African basketball showed the world at the 2006 FIBA World Championship that it soon could be a force to reckon with after drawing loads of praise for the impressive performances by Angola and Nigeria.
The FIBA World Congress ratified today the affiliation of the Basketball Federation of Montenegro as its 213th member federation.
Prince Hitachi Masahito and Princess Hitachi Hanako were in attendance to represent the Imperial House of Japan on the first day of the eight-finals.
Every player on all 16 eight-finalists at the 2006 FIBA World Championship participated in a show of support to help keep basketball a drug free game.
Aymeric Jeanneau hit six free throws in the final 36 seconds to lead France to a 68-62 victory over Angola and a quarter-final spot at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
The United States cruised into the quarterfinals of the basketball world championship Sunday. Germany had to fight for every point.
Arvydas Macijauskas scored 10 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter and Lithuania survived four missed free throws in the final seconds for a 71-68 victory over Italy on Saturday.
Olympic champions Argentina rolled past New Zealand 79-62 at the world basketball championships on Saturday to become the first team through to the quarter-finals.
Japan may have become the first hosts ever to miss the knockout stages at any World Basketball Championship, but the organisers hope Asian giants China will help keep pulling crowds to the arenas.
The opening weekend of the FIBA World Basketball Championship in Japan has seen increases in TV audiences across major markets. This comes as a surprise given the time zones which have meant the matches are shown in the morning in Europe and during the night in the USA.
Shipeng Wang's buzzer-beating three-pointer gave China a 78-77 triumph over Slovenia in a thriller on Thursday to place the Asian Champions in the last 16 of the FIBA World Championship.
Turkey showed their promise once again but old rivals Greece put paid to their unbeaten run at the FIBA World Championship in the battle for Group C supremacy.
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