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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 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teams
A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson (academic), Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, "[a] team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to information, resources, knowledge and skills and who seek to combine their efforts to achieve a common goal". A group does not necessarily constitute a team. Teams normally have members with complementary skills and generate synergy through a coordinated effort which allows each member to maximize their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. Naresh Jain (2009) claims: Team members need to learn how to help one another, help other team members realize their true self, true potential, and create an environment that allows everyone to go beyond their limitations. While academic research on teams and teamwork has grown consistently and has shown a sharp increase over the past recent 40 years, the societal diffusi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippines Men's National Basketball Team
The Philippines men's national basketball team (), commonly known as Gilas Pilipinas, is the basketball team representing the Philippines. The team is managed by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (Basketball Federation of the Philippines or simply SBP). The team won a bronze medal in the 1954 FIBA World Championship, the best finish by any team outside the Americas and Europe. In the Olympics, the team took a fifth-place finish at the 1936 Summer Olympics, the best finish by a men's team outside the Americas, Europe and Oceania. The Philippines holds the record for most games won at the Olympics among teams outside the Americas, Europe and Oceania. Aside from the bronze medal at the FIBA World Cup and the fifth-place Olympic finish, the Philippines has won five FIBA Asia Cups (formerly known as the FIBA Asia Championship), five Asian Games men's basketball gold medals, eight SEABA Championships, all but three Southeast Asian Games men's basketball gold medals, and has the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Heading
Jordan Timothy Heading (born January 30, 1996) is a Filipino basketball player for the TNT Tropang 5G of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Early life and education Jordan Heading was born on January 30, 1996 in Adelaide to an Australian father and a Filipino mother. He attended the Morrison Academy in Taiwan for his high school studies, before going to the United States, to enter the California Baptist University in Riverside, California to pursue a degree in kinesiology. College career Heading played for the California Baptist University (CBU) Lancers in college as a starting point guard. He was named a member of the Academic All-Pacific West five team. Professional career San Miguel Alab Pilipinas (2019–2020) Heading started his professional career with San Miguel Alab Pilipinas of the ASEAN Basketball League joining the team in October 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic led to the cancellation of the 2019–20 season, consequentially also ending his stint with Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SJ Belangel
Samjosef Rasmo Belangel (born June 27, 1999) is a Filipino professional basketball player for Daegu KOGAS Pegasus of the Korean Basketball League (KBL). Early life and education SJ Belangel was born in Bacolod on June 27, 1999 to Sammy Belangel and Mayette Belangel (). His father is a former college basketball player star. Belangel studied in the Ateneo education system, first moving to the Ateneo High School in ninth grade. He graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in interdisciplinary studies in 2022. High school and college career Hailing from Bacolod, SJ Belangel has suited up for the teams of Eliakim Learning School, USLS-Integrated School, St. Joseph's Academy–Iloilo, and Bacolod Tay Tung High School prior to joining Ateneo High School. He also took part and won the Batang Pinoy 3x3 national competition held in Bacolod in 2014. He moved to Ateneo High School and played for the Blue Eaglets after he scouted by its coach Joe Silva. He turned d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Kouame
Kakou Ange Franck Williams "Angelo" Kouame (born December 15, 1997) is an Ivorian-Filipino basketball player who last played for the Meralco Bolts in the East Asia Super League. Kouame played college basketball for the Ateneo Blue Eagles of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), winning 3 championships with Ateneo and the UAAP MVP award in UAAP Season 84. He also represents the Philippines on its national basketball team. He is listed at 6 ft 11 in. (2.11 m) Early life and education Kouame was born on December 15, 1997, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He was into football during his early childhood until developing interest in basketball when he and his younger brother requested their father for football kits but were instead given basketball jerseys. When his father died in 2012, he started committing on playing basketball as a means to cope for his loss. Koaume played 3-a-side street basketball with his friends and was part of his high school's basketba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miloš Teodosić
Miloš Teodosić ( sr-cyr, Милош Теодосић, born March 19, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Serbian KLS, the ABA League and the EuroLeague. He also represents the National Basketball Team of Serbia internationally. He primarily plays the point guard and shooting guard positions. He is a six time All-EuroLeague selection, and was voted EuroLeague MVP in 2010. Under Teodosić the Serbia national team won a EuroBasket silver medal in 2009, as well as a FIBA Basketball World Cup silver medal in 2014, being elected to the All-Tournament Team in both competitions. He also won an Olympic silver medal at the 2016 Rio Games. He was named FIBA Europe Player of the Year in 2010, and in 2016, he was voted the best non-NBA player in the world by NBA coaches, as well as the European Player of the Year by '' La Gazzetta dello Sport''. Professional career Early years He began playing basketball in hometown clubs KK Student and Meta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boban Marjanović
Boban Marjanović ( sr-Cyrl, Бобан Марјановић; born August 15, 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player who last played for the Zhejiang Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He also represents the Serbia men's national basketball team, Serbian national team in international competition. A 2007 junior world champion, Marjanović played abroad in Russia and Lithuania between 2010 and 2012 before making his breakthrough in his home country. As the 2013 MVP of the Basketball League of Serbia, Serbian league, he moved to KK Crvena zvezda, with whom he won the national championship and the cross-border Adriatic Basketball League (ABA League) in 2015. In addition to further MVP awards in Serbia, Marjanović was also voted one of the five best players in the ABA League and the top European club competition EuroLeague in 2015. Marjanović signed his first ever NBA contract as a 27-year-old rookie in 2015 with the San Antonio Spurs. He also played for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gelvis Solano
Gelvis Andres Solano Paulino (born 1 June 1994) is a Dominican professional basketball player for the Dewa United Banten of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). He played college basketball for the Merrimack Warriors. Early life Solano is the son of Andrés Solano, a former member of the Dominican Republic national baseball team. Like many Dominican kids, he started out playing baseball. At the age of 9, he switched to basketball.Gelvis Solano, el “dueño” de la pelota El Liberal, 6 June 2019. Accessed 21 February 2020. College career He played four years at fro ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Torres
Michael Torres Cuevas (born 24 November 1994) is a Spanish- Dominican professional basketball player for CB Ciudad de Valladolid of the Spanish LEB Oro. Club career As a Late bloomer, Mike Torres worked his way up all the way from the Spanish fourth division (Liga EBA) to the internationally highly recognized Liga ACB within only a few years. Mike Torres started out his club career with CB Castelldefels in the 2014–15 Liga EBA season. For the next season, he joined the competitor CB Villarrobledo. In 2016, he joined Albacete Basket, which just got promoted to the LEB Plata. In 2019, he made his debut in the silver category of Spanish basketball. With CB Ciudad de Valladolid, during the 2019–20 LEB Oro season, Mike Torres averaged 19 minutes in which he recorded 9 points and 2.7 assists per game. Torres later signed with Coosur Real Betis of the Liga ACB for three seasons. On July 30, 2021, he was loaned to Indios de San Francisco of the Dominican Republic League. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Víctor Liz
Víctor Liz (born 12 May 1986) is a Dominican professional basketball for the Capitanes de Arecibo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). Internationally, Liz represents and plays for the Dominican national team, where he participated at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the tournament previously known as the FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from 30 August to 14 September 2014. Hosted by Spain, it was the la .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Liz, Victor 1986 births Living people Capitanes de Arecibo players Dominican Republic expatriate basketball people in Puerto Rico Dominican Republic expatriate basketball people in Uruguay Dominican Republic men's basketball players Leones de Ponce basketball players Point guards Shooting guards Basketball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Basketball players at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year. It corresponds to UTC+02:00, which makes it the same as Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time and Kaliningrad Time in Russia. Names Other names which have been applied to Central European Summer Time are Middle European Summer Time (MEST), Central European Daylight Saving Time (CEDT), and Bravo Time (after the second letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet). Period of observation Since 1996, European Summer Time has been observed between 01:00 UTC (02:00 CET and 03:00 CEST) on the last Sunday of March, and 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hala Pionir Beograd
''Hala Pionir Beograd'' is a concert album by the Bosnian folk singer Halid Bešlić Halid Bešlić (; born 20 November 1953) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian folk music, folk singer and musician who has been performing professionally since 1979. Bešlić's singing career was one of the most successful in SFR Yugoslavia, Yugo .... It was released in 1988. A remastered version, named ''Iz sve snage'' (''With All the Strength''), was released in 1998 by Naraton. Track listing # (''I Don't Want, I Don't Want Diamonds'') # (''I Am Returning to my Mother in Bosnia'') # (''I Remember'') # (''Golden String'') # (''The Apples Were Sweet'') # (''That Woman is Greedy'') # (''Give Me Poison'') # (''In the Flame of One Fire'') # (''A Guitar and a Glass of Wine'') # (''How Could You Kiss Him?'') # (''Enthralled by Your Beauty'') # (''If Only You Would'') {{1980s-folk-album-stub 1988 live albums Halid Bešlić albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
