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2011 Round-up: Basketball

In the first of a series of articles wrapping up the 2011 action for the world’s major sports, we focus on Basketball, picking up the story from the Asian Men...

Malaysia vs Chinese Taipei, Asian Championships

Basketball Global Cup 2011

The year is super rich in top level basketball competitions, as all international federations stage continental championships for both men and...

China land treble Basketball victory

The Asian Men Basketball Championships 2011 has produced a treble winner.

The NBA

The National Basketball Association of the USA is the supreme expression of basketball as a professional sport, and one of the most successful...

GSN and Basketball

Of the hundreds of basketball competitions around the globe, we track the most prestigious international ones, both for the men and the ladies:

- ...

2012

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	600	25.6
2	Russia	335	14.3
3	France	288	12.3
4	Spain	280	12.0	1
5	Australia	238	10.1
6	Argentina	175	7.5	4
7	Lithuania	88	3.7	6
8	Brazil	88	3.7	3
9	Czech Republic	63	2.7	12
10	Canada	63	2.7	13

2011

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	China	200	6.8
2	Russia	190	6.5	7
3	France	180	6.2	8
4	Angola	170	5.8
5	Tunisia	150	5.1
6	Spain	150	5.1	-3
7	South Korea	140	4.8	6
8	Nigeria	115	3.9
9	Senegal	100	3.4
10	Brazil	90	3.1

2010

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	600	25.6
2	Turkey	280	12.0	37
3	Spain	255	10.9	-2
4	Lithuania	210	9.0
5	Czech Republic	200	8.5
6	Serbia	175	7.5	1
7	Argentina	140	6.0	11
8	Belarus	125	5.3	17
9	Russia	120	5.1	-1
10	Australia	100	4.3

2009

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Spain	210	7.2	1
2	China	180	6.2	4
3	Angola	180	6.2
4	France	160	5.5
5	Ivory Coast	145	5.0
6	Greece	130	4.4	2
7	Serbia	120	4.1
8	Russia	110	3.8	-1
9	South Korea	100	3.4
10	Iran	100	3.4

Per Capita Cup - Basketball

2012
2011
2010
2009

2012

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Lithuania	38413
2	Australia	90154
3	Spain	164513	4
4	Czech Republic	166799
5	France	224254	4
6	Argentina	230297	5
7	Russia	423469	9
8	United States	508567
9	Canada	534003	6
10	Turkey	1129380	7

2011

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Lithuania	42014
2	Slovenia	67633	2
3	Croatia	110885
4	Czech Republic	208499	-2
5	Latvia	226800
6	Greece	249222
7	Spain	307090	-1
8	South Korea	344457	5
9	France	358184	2
10	Taiwan	383333

2010

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Lithuania	16005
2	Czech Republic	52125
3	Serbia	54441	10
4	Slovenia	57971	1
5	Belarus	77520	1
6	Spain	180641	-2
7	Australia	214116
8	Turkey	252094	18
9	Argentina	287871	9
10	United States	508567

2009

	Top Positions	Chg
1	Taiwan
2	France
3	Puerto Rico
4	Latvia
5	Spain
6	Slovenia
7	Belarus	-1
8	Cuba
9	Greece	-5
10	South Korea

Basketball Tournaments


Olympics	11 Aug 2012
Women's African Champi...	2 Oct 2011
Women's Americas Champ...	1 Oct 2011
Asian Championships	25 Sep 2011
European Championships	18 Sep 2011
Americas Championships	11 Sep 2011
Women's Asian Champion...	28 Aug 2011
African Championships	28 Aug 2011
Women's European Champ...	3 Jul 2011
Basketball: Women's Wo...	3 Oct 2010
Basketball: World Champions...	12 Sep 2010
Women's African Champi...	18 Oct 2009
Women's Americas Champ...	27 Sep 2009


Women's Asian Champion...	24 Sep 2009
European Championships	20 Sep 2009
Americas Championships	6 Sep 2009
Asian Championships	16 Aug 2009
African Championships	15 Aug 2009
Women's European Champ...	20 Jun 2009
Olympics	8 Aug 2008

History of Basketball

The birth of a new game

In early December 1891, Dr....

Team USA vs Rest of the World

The US Basketball Federation joined FIBA, the ruling international organism, in 1934 and, until a rule change by FIBA in 1989 allowed differe...

Basketball international organization

Basketball is organized internationally by FIBA, the organism which groups together all the individual Basketball Associations/Federations of...

Global Cup

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	1203	7.8
2	Norway	994	6.5
3	Canada	894	5.8
4	Russia	832	5.4	1
5	Germany	829	5.4	-1
6	France	745	4.8
7	Austria	714	4.6
8	Switzerland	556	3.6
9	Australia	509	3.3	4
10	Sweden	507	3.3

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	7307	11.3
2	Russia	4169	6.4
3	Great Britain	3406	5.2	2
4	China	3077	4.7	-1
5	Germany	2754	4.2	1
6	France	2338	3.6	-2
7	Brazil	2243	3.5	7
8	Italy	2130	3.3	1
9	Japan	2129	3.3	-2
10	Australia	2063	3.2	-2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	6165	9.3
2	Russia	4680	7.0
3	China	3502	5.3	1
4	France	3427	5.2	9
5	Great Britain	2852	4.3	2
6	Germany	2581	3.9	-3
7	Japan	2499	3.8	7
8	Australia	2325	3.5	1
9	Italy	2099	3.2	-1
10	South Korea	1811	2.7	2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	4880	8.9
2	Russia	3690	6.7
3	Germany	3186	5.8
4	China	2357	4.3
5	Canada	2141	3.9	2
6	Spain	1977	3.6	3
7	Great Britain	1926	3.5	-1
8	Italy	1910	3.5
9	Australia	1811	3.3	1
10	Brazil	1760	3.2	3

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	5540	9.0
2	Russia	4474	7.3
3	Germany	3042	4.9	1
4	China	2945	4.8	-1
5	France	2620	4.3	4
6	Great Britain	2467	4.0	2
7	Canada	2074	3.4	5
8	Italy	1948	3.2	-3
9	Spain	1773	2.9	-3
10	Australia	1620	2.6	-3

Per Capita Cup

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Slovenia	4808
2	Norway	4813
3	Austria	11682
4	Switzerland	13767
5	Finland	14635
6	Sweden	18193
7	New Zealand	23240
8	Canada	37332	1
9	Netherlands	37811	-1
10	Australia	42066

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	New Zealand	4501	2
2	Jamaica	4600
3	Trinidad and Tobago	7705
4	Switzerland	8106	5
5	Norway	9044	-4
6	Slovenia	9481	-1
7	Sweden	9763	-3
8	Finland	10280	-2
9	Australia	10378	2
10	Czech Republic	11941	2

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	3413
2	Jamaica	4051
3	New Zealand	4454	3
4	Sweden	5727	-1
5	Slovenia	5915	-1
6	Finland	7194	-1
7	Austria	7474	1
8	Denmark	7672	9
9	Switzerland	7768	-7
10	Croatia	8924	9

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	4453	1
2	Switzerland	6276	4
3	Sweden	7648	5
4	Slovenia	8020	-1
5	Finland	8134	-1
6	New Zealand	8552	-1
7	Serbia	9139	5
8	Austria	9278	-1
9	Netherlands	9788	7
10	Czech Republic	10191	13

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Jamaica	3580
2	Norway	4015
3	Slovenia	5847	5
4	Finland	6300	2
5	New Zealand	6335	-2
6	Switzerland	6717	-2
7	Austria	7702	4
8	Sweden	8362	-3
9	Croatia	8369	3
10	Denmark	8811	14

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Global Cup - Men

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Norway	548	6.0
2	Russia	511	5.6
3	United States	498	5.4	2
4	France	493	5.4	-1
5	Austria	480	5.2	-1
6	Canada	438	4.8
7	Germany	411	4.5
8	Italy	304	3.3
9	Spain	303	3.3
10	Australia	303	3.3	8

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3460	9.0
2	Russia	2351	6.1
3	Great Britain	2250	5.9	1
4	Germany	1630	4.2	3
5	Spain	1520	4.0	6
6	Italy	1433	3.7	2
7	Brazil	1429	3.7	8
8	France	1279	3.3	-5
9	South Korea	1210	3.1
10	Australia	1136	3.0	-5

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2818	7.4
2	Russia	2418	6.3
3	France	2183	5.7	5
4	Great Britain	1866	4.9	1
5	Australia	1388	3.6	4
6	China	1360	3.6	9
7	Germany	1274	3.3	-4
8	Italy	1232	3.2	3
9	South Korea	1151	3.0	5
10	Japan	1017	2.7	13

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2613	7.8
2	Russia	2230	6.7
3	Germany	1988	5.9	2
4	Spain	1716	5.1	4
5	Great Britain	1346	4.0	-1
6	Netherlands	1121	3.4	27
7	Brazil	1087	3.3	7
8	France	1056	3.2	-5
9	Australia	1052	3.1	3
10	Canada	1050	3.1	-4

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3424	9.5
2	Russia	2153	6.0
3	France	1629	4.5	1
4	Great Britain	1371	3.8	2
5	Germany	1370	3.8	2
6	Canada	1145	3.2	7
7	Italy	1075	3.0	-2
8	Spain	1069	3.0	-5
9	China	1010	2.8	-1
10	South Korea	835	2.3	1

Global Cup - Women

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	667	11.5
2	Norway	416	7.2
3	Canada	407	7.0	1
4	Germany	370	6.4	-1
5	Russia	292	5.0	2
6	China	263	4.5	-1
7	Switzerland	247	4.3	1
8	South Korea	228	3.9	6
9	France	223	3.8	-3
10	Australia	206	3.5	1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3772	14.8
2	China	1922	7.5	1
3	Russia	1779	7.0	-1
4	Japan	1088	4.3
5	Canada	1043	4.1	6
6	France	1023	4.0
7	Great Britain	984	3.9	1
8	Germany	972	3.8	-3
9	Australia	914	3.6	-2
10	South Korea	817	3.2	4

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3314	12.2
2	Russia	2169	8.0	1
3	China	2037	7.5	-1
4	Japan	1440	5.3	3
5	Germany	1271	4.7	-1
6	France	1183	4.4	5
7	Australia	917	3.4	2
8	Great Britain	900	3.3	5
9	Sweden	892	3.3	5
10	Italy	846	3.1	-4

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2184	10.7	1
2	China	1449	7.1	1
3	Russia	1408	6.9	-2
4	Germany	1082	5.3
5	Canada	1017	5.0	2
6	Italy	856	4.2	2
7	Japan	819	4.0	3
8	South Korea	789	3.9	3
9	Australia	746	3.6
10	Brazil	653	3.2	5

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Russia	2268	9.1	2
2	United States	2101	8.4	-1
3	China	1798	7.2	-1
4	Germany	1629	6.5
5	Great Britain	1095	4.4	3
6	France	941	3.8	7
7	Canada	898	3.6	2
8	Italy	839	3.4	2
9	Australia	799	3.2	-3
10	Japan	777	3.1	-5

Global Cup - Continents

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	8795	57.2
2	Americas	2574	16.7
3	Africa	1821	11.8
4	Asia	1475	9.6
5	Oceana	711	4.6

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	30478	46.9
2	Americas	15575	24.0
3	Asia	9809	15.1
4	Africa	5467	8.4
5	Oceana	3436	5.3
6	-	180	0.3

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	34196	51.4
2	Americas	12881	19.4
3	Asia	11622	17.5
4	Africa	4325	6.5
5	Oceana	3468	5.2

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	29242	53.3
2	Americas	12170	22.2
3	Asia	7193	13.1
4	Africa	3635	6.6
5	Oceana	2611	4.8

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	31988	52.0
2	Americas	13417	21.8
3	Asia	9071	14.7
4	Africa	4418	7.2
5	Oceana	2665	4.3

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