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FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2021: Team by Team wrap

WITH the dust having settled from the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup in 2021, it is time to take a look back on how each team performed throughout the tournament. Of the eight teams, the top three certainly separated themselves from the remainder of the pack, with one team even unable to register a win throughout […]

FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2021 day four wrap

WITH the first round of games complete, the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup has now progressed to the qualification and classification stage. These matches kick off the ‘finals’ of the tournament, with not every team now able to advance to the next week. The qualification games are held between second place of division A and third […]

FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2021: Day three wrap

THE third day of the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup has passed in Amman, Jordan, with some intriguing results that will have an effect on the upcoming qualification round. The margins were not as big as previous days, with fatigue likely playing a role in this. Short 24-hour turnarounds between extremely fast paced basketball games would […]

FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2021: Day two wrap

IT was another day full of blowouts in the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup over in Amman, Jordan. Of the four games played, three had a margin of 38 points or greater and two had a margin of over 60 points. There are certainly a group of favourites established and with just one day of games […]

FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2021: Day one wrap

THERE was plenty of basketball action overnight, with the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup holding their first group of games in the last 24 hours. With just a few days to secure a spot in the playoffs, teams came out firing on all cylinders, with plenty of ridiculous scores put up by some countries looking to […]

NBLNZ trials new ‘First to Seven’ concept

THERE will be no tied games in Sal’s NBL in 2020, with the new competition not only going to overtime, but with a special new concept. In cases where teams cannot be split after the regular four quarters, the teams will face off in a ‘First to Seven’ concept. The concept is as it sounds, […]