Basketball is treated as one of the most popular sports nowadays. About 50 years ago, apart from citizens of American, no country has a great passion for it. Something has been changed so that this interesting sport are in its heyday now. Basketball tournaments were first held in the 1800s to honor the best player in this sport. Let’s look out for some popular basketball tournaments in the world below !
- FIBA World Cup
Also known as FIBA Basketball World Cup or FIBA World Cup of basketball, It is the international tournament that held by FIBA every 4 years. All best players around the world gather together in this competition to be crowned the world champion.
Both male and female have equal chances to join this match but their place is quite different. Tournament for male started taking place every 4 years from 1970 to 2019, while for female was from 1986 to 2019
FIBA World Cup for international players is such a typical competition, because they can easily establish their reputation if they become the winner
- NBA
NBA is the standard abbreviation for National Basketball Association. It is a professional tournament held in North America , includes 30 teams ( 29 teams in American and 1 in Canada) . NBA is known as one of the top 4 most popular competitions in both America and Canada, attracting many fans all over the world.
It was found in New York on June 9, 1946 with the first name as Basketball American Association. And then it was renamed into National Basketball Association. Until now, NBA is becoming more and more famous with many people who love this sport. It also makes its mark by drawing up a contract with their best players. Thanks to its fame, players are on the list of the world ‘s highest – paid athletes.
- Olympic basketball
Olympic Basketball is the most Summer Olympic Games in the world, taking the lead in Basketball’s competition. Gradually, it is becoming a hot trend for people who have great passion for sports. American is traeted as the most successful nation with numerous championship medals from 1936 to 1968.Both men and women’s teams have achieved Premier League titles that help American to become the Champions title holders.
On June 9, 2017, Executives of International Olympic Committee informed that “3×3 basketball” would be the official olympic game in 2020 Summer Olympic games in Japan.
- ABL
ABL stands for Asean Basketball League, including 6 teams from all nations in Southeast Asia ( Hongkong, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Macau, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and VietNam). The first match was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 1st, 2009 with only 6 clubs from different countries in 2019-10 season.ABL presents five individual awards to players: The local MVP, World import MVP,Asean Heritage MVP and the Defensive Player of the year. The coach of the year is given to the league’s best head coach.
- VBA
It is the abbreviation of Vietnam Basketball Association – a professional competition founded in 2016 with 5 clubs: Saigon Heat, Danang Dragons, Hanoi Buffaloes, Cantho Catfish, Ho Chi Minh city wings. Before the start of 2017 season, Thang Long warriors is the sixth. The VBA season starts at the beginning of August and rún until the end of October. Each teams has 15 games, divided between 7-8 home and 7-8 away teams. This league promotes Basketball lifestyles to youth via sports in Vietnam.
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