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Former logo of the Japan Basketball Association JABBA Former logo. The JBA was suspended by FIBA on 25 November 2014 for failure to restructure as a fully functional entity and merge two competing leagues (the National Basketball League and the bj league) that had different rules (FIBA and NBA respectively). Yasuhiko Fukatsu had earlier ...
The B.League is a professional men's basketball league in Japan that began play in September 2016. [4] [5] The league is operated by the Japan Professional Basketball League and was formed as a result of a merger between the National Basketball League that was operated by the FIBA-affiliated Japan Basketball Association and the independently operated bj league.
FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland. The International Basketball Federation (FIBA / ˈ f iː b ə / FEE-bə; French: Fédération Internationale de Basketball) [a] [5] is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide.
The B. League is a professional basketball league in Japan that was established in 2016. [1] It is a combination of Super League and bj league enforced by FIBA. [6] B. League has three divisions, with 18 teams in Divisions 1 and 2. Division 3 only has 12 teams. [6]
In the 1990s, FIBA announced plans to expand the Intercontinental Cup with the teams from the BCL Asia, Basketball Africa League (BAL), NBL, and the NBA, at some point in the future. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In 2024, it was announced that the tournament will be renamed as the Basketball Champions League Asia, a name in line with other continental ...
The Japan Basketball League was formed after the JBL Super League, which was held from 2001 to 2007, was disbanded.The new Japan Basketball League started with the 2007–08 season with 7 teams of the JBL Super League (Aisin SeaHorses, Hitachi SunRockers, Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Dolphins, OSG Phoenix, Panasonic Super Kangaroos, Toshiba Red Thunders, Toyota Alvark), and one team from ...
The Japan national basketball team, also known as Akatsuki Japan (Japanese: アカツキジャパン), is the national team representing Japan in international basketball competitions and is administered by the Japan Basketball Association (JBA), (Japanese: 日本バスケットボール協会, Nihon Basukettobōru Kyōkai). [2]
As a condition of FIBA lifting the suspension in August 2015, the NBL and NBDL merged with the bj-league to form the B.League, which commenced in October 2016. [1] Accordingly, the 2015-16 NBL season was the league's third and final season.