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Oregon won the inaugural tournament, defeating Ohio State 46–33 in the first championship game. Before the 1941 tournament, control of the event was given to the NCAA. [11] In the early years of the tournament, it was considered less important than the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), a New York City-based event.
In 1973, the Irish Basketball Association established a national basketball competition for men with two divisions. This saw many Dublin-based clubs enter their Men's A team into the top flight league, with the likes of Killester, St. Vincent's Dublin and Marian competing for supremacy against Cork-based clubs Blue Demons and Neptune. [1]
The continental championships are no longer a part of the qualifying process for either the World Cup or Olympics. [ 1 ] The United States is the most successful nation with 7 titles, but did not contested all editions of the tournament while they were qualified and focus for the Olympic Games and World Cup.
Ireland entered European-zone Olympic qualification tournaments in 1972, [5] 1976, [6] 1984, [7] and 1988, [8] losing every match each time. In 1988, Ireland finished runner-up in the inaugural Promotion Cup, the third tier of EuroBasket, later named EuroBasket Division C, and now the FIBA European Championship for Small Countries.
The FIBA Intercontinental Cup (formerly the FIBA Club World Cup) is an international basketball competition that is organised by FIBA, the sport's global governing body. Currently, four teams qualify for each season, the winners of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), Basketball Champions League , Basketball Champions League Americas , NBA G ...
^4 QUB and Dublin University share cup after a draw in the final. The teams agreed on sharing the cup for 6 months each. ^5 UCD and Dublin University share cup after a draw in the final. ^6 Tournament was played in November and December 1975. ^7 Tournament was played in December 1977. ^8 After extra time. ^9 UUJ win on penalties. ^10 UCC won 10 ...
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv beat Panathinaikos in the 2000-01 FIBA SuproLeague final. The league did not contain all of the European champions. Kinder Bologna beat Tau Cerámica in the 2000–01 Euroleague final.
The FIBA Stanković Continental Champions’ Cup, also known as FIBA Borislav Stanković World Cup and FIBA Mini Basketball World Cup, is an international tournament of basketball for men's national teams. [1] It is held annually by the International Basketball Federation . The tournament is organized in order to help promote the growth of the ...