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VicHealth Active Club Grants announced VicHealth’s Active Club Grants make a significant contribution to the Victorian community by improving the health of less active Victorians. The grants aim to provide more opportunities to safely participate in sport, with a particular focus on people who otherwise would not get these opportunities. Minister for Health Jenny Mikakos said…

Talking Split – Rob Beveridge We are joined by Basketball NSW Hall of Fame member Rob Beveridge, who is now thankfully out of his 39 days of isolation, and takes us through his coaching pathway which includes 4 gold and 4 silver medals at the Australian Junior Championships with NSW, a Gold Medal win at…

Country 2020-2021 schedule announced With the return to community sport set to occur across Victorian basketball in upcoming weeks, we can now confirm the rescheduling or cancellation of the following events and tournaments as part of the Basketball Victoria Country 2020-2021 schedule. While the focus is on a return to domestic basketball,  there has been a consistent…

Austria to host FIBA 3×3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in May 2021 FIBA has announced that the FIBA 3×3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament will take place in Graz, Austria on May 26-30, 2021. The event will mark the first-ever FIBA 3×3 competition official competition in Austria. The announcement was made yesterday, on Olympic Day, at a press…

COVID-19 Update On 2020 Australian Under-14 Club Championships Due to COVID-19 restrictions, States & Territories have been unable to hold the necessary qualifying competitions for representative teams. While sport has been able to resume in some states, there is insufficient time for the majority of states to be able to undertake a fair qualification process…

Joint statement from Basketball Australia and the Australian Opals Basketball Australia and the playing group stand unequivocally united in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people of colour and diverse communities around the globe in affirming that Black Lives Matter. Together, we are committed to using our position and platform to engage, listen,…

Talking Split – Basketball to Return Durham McInnis from Core Advantage takes us through some of the things we need to be aware of, what to avoid what we can be doing in the early days of returning, and how we can look after our athletes to give them the best chance possible to stay…

Black Lives Matter We recognise that there is an urgent need to address the way in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, African-Australian, African-American and all black communities are treated here in Australia, the United States and many other places in the world. Basketball Victoria and its leagues – NBL1, Big V, VJBL and the CBL –…

BASKETBALL AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES ROSTER AND COMPETITION SCHEDULE FOR INAUGURAL FIBA ESPORTS OPEN 2020 Basketball Australia has partnered with ESL, the world’s largest esports company, for consultation and to assemble a highly competitive roster of some of the country’s top esports athletes to represent Australia at the inaugural exhibition event. Final team selections for the FIBA…