The 34th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup will be played from September 12-15 at the Singapore Sports Hub, and will feature clubs from all five FIBA regions for the first time ever. In addition, the Asian country will host the emotional 2024 FIBA Hall of Fame induction ceremony on the same weekend. It is the kick-off to a new season in which FIBA will wear short on the court and long to pay tribute to heroes and heroines of world basketball.
“The FIBA Intercontinental Cup is a unique global experience in club basketball, but the 34th edition will mark a remarkable milestone in basketball history. It is fitting that Singapore, which ushered in the new era of the competition last year, will also provide the stage for its expansion to Oceania (Tasmania JackJumpers) and for the FIBA Hall of Fame induction ceremony,” commented FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis.
The FIBA Intercontinental Cup 2024 will be made up of Lebanon’s Al Riyadi, the last team to seal its ticket and who will represent Asia by winning the inaugural Basketball Champions League Asia title on Saturday. Angola’s Petro de Luanda, the first team from sub-Saharan Africa to win the Basketball Africa League, operated in partnership between FIBA and the NBA; Basketball Champions League Americas champion Quimsa (Argentina); Basketball Champions League Europe champion Unicaja (Spain); NBA G League United (USA), representing the NBA G League; and, for the first time ever, a club from Oceania: the NBL 2024 champion Tasmania JackJumpers.
THE GROUPS
Group A: Unicaja; Petro de Luanda; Al Riyadi
Group B: Quimsa; NBA G League United; Tasmania JackJumpers
Each team will face its group opponents in a round-robin format and the two group winners will meet in the final on September 15 to determine the 2024 champions. The two group runners-up will meet in the third-place match, while the teams finishing third in their respective groups will play for fifth place overall.
REGGIE MILLER AND PREDRAG STOJAKOVIC
On September 14, the eve of the Grand Final, the 2024 FIBA Hall of Fame induction ceremony will also be held in Singapore. American Reggie Miller and Serbia’s Predrag Stojakovic headline the list of 2024 Hall of Fame inductees, which also includes former players Miao Lijie of China, Danira Nakic-Bilic of Croatia, Kirk Samuel Penney of New Zealand, Romain Sato of the Central African Republic, Skaidrite Smildzina-Budovska of Latvia and Italian-American coach Dan Peterson.
“We are delighted to continue our partnership with FIBA to grow our local sports ecosystem and reinforce Singapore’s position as a hub for hosting international sporting events such as the FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup and FIBA Intercontinental Cup,” said Roy Teo, Head of Industry Development, Technology and Innovation, Sport Singapore.
Yazed Osman, Group Head of Events and Placemaking, Kallang Alive Sport Management. commented, “As a world-class destination for live sporting action, Singapore Sports Hub has hosted numerous international sporting events, including two editions of the FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup and the inaugural FIBA Intercontinental Cup Asia in 2023. To complement the international sporting calendar, we support local competitions such as the Pink Warriors 3×3 Basketball Tournament held on our hard courts.”
Singapore will be a celebration of world basketball and will mark the start of an exciting new year.
