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The Rugby World Cup used to give automatic qualification to all teams in the top three of the ongoing tournament to the one that would follow it four years later thus making the third place playoff game important, but this was later scrapped after the 1999 edition of the tournament allowing teams outside the top three to automatically qualify depending on their IRB co-efficient in the rankings.
Superettan is the second-tier league of men's professional basketball in Sweden. The league was established in 2017 and replaced the Basketettan as the second level. Köping Stars was the inaugural champion. The winners of Superettan are promoted to Basketligan. Since the 2021-22 season there has been a playoffs after the end of the regular season.
The 2024 FIBA U18 EuroBasket was the 39th edition of the European basketball championship for men's under-18 national teams. The tournament was played in Tampere, Finland, from 27 July to 4 August 2024. [1] This was also the FIBA Europe's qualifying tournament for the 2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Switzerland.
2018 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B; Tournament details; Host country: Macedonia: City: Skopje: Dates: 27 July – 5 August: Teams: 24: Venue(s) 3 (in 1 host city)
The 2024 EuroLeague Final Four was the concluding EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 2023–24 EuroLeague season, the 67th season of Europe's premier club basketball tournament, and the 24th season since it was first organised by Euroleague Basketball.
Svenska Basketligan, or the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), is the premier league for professional basketball in Sweden.The league was originally established in 1992 as Basketligan and was known as that prior to the season of 2006–07, but when the Swedish company Obol Investment signed an agreement with the Swedish Basketball Federation in early October 2006, the league was renamed Obol ...
The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, and the losers figure in a third-place playoff. The third and fourth teams from each group competed in the same manner in a separate bracket to define places 5th through 8th in the final standings. The same was done with the last two teams from each group to define 9th through 12th place.
Sweden qualified for the EuroBasket eight more times with their three best finishes coming in 1969, 1983 and 1995. They also made their lone Summer Olympics appearance in 1980 . But overall the national team has struggled to reach an elite level of consistency to become a serious medal contender at major international tournaments.