Money grab on the part of FIBA?

From the International Basketball Opinion Blog. Recently, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) sanctioned members Canada, China, Chinese Taipei (aka Taiwan), and South Korea for not participating in the second window (November 2020) of their respective regional championship qualifying tournaments, catching them all off guard. FIBA hit all four with fines of $160,000. Half of those…

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A team loses all group games at FIBA U18 African Championship but still reaches the final! How??

From the International Basketball Opinion Blog. The FIBA U18 African Championship took place last week in Egypt. For both men and women. The COVID-19 is ravaging the globe, and Africa is no exception as various national and continental competitions have been canceled or postponed, such as the NBA/FIBA Basketball Africa League. Nevertheless, FIBA and FIBA…

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Indonesia’s World Cup qualification process flawed and lacks creativity

From the International Basketball Opinion Blog. This week FIBA announced Indonesia’s World Cup qualification process for the 2023 FIBA event. It is flawed, lacks creativity, and does nothing to promote basketball in Indonesia nor its national team. It also does not give them much of a chance. Three-game winner-gets-the-last-spot play-in series in Indonesia in a…

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