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2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournament
The 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournament determined the last ten teams for the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. It was held from 10 to 14 February 2022. Format Sixteen teams, qualified from their respective continental championships, were divided into four groups of four teams each. The top three teams from each group qualified for the final tournament. Two already qualified teams, hosts Australia, and the 2020 Olympic gold medalists United States, participated in this tournament as well, therefore two teams qualified in the groups containing these teams. Qualified teams Draw The draw for the qualifying tournament took place on 23 November 2021. On 18 November 2021, it was announced that Belgrade would host two tournaments, while Osaka and Washington hosted the other tournaments. Seeding The seeding was based on the FIBA Women's World Ranking of August 9, 2021. Tournaments Group A and B were played in Belgrade, Serbia, Group C in Osaka, Japan a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
The 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 19th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national Women's basketball, basketball teams, was held in Sydney, Australia, between 22 September and 1 October 2022. The United States women's national basketball team, United States were the three-time defending champion, and retained the title after a finals win over China in front of 15,895 attendants. Host Australia captured the bronze medal with a win against Canada. The tournament broke the record for spectators, with 145,519 people attending in total. Hosts selection Basketball Australia, Australia and Russian Basketball Federation, Russia were the only two federations bidding for the tournament. The decision was made on 26 March 2020 during a video conference. Venues The tournament was played at two venues inside the Sydney Olympic Park. Qualification Australia as the hosts automatically qualified for the tournament in March 2020. All other teams qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
FIBA
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French language, French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. FIBA defines the rules of basketball, specifies the Basketball equipment, equipment and facilities required, organizes international competitions, regulates the transfer of athletes across countries, and controls the appointment of international Official (basketball), referees. A total of 212 national federations are members, organized since 1989 in basketball, 1989 into five zones: FIBA Africa, Africa, FIBA Americas, Americas, FIBA Asia, Asia, FIBA Europe, Europe, and FIBA Oceania, Oceania. FIBA organizes both the men's and women's FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament and the Basketball at the Summer Olympics, Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament, which are sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee, IOC. The FIBA Basketball World Cup is a world tournament for men's National basketball sports tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yvonne Anderson
Yvonne Marche Anderson ( sr-Cyrl, Ивон Андерсон, Ivon Anderson; born March 8, 1990) is an American-Serbian professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. She also represents the Serbia national team. Born in the United States, she obtained Serbian citizenship and represents Serbia internationally. She was a standout basketball player at the University of Texas. She is the daughter of basketball coach Mike Anderson. Professional career WNBA Connecticut Sun (2022) On February 22, 2022, Anderson signed a training camp contract with the Connecticut Sun. Anderson made the roster and played in 11 games before getting waived on June 11. Second stint with the Connecticut Sun (2025–present) On February 6, 2025, Anderson signed a two-year contract with the Sun. She was waived by the Sun on May 15. National team career On 11 November 2020, Anderson made her international debut for Serbia in an 82–71 win over Lithuania at the EuroBasket Women 2021 qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Park Hye-jin
Park Hye-jin (born 22 July 1990) is a South Korean basketball player for Asan Woori Bank Wibee and the South Korean national team. She participated at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup The 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 18th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain from 22 to 30 September 2018. This was the first edition to .... References External links * * * 1990 births Living people Guards (basketball) South Korean women's basketball players Basketball players from Busan Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for Korea Basketball players at the 2014 Asian Games Basketball players at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for South Korea 21st-century South Korean sportswomen Asian Game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Park Ji-su
Park Ji-su (; born 6 December 1998) is a South Korean professional basketball player for Galatasaray of the Turkish Super League. Career National team Youth level Park made her international debut 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in the Netherlands, at age 13. Alongside this, Park participated at the 2014 U-17 World Championship in the Czech Republic, as well as the 2013 and 2015 U-19 World Championships in Lithuania and Russia respectively. Park had a prolific youth career at international tournaments, participating in seven FIBA events, across five years. This was highlighted by two bronze medals at FIBA Asia youth events. Senior level Park made her debut with the senior national team, at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women in Turkey when she was 15 years old. Park averaged 11 points and 5 five rebounds per game in her senior debut. WKBL In 2016, Park began her professional career with the Cheongju KB Stars for the 2016–17 season. In 2017, Park received the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kim Dan-bi
Kim may refer to: People and fictional characters * Kim (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Kim (surname), a list of people and fictional characters ** Kim (Korean surname) *** Kim dynasty (other), several dynasties *** Kim family (other), various Korean families and clans **** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il Sung in 1948 ** Kim, Vietnamese form of Jin (Chinese surname) * Kim (footballer, born 1933), Brazilian footballer Alcy Martha de Freitas * Kim (footballer, born 1980), Brazilian footballer Carlos Henrique Dias * Kim people, an ethnic group of Chad * Kimberly "Kim" Wexler, a fictional character in the Breaking Bad spin off series, Better Call Saul. Arts, entertainment and media * ''Kim'' (album), a 2009 album by Kim Fransson * "Kim" (song), 2000 song by Eminem * "Kim", a song by Tkay Maidza, 2021 * ''Kim'' (novel), by Rudyard Kipling ** ''Kim'' (1950 film), an American adventure film based on the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall
The Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall () is a multi-purpose sports arena located in the Belgrade municipality of New Belgrade. Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall, renamed in 2016 in honor of Serbian basketball coach Ranko Žeravica, is widely known by its informal title Hala. It was built in 1968 and opened in December 1968. Since 1979 it functions as part of a state-owned enterprise JP Sportski centar Novi Beograd. Nearby Sports and Recreation Center 11. April (''Sportsko-rekreativni centar 11. april'') is also included under its group. Hala seats up to 5,000 people for sporting events and up to 7,000 for musical events. In November 2010, the renovation of Hala was announced for 2011. The new-look renovated venue was presented in late of August 2011. Sports Hala sportova served as home floor for many Belgrade-based sports teams. KK Partizan The most prominent of them all was Partizan basketball club, which played its home games here from 1970 until 1990. During this time, famous Partizan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alana Gonçalo
Alana, Elana or Ilana is a female given name. It is derived from the Gaelic or Celtic Languages meaning “rock” (al), “noble” (ail), “beautiful” (àlainn), or “child” (leanbh). It is also considered an anglicized version of the Gaelic name Eileanach, meaning "islander." In the Welsh Language, the name can mean “melody” or “harmony” (alawn). Additionally, Alana is a unisex given name in the Hawaiian Language, meaning “awakening”. People with the given name Alaina/Alana/Alanah/Alanna/Alannah Alaina * Alaina Bergsma (born 1990), American volleyball * Alaina Burnett (born 1977), Canadian voice actor * Alaina Capri (born 1939), Russ Meyer actress who appeared in ''Common Law Cabin'' and ''Good Morning and... Goodbye!'' * Alaina Coates (born 1995), American basketball player * Alaina Huffman (born 1980), Canadian film and television actress, also known professionally as Alaina Kalanj * Alaina Johnson (born 1990), American artistic gymnast * Alaina Kwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Érika De Souza
Érika Cristina de Souza (born 9 March 1982) is a Brazilian professional basketball player for BC Castors Braine of the EuroLeague.Erika de Souza Basketball Profile basketball.latinbasket.com Biography De Souza was born in , and grew up in poverty with a single mother and three siblings. She began playing basketball at the age of 16 after being encouraged by her mother to try the sport, she also played volleyball, handball, and ran track. Her basketball abilities led to a roster spo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mariane De Carvalho
Marianne is a female name. It is the French language, French version of the Greek Mariamne, which is a variant of Mary (given name), Mary, ultimately from the Hebrew Miriam (given name), Miriam (:wikt:מרים, מִרְיָם Miryám), Mirjam (Aramaic: ''Mariam''). In late Greek language, Greek ''Marianna'' (''Μαριάννα'') was used. In 18th-century France, Marianne became a popular name as a variant of Marian (given name), Marian and Marie (given name), Marie. It can also be seen as a combination of Marie and Anne. It gave inspiration to several double names such as ''Marie-Anne'' and ''Anne-Marie'', as well as other variants such as ''Anna Maria'', ''Ana-Maria'' and ''Marianna'', and alternate spellings ''Mary Ann'' and ''Mary Anne''. The combination of the two names has also been popular with Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sami Whitcomb
Samantha Allison Whitcomb (born July 20, 1988) is an American-Australian professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is also contracted with Beşiktaş JK of the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League. She played college basketball for the Washington Huskies before making a name for herself in Australia with the Rockingham Flames in the State Basketball League (SBL) and the Perth Lynx in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She made her debut in the WNBA in 2017 and won championships with the Seattle Storm in 2018 and 2020. She became an Australian citizen in 2018 and made her debut for the Australian Opals. With the Bendigo Spirit in 2025, she was named WNBL Most Valuable Player and won her first WNBL championship. Early life Born and raised in Ventura, California, Whitcomb played soccer as a child before taking up basketball at age 12. Her parents divorced when she was young, and through basketb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stephanie Talbot
Stephanie Talbot (born 15 June 1994) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Golden State Valkyries of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for the Adelaide Lightning of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). Talbot was a member of the Australian Women's basketball team (Opals) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Opals were eliminated after losing to the USA in the quarterfinals. Career WNBL Talbot began her career at just the age of 17, playing with the Adelaide Lightning for the 2011–12 WNBL season. In just her second season, Talbot was recognised as one of the brightest prospects in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), winning the 2013 Betty Watson Rookie of the Year award.Basketball Australia. Player''Stephanie Talbot'' Retrieved 30 August 2014. In accepting her award, Talbot was asked what she had learned from playing with Olympians Suzy Batkovic, Laura Hodges and Jennifer Screen, and she replied "Shitloads". In 2018, Tal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
