May 31, 2011 | Posted by Benjie
The ongoing 2011 Fiba-Asia (FA) Champions Cup in Manila has been giving the basketball fans a birds eye view of the upcoming FA Championship slated this September in Wuhan, China. Ten ballclubs are in contention for the most prestigious club tournament in this side of the world. Among the countries represented by these ballclubs are, [...]
Categories: FIBA-Asia Teams Updates | 
Tags: China, FIBA-Asia Championship, Manila, Wuhan | 
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January 17, 2011 | Posted by Benjie
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Smart Gilas national basketball team will vie for the lone Olympic slot on September this year with Rajko Toroman at the helm. Now I doubt if it’s worth holding on to him.
Right after the debacle at the Asian Games in Guangzhou last November, SBP Executive director Noli Eala tweeted that he wouldn’t comment [...]
Categories: FIBA-Asia Teams Updates | Tags: China, Guangzhou, Rajko Toroman, Samad Nikkah Bahrami, Wuhan, Wuhan China, Yi Jianlian | No Comments »
November 30, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
Basketball at 2010 Asian Games final rankings
Date: November 12-27, 2010
Host nation: China
Rank Team
1 China
2 South Korea
3 Iran
4 Japan
5 Qatar
6 Philippines
7 Jordan
8 North Korea
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September 17, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
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2010 FIBA-World Championship final rankings (Asian Teams)
Date: August 28 – September 12
Host Nation: Turkey
No. of Teams: 24
Rank Team
16 China
19 Iran
20 Lebanon
23 Jordan
Categories: FIBA-World Championship | Tags: Asia, Asian, China, Turkey | No Comments »
September 3, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
As reported, Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Board of Governors meeting was rescheduled to September 15 in Bangkok, Thailand. Among other things to be discussed is the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas’ (SBP) request for the inclusion of the three PBA players in the national pool. The Asian Games in Guangzhou, China is less than three months [...]
Categories: FIBA-Asia Teams Updates | Tags: Asi Taulava, Asia, Bangkok, Bangkok Thailand, Beirut, China, Guangzhou, Guangzhou China, James Yap, Kelly Williams, PBA, Philippine Basketball Association, Sonny Barrios, Taipei, Thailand | 1 Comment »
September 3, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
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Oh, I missed a couple of days in updating how the Asian teams fare in this world tourney. By now, we have known the cast for the Last 16. Unfortunately, only China survived and managed to make it to the next round. In the preliminaries, Iran won only once, against Tunisia. Like Iran, [...]
Categories: FIBA-World Championship | Tags: Canada, China, Steven Nash | No Comments »
August 30, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
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On the second day of the tournament, China defeated last year’s FIBA-Africa finalist Cote d’Ivoire, 83-73. The three other Asian teams Iran, Jordan and Lebanon succumbed to their respective opponents. Iran dropped to Croatia, 54-75. Jordan, likewise, bowed to Angola 65-79. Angola was formerly handled by Mario Palma, now the head coach of [...]
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August 29, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
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I’d like to keep abreast of how the Asian teams fare in the ongoing FIBA-World Championship in Turkey. Four out of twenty four entries come from Asia namely Iran, China, Jordan and Lebanon. The performances of the Asian teams in this competition are crucial to their request to add one more slot for [...]
Categories: FIBA-World Championship | Tags: 2010 FIBA-World Championship, Asia, Brazil, Canada, China, Greece, Turkey | 2 Comments »
July 21, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
Six grueling games in seven days of intense competition is over in Taipei. Here are more of my thoughts in the annual tournament in honor of Renato William Jones, one of the pillars of FIBA:
Categories: William Jones Cup | Tags: 32nd William Jones Cup, China, Chinese - Taipei, Ghaleb Reda, Japan, Jones Cup, JORDAN, Marcio Lassiter, Philippines, Rajko Toroman, Renato William Jones, Taipei | No Comments »
July 16, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
I started blogging online in July last year, July 10 to be exact. I wrote my first post about the various sports events on that month. I remember that I was full of excitement when I did my first post. I was nervous. And as I said before, there’s always a first time for everything. [...]
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