Two days before Spain makes their debut in Turkey, Coach Scariolo gives his analysis on each team in Group D.
FRANCE
It is an extremely athletic team, with players competing in the NBA or major teams in Europe. Expect big scoring by the trio Colo-Batum-Diaw. Last year, to win in Poland, we had to play our best [...]
Spain Men’s National Basketball Team World Championship Preparation Game Schedule
August 1st: SPAIN vs CANADA (19:00) Las Palmas de G.C.
August 2nd: SPAIN vs COSTA DE MARFIL (19:30) Las Palmas de G.C.
August 7th: SPAIN vs LITHUANIA (20:00) Vitoria
August 8th: SPAIN vs SLOVENIA (20:00) Vitoria
August 10th: SLOVENIA vs SPAIN (20:30) Lbjuliana
August 15th: SPAIN vs ARGENTINA (18:45) Logroño
August 17th: [...]
In preparation for the 2010 World Championships in Turkey, Spain will be facing the USA National Basketball Team and Lithuania National Team during a two day exhibition in Madrid. The tickets for the exhibition are on sale for August 22 with the following tentative schedule.
Spain vs Lithuania - August 20th
Spain vs USA- August 22nd
Ticket Purchase [...]
Marc Gasol confirmed yesterday in the FIBA Turkey World Championships website that his brother Pau Gasol, the best Europeean basketball player in the world will not be participating in the 2010 World Championships in Turkey later this summer.
“I have no doubts that Pau will not be there, regardless of the play-offs,” Marc said.
“It has been [...]
Barcelona has been confirmed and selected as the official site of the 2014 World Basketball Championships. The games will be played in Palau Sant Jordi with capacity of 20,000 spectators. The decision was made by the FIBA Central Board in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Barcelona will host half of games competition beginning at the Eighth-Finals, Quarterfinals [...]
The FIBA World Championship Schedule in Turkey has been announced. Below are the groups for the first round of the competition of the 2010 World Basketball Championships.
Group A (Kayseri): Serbia, Argentina, Australia, Jordan, Germany, Angola
Group B (Istanbul): Croatia, Brazil, Tunisia, Slovenia, Iran, USA
Group C (Ankara): China, Turkey, Russia, Puerto Rico, Ivory Coast, Greece
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USA Basketball and the Spanish Basketball Federation announced that men’s world basketball powers United States and Spain will meet in an August exhibition game in Spain in preparation for the 2010 FIBA World Championship that is being held August 28-Sept. 12 in Turkey.
The USA-Spain exhibition will be the first matchup between the two powers since [...]
SPAIN 57 – SERBIA 66
Serbia started the game with all guns ready on offense and especially defense. Spain started slow and was never in a good rhythm in the game to overcome Serbias good defense or good field goal shooting percentage. Leading scorer for Spain was Navarro and second was Felipe Reyes. Pau Gasol in [...]
The TV and Broadcast for the Eurobasket competition has be set for over 100 countries. Check below of your local provider. Of course, if you don’t have access to any of those channels, you will be able to watch the games on FibaTv.com from September 7th – 20th.
Europe (41 countries)
Albania
Top Channel
Andorra
La Sexta & Canal+ / [...]
Official Roster List Spain 2009 Eurobasket
Carlos Cabezas (Unicaja): 61 times international
Víctor Claver (Pamesa Valencia): 1st time internacional
Rudy Fernández (Portland Trail Blazers): 76 times international
Jorge Garbajosa (Khimki): 132 times international
Marc Gasol (Memphis Grizzlies): 48 times international
Pau Gasol (Los Angeles Lakers): 102 times international
Raúl López (Real Madrid): 46 times international
Alex Mumbrú (Real Madrid): 57 times international
Juan Carlos [...]