FIBA and J9 Sports have partnered to provide world-class fan experiences to basketball fans around the globe. Brazil hosts the FIBA AmeriCup 2022 with J9 as the major sponsor in September 2022.

J9 and 2022 FIBA AmeriCup have recently announced a multi-year partnership and broadcast all games of 2022 FIBA AmeriCup. J9, a global leader in cryptocurrency, gambling, and sports betting, has partnered with FIBA (International Basketball Federation) to become its newest global partner. The 2022 FIBA AmeriCup is the most prestigious competition for senior men’s basketball in the Americas, and from September 2–11, 2022, the FIBA AmeriCup will tip-off its 19th edition.

For the first time since 1984, the FIBA AmeriCup returns to Brazil. The top competitors of the region represent the following countries. The twelve (12) countries are Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, United States, and the host nation Brazil.

The agreement will support the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup. This partnership brings basketball fans closer to the action than ever before. In addition, the agreement with FIBA is part of J9’s continuing efforts to expand its presence in international sports markets.

“The partnership will also help J9 establish itself as a leading global sports betting brand by expanding its reach and providing customers with more opportunities to enjoy their favorite sports,” shared Mark Lou, the co-founder of J9.

“We are excited to have J9 joining the FIBA family as our most recent global partner,” said Carlos Alves, the Executive Director of FIBA in the Americas. “This partnership will certainly boost FIBA’s goal of advancing the promotion of basketball in the Americas closer to the game through the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup.”

J9’s comprehensive range of sports-betting products will allow fans globally to follow their team’s progress in real-time and place their bets on the victors’ upcoming matches.

The simplicity of J9’s interface is one of its biggest draws. The site is easy to navigate In addition, it has high security features, making it a safe gaming platform.

The AmeriCup finals will be held in Geraldão Arena, Brazil. In the previous 2017 FIBA AmeriCup, USA took home the championship. The event was also previously held in Argentina, Colombia, and Uruguay, thus making it the first FIBA AmeriCup held in three (3) countries.

Leading gambling platform J9 has partnered with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) for the 2022 EuroBasket. The partnership, which will last till 2024, boosts awareness of basketball on its extensive platforms and presents the EuroBasket 2022.

J9 is FIBA’s 10th global partner. J9 will present the 2022 FIBA EuroBasket to sports enthusiasts worldwide with its powerful and extensive platform and sports betting and cryptocurrency communities.

“We are proud and honored for an opportunity to partner with FIBA. With this partnership, basketball fans, new and old sports enthusiasts, and cryptocurrency fans celebrate the feeling of victory and hard work,” shares Mark Lou, the co-founder of J9.

“This partnership (between J9 and FIBA) takes the connection between worldwide basketball fans and the sport to new heights,” marveled Frank Leenders, FIBA Media & Marketing Services Director General.

FIBA EuroBasket is held from September 1–18, 2022. For the NBA players who are involved, the FIBA EuroBasket marks the first and major step toward the 2022–23 NBA Regular Season. In EuroBasket 2022, 24 teams are split into groups of six. Every team plays five staged games. The four highest-scoring teams advance to the knockout phase.

Group A for this year’s EuroBasket are Belgium, Bulgaria, Georgia (host), Montenegro, Spain, and Turkey. Meanwhile, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Germany (host), Hungary, Lithuania, and Slovenia comprise Group B. Thirdly, Croatia, Estonia, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, and Ukraine are Group C, with Italy as the host country. Lastly, Group D is composed of Czech Republic (host), Finland, Israel, Netherlands, Poland, and Serbia.

Every two years, EuroBasket had previously been staged every two years. However, with the 2017 tournament, it was moved to a four-year cycle. Due to the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics to 2021, EuroBasket was moved to 2022. As a result, this marked the longest span between EuroBasket events since World War II.

Originally, Russia was part of the 24 teams qualifying for EuroBasket. Due to the invasion of Ukraine, the country was expelled and replaced by Montenegro. The top contenders in this year’s tournament include Slovenia, led by Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic and 2017 EuroBasket MVP Goran Dragic, and a Serbia team led by two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.

The knockout phase of EuroBasket 2022 will take place from September 10–18. The finals for EuroBasket 2022 will be played at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany on September 18, 4:20pm.

MIAMI (United States) — We’re only days away from the start of the FIBA ​​AmeriCup 2022, the most prestigious basketball event in the Americas region, which will be held in this 19th edition in Recife, Brazil.

Several of the best players in the region will defend their countries between September 2 and 11, at the Geraldão Arena in the host city.

Here you can keep up to date with player lists released by each country before the start of the tournament.

NOTE: The rosters shown on this page were taken from the information published by the National Member Federations, but do not necessarily correspond to the rosters that will play in the FIBA ​​AmeriCup 2022.

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MUNICH (Germany) — Germany have announced their final 12-player roster ahead of the start of FIBA EuroBasket 2022 on Thursday.

The tournament co-hosts warmed up for the event with an impressive win over Slovenia in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers with the two teams set to meet again in Cologne.

Daniel Theis has overcome an injury issue to make the final roster with the forward joining influential stars Dennis Schroder and 21-year-old Franz Wagner in the lineup.

Johannes Voigtmann, Maodo Lo and Johannes Thiemann were part of the 2017 roster alongside Schroder as Germany made it to the Quarter-Finals with hopes of making it to Berlin for the knockout stages, the minimum expectation.

Germany’s opening game is against France on Thursday as they also take on Slovenia, Lithuania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Hungary in a tough Group B in Cologne.

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MIES (Switzerland) — Efforts to increase visibility and expand the popularity of women’s basketball received a massive boost today as Google becomes FIBA’s first-ever Global Partner of Women’s Basketball and the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup.

The partnership will start with this year’s FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup in Sydney, Australia, on September 22, where Google will be the Exclusive Presenter of the All-Star 5, recognizing the best players of the tournament.

Additionally, Google and FIBA will collaborate with ESPN to distribute the entire Women’s World Cup. Six games will air exclusively in the United States on ESPN2 and ESPNU — the most Women’s World Cup games to ever air on live television in the U.S. The remaining games will be available on ESPN+. Fans can watch an additional six games live on FIBA’s YouTube channel and the remaining games on FIBA’s Courtside 1891 subscription streaming platform.

“FIBA is determined to build women’s basketball further and take it to the next level, and we are delighted to welcome on board Google as a Global Partner for the women’s game. We are excited to work with a prestigious brand with whom we share the same strategic goals regarding women’s development,” said FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis.

“This partnership promises great things for women’s basketball and the interest in the game globally. Google and its worldwide reach open countless possibilities to push women’s basketball in the future, and we look forward to working with them to enhance the game and attract new fans.”

“At Google, we’re committed to championing equal representation in sports,” said Kate Johnson, Director of Global Sports, Media and Entertainment Marketing, Google. “As FIBA’s first-ever Global women’s partner, we’re proud to help bring even more women’s basketball content to US airwaves and introduce fans to the global game. Through this partnership with FIBA and our collaboration with ESPN, we want to continue to extend visibility and exposure to women’s basketball globally and provide women athletes the recognition they deserve and have worked so hard for.”

Google’s work with FIBA extends the brand’s efforts to increase visibility and coverage of women’s sports. As a WNBA Changemaker for the past two seasons, Google joined forces with the league and ESPN to deliver more nationally televised regular season WNBA games and added a dedicated segment for women’s sports on SportsCenter.

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MANILA (Philippines) — The Philippines shrug off a slow start to rebound and claim a massive victory over Saudi Arabia in Jordan Clarkson’s home game debut, 84–46.

The visitors Saudi Arabia caught the home side off guard and led through nearly the entire first 10 minutes, ending the first quarter ahead 14–11. From there, however, the Philippines shook off their rust and jitters and routed Saudi Arabia for the rest of the way.

Jordan Clarkson shined in his home game debut, carrying the offensive load in the first half as his teammates followed suit. Young big man Kai Sotto had his biggest game of the Asian Qualifiers so far with 16 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 blocks.

Saudi Arabia started the game with an offense that was well-balanced throughout their starters, but struggled to find their rhythm after the first quarter.

The win by the Philippines also clinched FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 qualification for New Zealand, who had previously beaten Jordan, to become the first team from the Asian Qualifiers to do so.

Turning points

Maybe it was jitters, maybe it was just shaking off some jetlag, but whatever it was the Philippines overcame it in the second quarter and came to life. Gilas jumped out to a 26–14 advantage in the second quarter and they didn’t slow down as they outscored Saudi Arabia by 16 points and 13 points in the third and fourth quarters, respectively.

Game heroes

This game was all about the Philippines showing how good of a basketball team they could be with Jordan Clarkson as their superstar in front of their hometown fans for the first time ever and Clarkson delivered.

The former NBA Sixth Man of the Year notched 23 points on 14 shot attempts to go with 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Not showing in the box scores was how many smiles he put on the fan’s faces at the Mall of Asia arena today, though we’d bet that it would be close to the entire 19,829 individuals in attendance.

Stats don’t lie

Saudi Arabia aren’t small in size and can play pretty physically, but they were dominated on the boards in this game with the Philippines holding a 55–38 advantage on the glass. With the visitors shooting only 25.5 percent from the field and 15.2 percent from downtown, it’s not hard to see why this was such a big win for Gilas.

Bottom line

Saudi Arabia are a solid team. The fact that Gilas were able to overcome their slow start and beat them by 38 points (while holding their opponents to only 46 points) means that they mean business.

With less than a year to go to the World Cup which will be coming back to Manila (as well as Japan and Indonesia), this was a nice statement from the World Cup co-hosts to begin with at least.

Additionally, it has to be emphasized again that this win puts New Zealand into the field of 32 for the World Cup, joining Finland and Cote d’Ivoire who confirmed their spots yesterday.

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TEHRAN (Iran) — China, Lebanon, Japan, and Korea will all represent Asia in next year’s FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary.

The four booked their ticket to the global meet by reaching the U18 Asian Championship Semi-Finals, Wednesday at the Azadi Basketball Hall.

QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS
China 88–44 Qatar
Lebanon 99–83 Philippines
Japan 76–60 Chinese Taipei
Korea 66–65 Iran

DAILY RECAP
China was the first to secure a slot to the U19 World Cup following a masterful 88–44 victory over Qatar in the Quarter-Finals opener.

All 12 players scored at least two in the win, with Ma Mingkun leading the way with all-around numbers of 12 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Lyu Jiahui had 12 as well, while Li Jiazhe added 10 markers and 6 dimes.

It will be their return to the U19 World Cup after withdrawing in the previous edition in Latvia last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

China will face Korea in the semis in a rematch of their Group Phase encounter yesterday. The latter withstood home team Iran, 66–65, to secure the last ticket to the penultimate phase and the U19 World Cup.

Lee Chae Hyung led the Koreans with 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists, none bigger than the dime that led to a Lee Juyeong bucket with 30 seconds left to put them ahead for good after losing a 19-point lead early.

Lee finished with 14 points and 7 rebounds, while Yoo Minsoo added 10 points and 9 rebounds as the trio played the full 40 minutes.

Mohammad Amini led Iran with 20 points and 13 rebounds in the heartbreaking defeat as they fell short in replicating their comeback win versus Japan last night. Matyar Ahmadpour had 14 points and 6 assists in the defeat.

It sure is a tough pill to swallow for the hosts as they failed to book a return flight to the U19 World Cup after being one of the Asian representatives in the 2021 competitions, along with Australia, Korea, and Japan.

The Japanese, meanwhile, qualified for the semis following their 76–60 triumph over the skidding Chinese Taipei in the third game of the day.

Shonryu Yaegashi bannered the victors with 19 points as he helped his side pull away in the third quarter for good. Hayato Wakugawa filled the stat sheet with 14 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, and 4 blocks.

Japan is on a collision course with Lebanon in yet another Group Phase rematch taking place in the Semis set on Saturday.

The young Cedars were actually the second team next to China to reach the next round following their 99–83 beatdown of the Philippines.

Coming in fresh from a one-day break, Bryan Mansour powered Lebanon with 28 points, 7 rebounds, and assists as they took advantage of a spent Gilas Youth that played their third game in as many games.

Karim Rtail starred in the win as well with 25 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals in 40 minutes, while Karl Zamatta added 10 points and 17 boards.

It couldn’t get any better for Lebanon as they continue to enjoy a string of success this summer — from the U16 team’s qualification to the U17 World Cup, to the men’s team copping silver in the Asia Cup 2022, and now this.

Mason Amos, on the other hand, had 11 points and 7 rebounds to lead the Filipino dribblers, who headed into the quarters with a perfect 3–0 record after sweeping Group C only to lose in an important part of the tilt.

TOP PERFORMERS
Bryan Mansour (LBN) 31 EFF 28 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists
Hayato Wakugawa (JPN) 28 EFF 14 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, 4 blocks
Karl Zamatta (LBN) 28 EFF 10 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 1 block
Ma Mingkun (CHN) 24 EFF 12 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals
Lee Chae Hyung (KOR) 24 EFF 16 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 steals
Karim Rtail (LBN) 21 EFF 25 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 40 minutes

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BEIRUT (Lebanon — The final 12-player rosters have been confirmed ahead of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Asian Qualifiers games that take place on Thursday, August 25.

The Second Round stage commences with plenty of games on the schedule for each of the three days of action during the August window. Teams can make amendments to their rosters between each of their two games.

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TEHRAN (Iran) — Korea and Japan posted dominant wins, while the Philippines and Chinese Taipei remained perfect as the FIBA U18 Asian Championship 2022 continued Monday at the Azadi Basketball Hall.

It was a debut to remember for the Koreans and the Japanese, with the former opening the second game day with a 100–63 win over India and the latter downing Lebanon by way of a decisive 84–63 result to end the night.

Chinese Taipei and Gilas, on the other hand, improved to 2–0 after dispatching their respective foes, making their clash on Tuesday an important one as the winner will emerge on top of the four-team Group C.

Chinese Taipei was the first to chalk up win no. 2, pulling away in the fourth quarter to leave Syria behind, 81–60. The Philippines followed suit with a 77–61 win over Qatar behind a big second-half performance.

RESULTS
Korea 100–63 India
Chinese Taipei 81–60 Syria
Philippines 77–61 Qatar
Japan 84–73 Lebanon

TOP PERFORMERS
Lee Chae-hyung (KOR) 25 EFF 13 points, 5–10 FG, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals
Yoo Min-soo (KOR) 23 EFF 17 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists
Chun Sheng Chang (TPE) 22 EFF 21 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals
Mason Amos (PHI) 22 EFF 19 points, 7 rebounds, 1 steal
Lee Ju-yeong (KOR) 21 EFF 21 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals
Chun Yen Kuo (TPE) 21 EFF 14 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals, 1 block
Kang Sung-wook (KOR) 20 EFF 17 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals
Yuto Kawashima (JPN) 19 EFF 22 points, 14 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block

DAILY RECAP
Korea raised the curtains of Gameday 2 with a 100–63 victory over India, deploying a balanced attack that saw four players score in double figures.

Lee Ju-yeong led the way with 21 points, while the tandem of Yoo Min-soo and Kang Sung-wook tallied 17 points apiece. But clearly, the show star was Lee Chae-hyung, who finished with 13 points, 10 assists, and 10 steals.

It was the second triple-double registered in the Asian U18 competitions since 2014, or since Flynn Cameron posted 19–10–12 to tow New Zealand past China in the U18 Asian Championship Semi-Finals back in 2018.

India, on the other hand, was led by Udit Ravish’s 18 points in the loss, they’re second in as many games. They now sit at the bottom of Group B.

The second game of the day saw Chinese Taipei pull away in the fourth quarter en route to surviving the tough stand of Syria, 81–60.

Chen Shung Chang continued his fine play with 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists to spearhead Chinese Taipei. Hsuan Chen and Chun Yen Kuo provided ample support with 15 and 14 points, respectively.

George Kastntin made 18 points, while Jad Aldassouki had 12 to lead the Syrians, who dropped to 0–2 in Group C. They will face Qatar tomorrow in a battle of teams raring to break through in the tournament.

The Philippines made things even more interesting in the same group following their 77–61 win over their Qatari counterparts.

Mason Amos finished with a game-high 19 points and 7 rebounds, and Jared Bahay produced 15 points for the Filipinos, who got their offense going late in the third quarter after falling behind early in the match.

Mohammed Hashim Abbazer and Moustapha Ndao, meanwhile scored 14 points apiece to lead Qatar in the failed upset bid.

Ultimately, Japan burst Lebanon’s bubble with a resounding 84–63 win to snatch the leadership of Group A from the very same team they beat.

Yuto Kawashima led the Akatsuki with a double-double of 21 points and 14 rebounds in the win that saw the crew shoot above 43-percent from the field, thanks mainly to the 27 assists they dished.

Shonryu Yaegashi and Kosei Sakamoto had 12 points each, while Akira Jacobs chipped in 10 for the Japanese, who led by as many as 28 points.

Karim Rtail had a double-double to lead the Cedars, who failed to replicate their comeback win over Iran on opening night. Karl Kozah was his lone backup with 15 points as they dropped to 1–1.

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BEIRUT (Lebanon) — The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) have formally confirmed their 24-player roster for the upcoming fourth window of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Asian Qualifiers. The list is highlighted by the likes of NBA player Jordan Clarkson, recent Asia Cup stars Bobby Ray Parks, and Gilas stars from past events such as Dwight Ramos.

Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool for 2023 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers Window 4

Roosevelt Adams
Japeth Aguilar
Kevin Alas
Raymond Almazan
Robert Bolick
Jordan Clarkson
June Mar Fajardo
Jio Jalalon
Francis Lopez
Allein Maliksi
Jamie Malonzo
Chris Newsome
Calvin Oftana
Bobby Ray Parks
CJ Perez
Kevin Quiambao
Dwight Ramos
Kiefer Ravena
Thirdy Ravena
Ian Sangalang
Kai Sotto
Carl Tamayo
Scottie Thompson
Arvin Tolentino