BASKETBALL
Basketball at the Summer Olympics has been a sport for men consistently since 1936.
Women’s basketball made its debut in the 1976 Games.
On June 9, 2017, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee announced that 3×3 basketball would become an official Olympic sport as of the 2020 Games for both men and women.
The National Governing body for Basketball in Ireland is Basketball Ireland and the International federation is FIBA – International Basketball Federation where you can find more information
National Federation: Basketball Ireland
International Federation: International Basketball Federation
BASKETBALL NEWS
TEAM IRELAND SELECTS THIRTY-FIVE ATHLETES ACROSS EIGHT SPORTS TO COMPETE AT THE EYOF IN SKOPJE
The Olympic Federation of Ireland has today named thirty-five athletes who will compete across eight sports in the Summer European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) taking place later this month. The EYOF is the largest European multi-sport event for young athletes aged 14-17, typically held every two years. This year it takes place in Skopje, North [...]
Team Ireland EYOF Medallists 1991 – 2024
In the 24 years of Team Ireland competing at the European Youth Olympic Festival – Ireland has had significant success. There have been 72 medals won by Irish athletes in that time, and the most successful Games for Team Ireland was in Tibilisi in 2015, with a total of ten medals being spread across athletics [...]
Unique Hard Court History | 100 Years Of Team Ireland
Two things resulted in Ireland’s only Olympic participation to date: the proximity of the London Olympics in 1948 and the founding of the Irish Amateur Basketball Asociation (ABAI) in 1945. The foreign game of basketball was primarily played by the army within Ireland up to the 1940s and the ABAI reasoned that Olympic participation would [...]
3×3 BASKETBALL A SLAM DUNK FOR 2023 EUROPEAN GAMES
For the third straight edition of the European Games, the event will feature the best 3×3 stars from across the continent after the European Olympic Committees (EOC) and FIBA reached an agreement for Krakow-Malopolska 2023 today. As at previous editions, 128 players in total will compete at Krakow-Malopolska, with an equal 16 teams of four […]