The male and female Under 18 National Teams got off to positive and very encouraging starts in the FIBA European Under 18 Championships for Small Countries taking place in San Marino and Georgia respectively. The boys beat Moldova 87-79 on the opening day mainly thanks to a strong 27-18 last quarter. To view the game …
Malta’s national basketball team won the 2016 FIBA Small Countries Women’s European Championship for the third time yesterday after beating Ireland 67-59 in the final. Ireland started strongly and were ahead 27-19 at the end of the first quarter. But coach Angela Adamoli’s half-time pep talk must have instilled some much-needed confidence in her players …
The Malta Women national team advanced to the final in the FIBA European Women Championship for Small Countries being played in Gibraltar. In fact, Malta played Moldova in the semifinal and registered a merited 90-30 win and will now face Ireland in the final on Sunday with the tip-off at 1830 hours Malta time. On …
The Maltese Women national team closed off the group stages in style with a comfortable 76=29 win over the hosts Gibraltar to top the standings in Group B at the end of the group stage. Malta will thus play in the semifinals on Saturday 2nd July where they probably will meet the winners of the Moldova …
Both the National Men team and National Women team will today face Gibraltar in the final game of the group stage in the FIBA European Championships for Small Countries taking place in Moldova and Gibraltar respectively. The women national squad are eyeing a top spot in their group to face then either Moldova and Wales …
FIBA European Championship for Small Countries All the games will be streamed and also broadcasted live, every day, on the local Moldovan TV channel. Go to their website: Click here Please note: The game where Moldova will play will be shown on channel M1. The other 3 games in the day will be screened live …
Click on the respective FIBA European Championships for access to info on the games: FIBA Europe Championship for Small Countries MEN – Chisinau, Moldova FIBA Europe Championship for Small Countries WOMEN – Gibraltar
A busy week lies ahead for the Malta Basketball Association (MBA) as all the national teams, from youth level to the seniors, will be involved in FIBA competitions. Yesterday, the men’s squad, spearheaded by MBA president Paul Sultana, flew to Moldova ahead of their participation in the FIBA European Championships for Small Countries. Malta will launch …
This is another part of the MBA programme and which is also offered to all the schools in Malta. The concept here is that the ‘schools come to basketball’. In fact, in this programme that has been running for many years, a school may opt to have their students within the participating year group/s visit the Ta’ Qali National Basketball Complex, …
The Basketball in Schools programme, under the auspices of the Malta Basketball Association, came into being after the official proposal was given the go-ahead and was endorsed by the Ministry of Education, the Parliamentary Secretariat for Youth and Sport as well as the Department of Education and Sport Malta. FIBA also actively assists the Basketball in Schools Programme through the FIBA Europe …