Basketball

WINDSOR, Ont. – The CIS Women’s Basketball Coaches Association proudly announced Sunday the organization had raised $104,763.53 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation in 2010-11 thanks to its fourth annual Shoot For The Cure initiative. The impressive amount was unveiled before the 2011 CIS championship final at the University of Windsor’s St. Denis Centre. Jeff […]

PORT AU PRINCE – ASHAPS, the press association of Haiti has elected the national university basketball team of Haiti as ‘Most Valuable Team’ of 2010. The team won the silver medal at the ODUCC University Games in Santo Domingo earlier this year. The team could participate at the event through FISU support. In 2011 the […]

OTTAWA – The CIS Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) proudly announced Friday its fundraising initiative to raise money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation – and other related cancer charities – is up and running for a fourth straight season. ‘The Shoot For The Cure’-campaign has proven an overwhelming success in its first three years with […]

    CHINESE TAIPEI – “This is the first time we won the game since we came to Chinese Taipei. We all are very happy.” Said the coach of Thailand after defeating Hong Kong and winning the game at the round of the places of 5-7. Although at the previous game Thailand lost 5 points […]

    CHINESE TAIPEI – The 3rd Asian University Men’s Basketball Championship is currently been played at Kai Nan University. The event, which was officially opened on October 3rd, has 108 students and officials from 7 competing countries (China, Korea, Chinese Taipei, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Lebanon and Thailand) and is organized by the Chinese Taipei […]

 FISU President George E. Killian   BRUSSELS – FISU Delegates attended the 19th FIBA World Congress which concurs with the 2010 FIBA World Championships in Turkey. At this congress outgoing FIBA President Bob Elphinston (AUS) handed over the presidency to Yvan Mainini (FRA), who was elected as the 11th FIBA President by the Congress on […]

Brazil Golden Boys   SALVADOR – Brazil is the champion of the first edition of Pan-American University Basketball Championship. The Brazilian men’s team defeated the United States in the final match by a score of 69:63 on August 14th in the gymnasium of Salesian College, in Salvador (Bahia). Chile secured the bronze medal. In another […]

  BRAZIL – Brazil, United States, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay and Paraguay will compete from August 9th to 14th the premiere edition of the Pan American Men’s University Basketball Championships 2010. The city of Salvador (BA) becomes the capital of university basketball in the Americas. The matches will be held in the gymnasium of the Salesian […]