MIES (Switzerland)/MELBOURNE (Australia) - With the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 just around the corner, FIBA and Australia’s National Basketball League have teamed up to live stream the Australian Boomers, Canada Basketball and the New Zealand Tall Blacks preparation games for the World Cup.

The three teams will be playing a number of warm-up games as part of the International Basketball Series 2019 prior to their quest to become World Champions in China, with the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 tipping off on August 31 in eight different cities across China. 

The following four games will be streamed on FIBA’s YouTube channel and also on the FIBA Facebook channel. 

     August 16, 2019 – Australian Boomers vs. Canada Basketball in Perth (10:30 GMT)

     August 17, 2019 – Australian Boomers vs. Canada Basketball in Perth (10:30 GMT)

     August 20, 2019 – Canada Basketball vs. New Zealand Tall Blacks in Melbourne (10:30 GMT)

     August 21, 2019 – Canada Basketball vs. New Zealand Tall Blacks in Melbourne (10:30 GMT)

Basketball Australia Chief Executive Officer Jerril Rechter said "Our Boomers team will be the strongest ever and the two games in Melbourne will be played in front of a combined crowd of 100,000 people, creating a fantastic atmosphere and making a real statement for the sport of basketball here in Australia."

FIBA is very happy to collaborate with the NBL and offer these highly anticipated games to our global audience and also provide international basketball fans with more action-packed live content.  

###

About FIBA

FIBA (fiba.basketball) - the world governing body for basketball - is an independent association formed by 213 National Basketball Federations throughout the world. It is recognized as the sole competent authority in basketball by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

For further information about FIBA, visit fiba.basketball or follow FIBA on facebook.com/fiba, twitter.com/fiba, instagram.com/fiba and youtube.com/fiba.

###

About Basketball Australia

Basketball Australia (BA) is the governing and controlling body for the sport of basketball in Australia and is located in Wantirna South, Victoria. BA runs the Chemist Warehouse WNBL Championship, NWBL and WNWBL as well as 18 national teams and national junior championships. Basketball is an Olympic and Paralympic sport and shares one of the highest international profiles with over 1.1 million people currently playing basketball in Australia.