FIBA – Beyond fiba.com: discover the growing FIBA online family

GENEVA (FIBA) – The event website for the FIBA U17 World Championship for Women, france2010.fiba.com, was launched in Toulouse on the occasion of the draw for the first round, and here at fiba.com we thought we would use this opportunity to take a closer look at the FIBA online family.

fiba.com, which was born in 1996, has seen many different faces and has had a variety of different looks as it has grown.

It remains the central platform for keeping up to date with the institutional and sporting news of world basketball.

Need to take a look at the latest rules and regulations? fiba.com has them here!

Want the latest and most trustworthy stories and information about international basketball? Look no further than the fiba.com news section!

Basketball is your livelihood and you cannot afford to remain uninformed? Visit our continually updated Experts Corner!

Born into a dynasty that traces its roots back to 1932, fiba.com is no orphan. The website archive.fiba.com provides you with extensive stats and information about past FIBA Championships. Search for information according to participating teams/countries, Championships and even players.

The FIBA Hall of Fame counts among the extended family. If he or she is a basketball legend, then there’s a good chance you can find them at halloffame.fiba.com, which will remind you of the game’s rich heritage.

Back to fiba.com, which is now firmly settled into adulthood having become the head of a steadily growing online FIBA family.

Already established offspring includes the five FIBA Zone websites, and an ever-growing number of event sites.

With specific event-related information – travel tips, guides to host cities, detailed game reports and a home page for each participating team – our events sites are intended to help travelling fans, while ensuring that those who can’t attend nevertheless feel at the heart of the action.

And so france2010.fiba.com has joined the other three up-and-running online event websites, all relating to the 2010 World Championships – turkey2010.fiba.com, czechrepublic2010.fiba.com and hamburg2010.fiba.com.

One of the younger members among the FIBA online family, FIBAtv.com was launched in 2009. This high-quality video on demand and live streaming service guarantees you won’t miss any of the action. Watch archive games, interviews, our weekly show and, of course, catch World Championship games live on FIBAtv.com.

But the more youthful additions are FIBA’s new media and social networking sites.

Our very own myFIBA is a community website that lets you set up your own webpage tailored to your tastes and needs. Create a profile, display your photos and videos…you can even share your personal stats! Express yourself freely and make new friends who share your passion for basketball. Whether you’re a player, a coach or just a fan, myfiba.com has something for you.

Twitter , Facebook and YouTube represent the youngest branches of the FIBA online family tree. Refreshingly dynamic, occasionally a little cheeky, they have the exuberance of youth that too often mellows with age.

Having quickly blossomed to become a significant online community, FIBA’s facebook page has given rise to plenty of interesting discussions, with basketball fans from around the world interacting on a wide range of topics. Be heard and share your opinions with the thousands of basketball fans who have joined our facebook page over the past months.

Our YouTube channel is also generating plenty of enthusiasm. With videos that include interviews, game highlights and a number of compilations, watching and sharing the best basketball action has never been easier.

If you’re always on the go but still need to know what’s going on, if you want a great overview but don’t always have the time to dig deeper, simply subscribe to our tweets and you’ll be kept up to date with what’s going on in the international game.

Or simply try surfing FIBA.com/mobile on your phone. You will find all of our content on a platform specifically designed for mobile devices, making fiba.com great experience wherever you are.

Whoever you are and whatever you are after, if you love basketball, then FIBA’s online family has something for you.

So take a look at what our different websites have to offer and join the millions of fans who visit us to keep up to date, share their views or just be entertained by the great game of basketball.

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