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Years ago

Should BA lobby to join Asia?

Following on from this topic, FIBA.com has run a story today on their desire for Australia and New Zealand to join Asia.

Link: http://linky.com.au/ichpg

FIBA's Australian President Bob Elphinstone is behind the push into Asia, and it also quotes Goorj who is supporting the move. Interesting to note that BA's head honcho Scott Derwent has not stated their BA's position yet.

I think a move to Asia would be best for the sport of basketball.

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piriepanthers = Thomas

Years ago

I've done a little bit of research and found the following rankings in the 2 sections.
If there are people who doubt joining the Asia Zone will help the growth of basketball are crazy...
Just the rankings alone will increase the quality of ball...
More teams, closer score lines, larger support/crowds, not to mention there is an opportunity to turn basketball into a 12mth sport.

World Rankings are in brackets - NR is Not Ranked.

Men

Oceania
Australia (9) & New Zealand (14).

Asia
China (10), Iran (23), Lebanon (24), Korea (26), Qatar (27), Japan (33), Chinese Taipei (40), Kazakhstan (41), Jordan (42), India (46), Syria (46), Kuwait (52), Hong Kong (53), Uzbekistan (54), Malaysia (61), Philippines (63), United Arab Emirates (64), Indonesia (64), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (66), Thailand (69) & Singapore (70).

Women

Oceania
Australia (3), New Zealand (16) & Fiji (60).

Asia
China (6), Korea (9), Japan (15), Chinese Taipei (21), Thailand (40), Malaysia (43), India (44), Hong Kong (46), Kazakhstan (49), Sri Lanka (52), Philippines (53), Singapore (55), D.P.R. of Korea (59), Vietnam (61), Macau (63) & Lebanon (66).

I don't know how draws etc. work, but however it get's done it's got to be better than the current format & there will be greater opportunity to see our superstars in action.

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Years ago

Looking at the posts I can see only merit in Oceania merging/joining with Asia.

In the article it mentions NZ joining Australia in Asia - not leaving them behind. I could see NZ qualifying for major tournaments as well as Australia - both men and women. Plus we will get to see the team play regularly - which is one the the things lacking at the moment.

Asia has cash, and basketball is rapidly growing in popularity and in standard.

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Anonymous

Years ago

If Oceania joined with asia, it may actually give NZ a better chance to qualify for big tournaments as well.

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Years ago

I should check the grammar and spelling.

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Years ago

Haven't been to a game for a while but what was with the game presentation on Sat night? It was woeful! What's the deal with those Coke bottles? I was a bit embarassed actually looking at it, especially with the almost soft porn show with the dancers and the aforementioned Coke bottles as the opening act. Was I the only one cringing?

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