Basketball

Global Cup - Basketball

2023

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Germany 526 20.1
2 Serbia 482 18.4 4
3 United States 407 15.6 -2
4 Canada 321 12.3 -1
5 Latvia 250 9.6 8
6 Lithuania 147 5.6 2
7 Slovenia 98 3.8
8 France 81 3.1 -4
9 Australia 54 2.1 -4
10 Italy 49 1.9

2022

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 United States 386 18.7
2 China 334 16.2 7
3 Canada 247 11.9
4 France 214 10.4 -2
5 Australia 210 10.2 -2
6 Serbia 195 9.4 2
7 Belgium 194 9.4 4
8 Lithuania 117 5.7
9 Spain 36 1.7 -4
10 Poland 36 1.7

2021

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 United States 840 25.6
2 France 602 18.4
3 Australia 329 10.0
4 Japan 280 8.5
5 Spain 252 7.7
6 Slovenia 245 7.5
7 Italy 196 6.0
8 Serbia 175 5.3
9 China 140 4.3
10 Argentina 98 3.0

Per Capita Cup - Basketball

2023

Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Latvia 7738 3
2 Serbia 14644
3 Lithuania 19148 -2
4 Slovenia 21081
5 Canada 114303 1
6 Germany 157414
7 Austria 195428
8 Australia 457172 -3
9 Netherlands 476778 -1
10 United States 800867 -1

2022

Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Lithuania 24057
2 Serbia 36197
3 Belgium 58613 2
4 Latvia 71648
5 Australia 117559 -2
6 Canada 148547
7 France 313715 -3
8 Netherlands 476778
9 United States 844438 -1
10 Poland 1067583

2021

Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Slovenia 8432
2 Serbia 40333
3 Australia 75037
4 France 111520
5 Belgium 162442
6 Spain 184639
7 Italy 308802
8 United States 388039
9 Argentina 449437
10 Japan 452393

Basketball Tournaments

NBA game - Pic: Keith Johnston from Pixabay

Paris 2024 Olympics: Top NBA Players Expected to Have Big Impact

The basketball Olympics is one of the most anticipated sports tournaments every four years.
N. Mauricio of Angola

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...
Yi Jianliang of China

China land treble Basketball victory

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

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...
Michael Jordan

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:
- ...
James Naismith

History of Basketball

The birth of a new game
 
In early December 1891, Dr....
Team USA

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...
World and European champions Spain

Basketball international organization

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