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SPOTNEWS N°33

Technical Magazine N°12

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	19/02/2008 UGANDA: Two for FIBA heads meets Basketball association president Ambrose Tashobya and executive member Yunus Nkutu will represent Uganda at the FIBA basketball heads of commissions and committees clinics from tomorrow to February 28 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
	16/02/2008 FIBA plans club world championship The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has plans to create a world club championship, the Japan Basketball Association (JBA) said on Wednesday.
	24/12/2007 22nd African Champions Cup for Men: APR of Rwanda Fall to Mighty ABC APR's run at this year's Fiba-Africa Club Championships was halted when they were knocked out by Ivory Coast's Abidjan Basketball Club at the quarter-final stage
	20/12/2007 Special 22nd Champions Cup for men: APR into Quarters Rwandan military basketball side APR produced the results when it mattered most to book their place in the quarterfinals after beating MBC of Guinea 72-55 in Angola's second city Cabinda
	13/12/2007 Africa Champions Cup for Men 07 - Nigeria: Potters Begin Title Chase Nigeria's sole representatives at the FIBA Africa Champions Cup for Men, Niger Potters of Minna will try their opponents, Ferroviario Beira of Mozambique for size in group B opener today at the Huambo Stadium, Angola
	10/12/2007 Rwanda: APR Avoids 'Group of Death' Rwanda's basketball giants APR have been drawn alongside Angola's Primero De Agosto in this year's Fiba-Africa Club championships that throw off next Thursday in Angola
	19/11/2007 Nigeria - Niger Potters qualify for African Basketball Champions Cup final Nigerian representatives in the 2007 FIBA Men African Champions Cup basketball competition, the Niger Potters has picked one of the Zone 3 tickets to the final competition slated for Luanda, Angola
	06/11/2007 Rwanda: Basketball Coach Nizeyimana Will Be Sorely Missed The basketball community, and the sports world in general, is still coming to grips with the sudden demise of national coach Jean de Dieu Nizeyimana last Tuesday
	31/10/2007 Liberia: Lack of Money Hinders NPA Basketball Team NPA Basketball team could not make the trip to the Zone-3 preliminaries of the 2007 Champions Cup scheduled to take place in Cotonou, Benin due to the lack of finance
	22/10/2007 Sudan - NBA star appeals for help to end killing in homeland Chicago Bull Luol Deng knows the stakes in the Sudan..The refugee turned NBA star drew on that personal history Sunday to appeal for help to stop the bloodshed in Sudan's Darfur region
	18/10/2007 Nigeria: San Antonio Spurs Signs Ime Udoka The San Antonio Spurs have signed swingman and Nigeria native Ime Udoka...the deal is believed to be for two years and slightly more than $2 million
	17/10/2007 Nigeria: Nestle Milo Secondary School Basketball Championship Kicks-Off Maitama, Abuja, and Ebonyi Government Technical College, Abakaliki, are the female teams that will dunk off at the national finals of this year's Nestle Milo Secondary Schools' Basketball Championship
	26/09/2007 Africa: Congo Drills Kenya, Mali Wins Mozambique Congo drilled Kenya 62-42 in a one-sided encounter while Mali defeated Mozambique 54-46 to keep hopes alive
	26/09/2007 Angola: Citizens Try to Remain Unbeaten Against DRC Angola's female team of basketball will play against the DRC today for the ANC for Women preliminary round
	27/08/2007 Angola: Federation Official Confident About Olympic Games Participation We chose the right people and the adequate place for the training session, Beijing/2008 is a challenge. We will seek to do better than we have done so far", said Gustavo, FAB Chairman

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EVENTS

	The FIBA Central Board approves historic rule changes The FIBA Central Board met Friday 25 and Saturday 26th April, in Beijing, China.FIBA Central Board has approved today several amendments to the Official Basketball Rules
	Results of the Draw for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Basketball tournament for Men FIBA, in cooperation with the Chinese Basketball Association, hosted today in Beijing the draws for the 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournaments that will be played from 9th to 24th August 2008
	Results of the Draw for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Basketball tournament for women FIBA, in cooperation with the Chinese Basketball Association, hosted today in Beijing the draws for the 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournaments that will be played from 9th to 24th August 2008
	Olympic Basketball at a glance on www.olympicbasketball.fiba.com FIBA is happy to announce the launch of www.olympicbasketball.fiba.com to cover the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men and Women and of both Beijing 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournaments
	Schedule for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men FIBA and the Hellenic Basketball Federation are happy to announce the competition schedule for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men that will be played in Athens (Greece), in the 18.000 OAKA Sports Arena
	Schedule for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women FIBA and the Spanish Basketball Federation are happy to announce the competition schedule for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women that will take place in Madrid, from 9th to 15th June 2008
	FIBA PR N°12 - Schedule for the 2nd FIBA Diamond Ball for Women announced FIBA and the Chinese Basketball Association are happy to announce the composition of groups and the competition schedule for the 2nd FIBA Diamond Ball for Women which will be played in Haining, China, from 2nd to 5th August 2
	FIBA releases referee DVD FIBA has released yesterday its new educational DVD "Guidelines for Referee Education - Volume 3".
	FIBA PR 11 - Denmark, third candidate interested in hosting the 2014 FIBA World Championship After, Spain and France, Danmarrk is the third candidate to express an interest in biding for the organisation of 2014 FIBA World Championship
	FIBA: Results of the draw for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men FIBA, in cooperation with the Hellenic Basketball Federation, hosted yesterday 31st January in Athens the draw for the 2008 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men.
	FIBA –Olympic Qualifying tournament for women: Draw result Last Monday 14th January held in Madrid, Spain, the draw of FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament for women which will decide for the five (5) remaining places for the 2008 Olympic Games of Beijing
	FIBA: Bidding process for the FIBA 2014 World Championship opened Following the decision taken by its last Central Board meeting in Chicago (USA),FIBA is happy to announce that the bidding process for the 2014 World Championship for Men has started yesterday 10th January
	FIBA world Olympic Qualifying Tournament for men: The draw will take place on 31st January 2008 The draw for the four preliminary Round groups of the FIBA world Olympic Qualifying Tournament for men will be held on Thursday, 31st January 2008 at 13:00 hours in Athens, Greece.
	FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women: The Draw to take place on Monday in Madrid (Spain) Senegal and Angola, the Africans representatives in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women will know their opponents on Monday during the draw of this event
	FIBA - Opening of the bidding process for the FIBA 2014 World Championship The FIBA Central Board decided to open the bidding process for the 2014 World Championship for Men
	Major decisions of the FIBA Central Board in Chicago The FIBA Central Board met on last Saturday 8th December, and yesterday Sunday 9th December, for its 3rd Session of the 2006-2010 Term of Office in Chicago, USA.
	Angola: FIBA - Africa Highlights President Dos Santos' Role The role played by Angola and President Jose Eduardo dos Santos for the development of basketball in the African continent and for sports in general was highlighted and praised by FIBA - Africa
	FIBA – Press release: Beijing 2008 Basketball Test Event for Women FIBA announced that the Beijing 2008 Basketball Test Event for Women will take place from 19th to 26th April 2008 in the Olympic basketball venue, the brand new Wukesong Indoor Stadium with 6 participant teams
	Olympic Games 2008 - FIBA delegation visits Wukesong arena in Beijing A FIBA delegation has visited today the Wukesong arena in Beijing that will host the Olympic basketball tournaments in 2008
	22nd Champions Cup for Men –Zone 2 Preliminaries: The appointed officials FIBA Africa has appointed the officials who will insure a successful competition of the Zone 3 preliminaries of Champions Cup for men to be held from 5th – 10th Nov. 07 in Conakry, Guinea.
	22nd Champions Cup for Men –Zone 3 Preliminaries: The appointed officials FIBA Africa has appointed the officials who will insure a successful competition of the Zone 3 preliminaries of Champions Cup for men to be held from 31st oct. to 10th nov. 07
	FIBA Africa –Technical Commissioners’ Clinic in Johannesburg 07: Successful candidates 21 candidates from 11 countries attended the Technical Commissioners' clinic held in Johannesburg.
	Technical Commissioners’ Clinic held in Johannesburg, South Africa FIBA Africa in collaboration with South Africa Basketball Federation, held from 05th to 08th October 2007 in Johannesburg, South Africa, Technical Commissioners’ Clinic
	FIBA - Pre-Olympic Tournament Format and date Set The format for the pre-Olympic basketball tournament has been defined by the FIBA, which also confirmed the qualified nations for the competition, which includes Cape Verde National Team
	The Word Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men 12 male teams of the 5 continents will compete in mid-June to win the 3 remaining places for Beijing 2008 in the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men
	Nine male national teams already book their place for Beijing 2008’s Tournament for Men Angola, USA, Argentina, Iran, Russia, Lithuania, Australia, China and Spain are the 9 male teams already qualified for Beijing 2008 while 12 other teams will compete during the World Olympic tournament for the 3 other places
	The system of competition for the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for women 12 female national teams from 5 continents will play from 9th to 15th June 2008, in a place to be determined, to decide the final five berths for the Beijing 2008 Tournament for Women
	Seven female national teams book their place for Beijing 2008’s Tournament for Women Seven of twelve countries qualified for the Olympic Tournament for Women in 2008 are known and are their respectively continental champion except China( host nation) and Australia (FIBA World Championship 06 winner)
	Special Afrobasket Women 07 : Senegal gets the final ticket for the semi finals Senegal has taken the final visa for the semi finals by beating DR Congo(76-49) on Friday
	Special Women Afrobasket ’07: Teams strategise ahead quarter-final duel Friday is the D-day for the eight team that made it to the quarter-finals ...as they take their turn Thursday to plot one another fall in practice session.
	Special Afrobasket (Women) : "Level of women basketball is low in Africa" Gomes Zone-2 President “The level of women basketball in the continent is low and this affects the standard and performance of national teams and club at major championship
	Alioune Badara Diagne, FSBB President: We are happy to host the rest of Africa Alioune Badara Diagne, president of the Senegal Basketball Federation (FSBB) says the people and government of Senegal are happy to host the whole of Africa in the 20th Africa Nations Championship for Women
	The road to Beijing 2008 continues to heat up while EuroBasket's final phase approaches While eight teams will be facing as of tomorrow the final stage of their battle for the Old Continent's crown in EuroBasket 2007, the road to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games continues to heat up
	FIBA - Induction Ceremony of the FIBA Hall of Fame's 2007 Class The International Basketball Federation reminds you that on Wednesday, 12th September, the Induction Ceremony of the FIBA Hall of Fame's 2007 Class will take place in Alcobendas (Madrid, Spain)
	RSA - Basketball Without Borders Camp in South Africa Led by Dikembe Mutombo from the D. R. of Congo and Emeka Okafor, Basketball without Borders Africa will continue to strengthen and enrich the NBA’s existing partnerships
	NIGERIA - Oyedeji bids bachelorhood goodbye Nigeria international forward/centre, Olumide Oyedeji last weekend tie the nuptial knot with his hearthrob, former Miss Adejoke Fajemisin
	Liberia-National Championship: LBF Holds Closing Ceremony in Shower The Liberia National Basketball Federation (LBF) over the weekend held its long awaited closing ceremony for the 2006/07 National League
	CAPE VERDE -Afrobasket 07: The National Selection Honoured The president of the republic of CAP VERDE, Pedro Pires, will decorate the players and the technical team of the Cape Verde squad.
	ANG 07- Cape Verde shock Nigeria to reach Africa semi Marques Houtman poured in 19 points to lead Cape Verde to a stunning 62-53 triumph over Nigeria and into the semi-finals of the FIBA Africa Championship
	Angola-Afrobasket 2007: Appeal of FIBA-Africa in favour of Fair play The president of the Commission for competitions of FIBA-Africa, the Tunisian Raouf Menjour, called all athletes of the Afrobasket 2007 to observe the fair play during all the competition.
	Afro Basket 07: The modified schedule of the preliminaries The complete games schedule of the preliminaries
	ANGOLA- Afrobasket: Registration for press accreditations available online (www.afrobasket2007) Angolan National Radio (RNA), which is responsible for coverage of Afrobasket 2007 in the five cities of Angola, already has registered for accreditation more than 70 press professionals who want to cover the Afrobasket 2007
	FIBA - FIBA and FFBB donate to Dikembe Mutombo Foundation On the occasion of their 75th anniversary FIBA and the French Basketball Federation FFBB donated 100,000,-- US$ to the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation on Saturday 28 July 07
	New FIBA Ranking for Men’s National Teams
	FIBA-Africa - ANGOLA: The official activities during the Afrobasket 2007 During the Afrobasket 2007, FIBA - Africa will hold a set of activities within the framework of its term-office 2006-2010.
	FIBA U19 Championship: Nigeria beat Lebanon to 13th place The Nigeria U19 national team earlier today defeated Lebanon in the race for the placement of 13-14 position...
	Afrobasket 07: FIBA Africa’s Technical officials list One month before the Afrobasket 2007, FIBA Africa appointed these Technical officials who will oversee and to watch the regularity of the various games.
	FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann elected IOC member The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) is happy to announce that its Secretary General, Patrick Baumann (Switzerland), has been elected IOC member on 7th July 2007
	All Africa Games 07 - NGR: Orseer, Uma-Okoro and others hit camp for AAG The Abuja camp of the Nigeria senior national team came alive as invited players and their handlers begin preparation
	All Africa Games 07: KEN - Kenya names final team for Algeria Kenya Basketball Federation has released the names of the final 12 players to defend national flag in Algeria
	FIBA U19 Championship: J'Tigers Team for Serbia Ready The final list of the twelve players that will represent Nigeria at the July 12 through 22 FIBA U19 World Championship have been made known
	Live statistics from the three FIBA World Championships and all FIBA Zone Continental Championships FIBA is happy to remind you that they will feature live results and statistics for all games throughout the whole 2007 competitions
	Basketball development: South African coach Scholl tips Uganda South Africa men's national basketball team coach Myke Scholl has tipped Uganda to be a regional powerhouse in the shortest time possible if all stakeholders set a mission and uphold it with a vision
	SENEGAL:''Nike'' signs a two-year partnership with the ''Lions'' The firm of sports equipment «Nike " will accompany the Senegal male and female national basketball teams for two years into the framework of a promotional contract, announced on Monday , the general manager of the Senegal
	FIBA - Hall of Fame's 2007 Class of inductees announced FIBA is celebrating its 75th Anniversary and is very proud to announce the list of 20 inductees for the 2007 Class of the FIBA Hall of Fame
	2007 Women ANC - Senegal: FIBA Africa’s officials check the competition venues The FIBA-Africa's delegation led by the President, Pr. Alain Ekra carried out from 07th to 08th June 07, a visit of inspection and evaluation of the state of the works progress of the venues for the 20th ANC for Women
	Kenya: Basketball - Nairobi Take Inter-Cities Basketball Title Champions Nairobi City men and women teams retained the East and Central Africa inter-cities titles during the finals held at Nyayo Stadium on Sunday 27 May 07...
	NIGERIA-FIBA U19 Championship: Junior “Tigers” Jump-start preparation The coaching crew of the Nigeria U19 National Men team Monday began preparation for the global met billed for Novi Sad, Serbia...
	Candidates for the 2007 Class of the FIBA Hall of Fame announced FIBA is happy to announce that its Screening Committee has proposed a list of 34 world-renowned basketball figures as candidates for induction into the 2007 Class of the FIBA Hall of Fame
	KEN - Regional Inter Cities championships set to start in Nairobi The 9th edition of the East and central Africa championships starts at the Nyayo National Stadium gymnasium, Nairobi from Wednesday...
	FIBA-RUSSIA: Official website of the FIBA U21 World Championship for Women launched www.russia2007.fiba.com is the official website of the FIBA U21 World Championship for Women to be held in Moscow Region ( Russia) from 29th June to 8th July 2007
	GUINEA Conakry- EGA: Mr. Condé F. Amara re-elected for 4 years Mr. Condé Fodé Amara, the outgoing president was re-elected for 4 years term of office
	KENYA - KCB Lions tackle Java Warriors as league resumes KCB Lions take on Java Warriors as the Premier League resumes at Nyayo National Stadium gymnasium this weekend..
	FIBA U19 World Championship: NBBF Postponed U19 Camp by One Week The Nigeria Basketball Federation has postponed the commencement of preparation of the nation’s U19 men’s national team...
	FIBA : Secretary General Patrick Baumann proposed as IOC member FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann and three other sports leaders as candidates to the 119th IOC Session in Guatemala City, for election as an IOC member
	FIBA : BOCOG, FIBA and NBA to cooperate in Beijing Olympics sports presentation The Beijing 2008 Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games,FIBA and the NBA signed today a Memorandum of Understanding...
	ANGOLA - Field set for FIBA Africa Championship for Men Hosts Angola have been drawn alongside Morocco, Cape Verde and Rwanda for 2007 FIBA Africa Championship, which takes place in August this year...
	AFROBASKET 07: FIBA-Africa Officials Already In Luanda To attend the draw ceremony of Afrobasket 07, the president and a FIBA Africa delegation are in Luanda
	KENYA - Co-op stun Lions as league marks its 20th anniversary The 2007 Premier League got off to a grand style at Nyayo National Stadium gymnasium over the weekend as its celebrates its 20th anniversary...
	9th All Africa Games: Draw Results of the Basketball Games The draw of the All Africa Games Basketball tournaments was held in Algiers last 9 April...
	Draw of the 2007 FIBA U19 World Championship The draw took place in Serbia where Mali and Nigeria will represent the African continent next July
	Draw of the 2007 FIBA U19 World Championship for Women The 7th FIBA U19 World Championship for Women will be played from 26th July to 5th August 2007 in Bratislava (Slovak Republic) with 16 teams
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