National Teams 9
One small step back to the big time
The last couple of weeks on BallinEurope have been a touch Ireland-centric. The elephant in the room when discussing basketball on the island is the lack of a national team. Ireland took a small step back there today, writes Emmet Ryan. Last year BallinEurope exclusively reported plans for the Irish senior national teams to return […]
EuroBasket 2015: Iceland, Switzerland, and Montenegro win
The second qualifying round for EuroBasket 2015 got under way on Sunday with Iceland and Switzerland recording important home wins. Iceland beat Great Britain 83-70 on the back of Haukur Palsson’s 24 points and 9 rebounds and Hylmur Baeringsson’s 14 points and 15 boards. In a three team group, along with Bosnia and Herzegovina, this […]
Iceland go all out for highlights video against Great Britain
Iceland pulled off a vital EuroBasket 2015 qualifying round victory against Great Britain on Sunday night and they delivered a highlight video to back it up. The slow-motion phantom style video, which has a cracking synth score, really kicks into gear around 1.27 in with a fumbled opening tip, then at 2.34 there’s a crossover […]
Giannis Antetokounmpo impressing in Greek NT debut
The Greek Freak didn’t beat the buzzer on this play but Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks showed a touch of brilliance with this nice move in his national team debut for Greece in a World Cup warm-up game against Serbia. h/t Eurohoops.
Ireland announce select squad for Luxembourg friendlies
An Irish men’s league select side will take on the Luxembourg national team in three friendlies next week. The games, which will take place from 4 to 6 August will be Luxembourg’s final preparation games before their EuroBasket qualifiers. The Irish roster is as follows:
Until it matters, it won’t matter
The FIFA World Cup is over, the FIBA World Cup is seven weeks away. Whereas the former near guaranteed shocks and surprises, Basketball fans can only hope we avoid a predictable tournament in Spain. The FIBA World Cup of Basketball has tremendous potential but it’s hard not to be a little worried. Player drop outs […]
Your Irish national team primer
Earlier today BiE exclusively revealed that Ireland would return to international basketball in 2015 after a 5 year absence. Emmet Ryan takes a brief look at history of Ireland’s men in the international game. Despite exactly zero appearances in EuroBasket or the FIBA World Cup, Ireland has made it to the Olympics in basketball. It […]
Ireland to return to international play in 2015
BallinEurope can exclusively reveal that Basketball Ireland is to re-start its national teams in 2015 after a five year absence. Speaking to BiE, Bernard O’Byrne, chief executive of Basketball Ireland, said the men’s senior team would return to international play next year with plans in place to re-start the women’s programme. The sport’s governing body […]
Ireland crawling back to international Basketball
Ireland, still without any adult national teams, took a couple of baby steps back into international basketball this weekend. A pair of emphatic routs gave Irish basketball fans a sweet taste of international ball but after one afternoon normal service resumed. Life without a vanguard returned. Two selections from the Irish Premier League slaughtered Wales […]