Maarouf Mawloud - Izmir It was an excepted win for Lithuania who stands up on the top of group D,Lebanon said good bye for Fiba world championship 2010. First half was close,with a small Lithuanian lead,they finished the first quarter tied (16-16) and the second with a seven points lead (39-32) After the half break,they made the excpected run and finished the third quarter up by 13 points (64-51). Fourth quarter started with same scenario,and Lithuania has gotten the win over Lebanon by 18 points (66-84)
Best scorer from Lithuania was Renaldas Seibutis (196-G-85) with 17 points, as for Lebanon, Rony fahed was the best with 19 points.
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FIBA implement new format and calendar of competitions - Nov 11, 2012
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FIBA will go ahead with implementing new format and calendar of competitions starting 2017.
The main points are:
The next edition of FIBA Basketball World Cup (following the one in Spain in 2014) will be moved to 2019. A total of 32 teams will take part at the tournament.
The qualifying events for the World Cup will take place during two years [read more]
FIBA will go ahead with implementing new format and calendar of competitions starting 2017. The main points are:
The next edition of FIBA Basketball World Cup (following the one in Spain in 2014) will be moved to 2019. A total of 32 teams will take part at the tournament. The qualifying events for the World Cup will take place during two years. The national teams will be divided into two divisions Division A and Division B with groups of three or four teams in an open system with promotion and relegation. Games in the qualification period will be played in a home-and-away format.
Asia and Oceania will play in a combined Asia-Pacific region to qualify for the FIBA Basketball World Cup, but universality will remain in place for the qualifying process to the Olympic Games.
As of 2017, the continental championships will take place every four years (2017, 2021, 2025) with a similar system of qualification as for the FIBA Basketball World Cup and which will come into action after FIBAs flagship event in 2019. The windows will follow the same principle as the qualifying process to the FIBA Basketball World Cup but will be adapted in the Olympic years (2020, 2024).
The qualification for the 2020 Olympics will be through the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup and four Olympic Qualifying Tournaments to be held in four zones.
FIBA also have given out plans to review the womens calendar and system of competition within the next year.
CARACAS, Venezuela (FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament) FIBA on Tuesday concluded its visit to Venezuela with the draw for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, to be held in Caracas from 2-8 July 2012.
During a colourful ceremony, attended by a large number of officials and dignitaries, the twelve teams, who will be playing for the last three remaining places in the Olympic Basketball Tournament, were divided into four groups of three teams [read more]
CARACAS, Venezuela (FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament) FIBA on Tuesday concluded its visit to Venezuela with the draw for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, to be held in Caracas from 2-8 July 2012.
During a colourful ceremony, attended by a large number of officials and dignitaries, the twelve teams, who will be playing for the last three remaining places in the Olympic Basketball Tournament, were divided into four groups of three teams.
Group A: Greece, Jordan, Puerto Rico
Group B: Lithuania, Nigeria, Venezuela
Group C: Dominican Republic, Korea, Russia
Group D: Angola, F.Y.R. of Macedonia, New Zealand
The group stages will see the 12 teams play the two other teams in their respective groups in a standard round robin format (12 games in total). The top two teams in each group progress to the Quarter-Finals as follows:
A1 v B2 B1 v A2 C1 v D2 D1 v C2
The four winning quarterfinalists qualify for the Semi-Finals:
Winner [A1 v B2] v Winner [C1 v D2] Winner [B1 v A2] v Winner [D1 v C2]
The two winning semifinalists automatically qualify for London 2012, while the two losing semifinalists face-off for 12th and final Olympic place.
Caracas the capital of Venezuela hosted today the Draw of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) which will be played in Venezuela (2-8 July 2012) with the participation of 12 Teams from 5 Continents.
Jordan National Team was pooled in the First 'Tough' Group along with Greece and Puerto Rico, Nashama will begin their campaign against Puerto Rico on the 3rd of July and Greece on the following day [read more]
Caracas the capital of Venezuela hosted today the Draw of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) which will be played in Venezuela (2-8 July 2012) with the participation of 12 Teams from 5 Continents.
Jordan National Team was pooled in the First 'Tough' Group along with Greece and Puerto Rico, Nashama will begin their campaign against Puerto Rico on the 3rd of July and Greece on the following day. The Groups are as follows:
'A' Greece Puerto-Rico Jordan
'B' Lithuania Venezuela Nigeria
'C' Russia Dominican Rep. Korea
'D' Macedonia New Zealand Angola
*two teams from each group will qualify to the 2nd round.
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