew up playing for the Olympiacos Piraeus junior teams, starting to play with them in 1997. After playing with Peiraikos Syndesmos in the amateur level Greek B League ( Greek 3rd Division) in the 2001–02 season, he began his professional career in 2002, with Near East, in the Greek Basket League. Xanthopoulos transferred from Near East to Panathinaikos in 2004. In 2005, he loaned to PAOK Thessaloniki. In 2006, he returned to Panathinaikos and with them he won the Triple Crown championship in 2007. His team accomplished this by winning the Greek League championship, Greek Cup, and the EuroLeague all in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dušan Šakota
Dušan Šakota ( sr-cyr, Душан Шакота, el, Ντούσαν Σάκοτα ''Ntousan Sakota'', born 22 April 1986) is a Serbian-Greek former professional basketball player. He is 6'10 " (2.10 m) tall. He is a power forward, who possesses the height of a center, and the shooting ability of a shooting guard. He has won two triple crowns in his career. He was the team captain of AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League for five seasons, and with the club, he won the 2018 FIBA Champions League title, the 2018 Greek Cup title, and the 2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup title. Early years Šakota was born in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia), but he moved with his family to Greece, at the age of four, when his father, Dragan Šakota, was given the head coaching job with the Greek League club PAOK. In the early 2000s, he played in the Greek junior league competitions, with the junior teams of AEK Athens, which was his father's club at the time. Professional career Panathina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delroy James
Delroy James (born June 4, 1987) is a Guyanese-born, naturalized American professional basketball player who plays for Real Estelí Baloncesto of the BCL Americas. At a height of 2.03 m (6'8") tall, and a weight of 105 kg (232 lbs.), he can play at the power forward and small forward positions, with power forward being his main position. High school career James only started playing basketball whilst in his sophomore high school year, he left Brooklyn that same year, moving to National Christian Academy (Fort Washington, Maryland). For his junior year he moved to Florida Prep (Lake Suzy, Florida) before again transferring the same year, to Laurinburg Institute. He stayed at Laurinburg for his senior season as they accrued a 24-1 record in 2004–05. During high school he also played in the AAU for New York City sides Aneesa Sports, and the Student-Athlete Broncos, College career James was ranked a three star player by both Rivals.com and Scout.com, respectively seen a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Aguirre (basketball)
Gustavo Nicolás Aguirre (born 31 March 1988) is an Argentine professional basketball player, currently playing for Flamengo Basketball of the New Basketball Brazil. Professional career Aguirre was the Argentine Super 8 Cup MVP in 2014, and the Argentine League's MVP in 2015. National team career Aguirre represented the senior Argentine national basketball team at the 2015 Pan American Games, in Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ..., Canada. 08/05/2015 FIBA.com, acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathías Calfani
Mathías Calfani (born January 21, 1992) is an Uruguayan professional basketball player. Standing at 2.04 m (6' 8)" tall, he plays at the power forward (basketball), power forward and center (basketball), center positions. Professional career In his pro sports club, club career, Calfani has played in both the South American South American professional club basketball system, 2nd-tier level FIBA South American League, and the South American South American professional club basketball system, 1st-tier level FIBA Americas League. In 2019, he signed with Kawasaki Brave Thunders. Calfani averaged 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assist and 2 steals per game, shooting 57% from the field. He re-signed with the team on June 21, 2020. National team career Calfani is a member of the senior Uruguayan national basketball team. He won the bronze medal at the 2010 FIBA South American Championship, 2012 FIBA South American Championship, and 2016 FIBA South American Championships. Awards and accomplish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
