A total of 33 FIBA referees belonging to China and Hong Kong and One FIBA Commissioner from China have cleared the test conducted during the FIBA Asia Referees and Commissioners Clinics at Beijing, China (June 8-9, 2013).

Japan women posted two successive wins one of them against fellow FIBA Asia team and archrivals China and went on to clinch the title in the Panevezys International tournament in Lithuania. Japan who had beaten Sweden on Day One thus finished winning all the three games of this annual international tournament.

The official website of the 27th FIBA Asia Championship to be played in Manila from Aug 1-11 is now online at http://manila2013.fibaasia.net. The Media Accreditation process for the 27th FIBA Asia Championship is also now open.

The FIBA Asia Admin Seminar for countries belonging to West Asia Basketball Association (WABA) one of the six FIBA Asia Sub Zones concluded at the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Wednesday.

The Australian Boomers won their second successive game, this one on Chinese soil, beating China 68-65 in a cliffhanger of a contest and took a 2-1 lead in the You-Yi Games on Wednesday. China had won 61-55 in Game 1 and the Aussies had bounced back 85-50 in Game 2 in the first two games played at Perth (Australia) last week. Game 4 of this annual series is scheduled for Friday at Yongcheng.

San Miguel Beermen were crowned the AirAsia 2013 ASEAN Basketball League Champions on Wednedsay following their 70-55 win over the Indonesia Warriors, thus sweeping the Finals series 3-0.

Asian powerhouse teams China and Japan began their campaign in the annual Panevezys international tournament in Lithuania on Monday thus setting the stage for the clash against each other.

The Japanese National Team, preparing for the 27th FIBA Asia Championship took a two-break from their training camp at Ajinomoto Training Center, which coach Kimikazu Suzuki termed as important to “recharge the batteries.” The players will reassemble to resume training on Wednesday.

The Philippine National Team preparing for the 27th FIBA Asia Championship to be played in Manila from Aug 1-11 lost a game for the first time on their week-long tour of Lithuania when they went down fighting 86-89 to LSU-Baltai in a tune-up game on Sunday.

Action is high on enthusiasm and earnestness Iran National Team’s training camp for the 27th FIBA Asia Championship with all including Iran’s only NBA player Hamed Haddadi (pic above) present to take the lessons from coaches Memi Becirovic and Mehran Shahintab. FIBA Asia’s photographer Milad Payami caught these frames at the Iran’s National training camp.