2017 in basketball

National team tournaments

FIBA continental cups

• AfroBasket 2017 in Dakar and Tunis
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• 2017 FIBA AmeriCup in Medellín, Montevideo, Bahía Blanca and Córdoba
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• 2017 FIBA Asia Cup in Beirut
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• EuroBasket 2017 in Helsinki, Tel Aviv, Cluj-Napoca and Istanbul
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• AfroBasket Women 2017 in Bamako
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• 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup in Buenos Aires
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• 2017 FIBA Asia Women's Cup in Bangalore
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• EuroBasket Women 2017 in the Czech Republic
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  Other national team championships

• 2017 EABA Championship in Tokyo:
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• 2017 Island Games at Gotland:
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• 2017 SABA Championship at Malé:
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• 2017 SEABA Championship in Quezon City:
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• 2017 Southeast Asian Games at Kuala Lumpur:
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• 2017 WABA Championship in Amman:
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• 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Cup at Nantes:
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• 2017 William Jones Cup in Taipei:
• * Team Canada 150
• * Atletas All-Star Lithuania
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• 2017 Games of the Small States of Europe at San Marino:
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• 2017 Island Games at Gotland:
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• 2017 Southeast Asian Games at Kuala Lumpur:
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• 2017 William Jones Cup in Taipei:
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• 2017 Games of the Small States of Europe at San Marino:
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  FIBA youth championships

• 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Cairo:
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• 2017 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship:
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• 2017 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship:
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• 2017 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship:
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• 2017 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship:
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• 2017 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship:
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• 2017 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Bratislava:
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• 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in Crete:
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• 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup in Italy:
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• 2017 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women:
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• 2017 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship for Women:
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• 2017 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women in Bengaluru:
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• 2017 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women in Bratislava:
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  Other FIBA-sanctioned youth tournaments

• 2017 SEABA Under-16 Championship in Quezon City:
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  Professional club seasons

FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Continental seasons

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Women

Regional seasons

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Domestic league seasons

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College seasons

Headlines

• December 19 – The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announces significant changes to its enshrinement process.
• * Effective immediately, players, coaches, and referees will now be eligible for induction after three full seasons of retirement.
• * Effective with the induction class of 2020, active coaches must have served in that role for 25 years and be at least age 60.

  Deaths

• January 23 — Earl Foreman, American ABA owner
• January 26 — Mario Quintero, Cuban Olympic player
• January 27 — Charles Shackleford, American NBA player
• January 31 — Bobby Watson, American NBA player and college national champion at Kentucky
• February 11 — Fab Melo, Brazilian NBA player
• February 19 — Dean Ehlers, American college coach
• February 25 — Neil Fingleton, British player
• March 6 – Bill Hougland, American player and Olympic champion
• March 10 – Ben Jobe, American college coach
• March 13 – John Andariese, American college and NBA announcer
• March 15 – Dave Stallworth, American NBA player
• March 15 – Chris Williams, American player
• March 18 – Gerry Gimelstob, American college coach
• March 20 – David Lawrence, American player
• March 21 – Jerry Krause, American NBA executive
• March 29 – Wayne Duke, Hall of Fame college administrator
• April 20 – Skeeter Swift, American ABA player and college coach
• April 22 – Jess Kersey, American NBA referee
• April 23 – Ken Sears, American NBA player
• May 2 – Toby Kimball, American NBA player
• May 4 – Jay Carty, American NBA player
• May 8 – Chuck Orsborn, American college coach
• May 8 – George Irvine, American ABA player and NBA coach
• May 13 – Ron Bontemps, American Olympic player
• May 14 – Frank Brian, American NBA player
• May 27 – Robert Curtis, American NBL Canada player
• May 31 – Ramon Campos Jr., Filipino Olympic player
• June 1 – Jack McCloskey, American NBA player and coach and college coach
• June 10 – Mihai Nedef, Romanian Olympic player
• June 17 – Omar Monza, Argentine Olympic player
• June 30 – Darrall Imhoff, American college All-American, NBA player and Olympic Gold medalist
• July 4 – Gene Conley, American NBA player
• July 6 – Les Habegger, 92, American college and NBA coach.
• July 11 – Bill Chambers, American college player and coach
• July 14 – Ross Giudice, American college coach
• July 15 – Bob Wolff, American announcer
• July 16 – Jerry Bird, American NBA player
• July 23 – John Kundla, American Hall of Fame coach
• August 3 – Dickie Hemric, American NBA player
• August 13 – Nick Mantis, American NBA player
• August 16 – Tom Hawkins, American NBA player
• August 26 – Adam Wójcik, Polish player
• August 28 – Jud Heathcote, American college coach
• August 30 – Rollie Massimino, American college coach
• September 6 — Jim McDaniels, American NBA and ABA player.
• September 17 — Cris Bolado, Filipino player
• September 21 – Glen Whisby, 44, American player
• September 23 — Loreto Carbonell, Filipino Olympic player
• September 30 — Frank Hamblen, American NBA coach
• October 1 — Dave Strader, American college announcer
• October 6 — Connie Hawkins, American Hall of Fame Harlem Globetrotters, ABA and NBA player
• October 16 — Kevin Cadle, American basketball coach and NBA announcer
• October 19 — Dick DiBiaso, 76, American college coach.
• October 20 — Justin Reed, American NBA player
• October 30 — János Halász, Hungarian Olympic player
• October 31 — Red Murrell, American college and AAU player
• November 3 — Sid Catlett, American player
• November 5 — Don Eddy, American college coach
• November 13 — Jeff Capel II, American college coach
• November 17 — Aleksandr Salnikov, Ukrainian Olympic player
• November 19 — Luther Rackley, American NBA and ABA player
• November 19 — Elias Tolentino, Filipino Olympic player
• November 25 — Steve "Snapper" Jones, American ABA and NBA player and NBA announcer
• December 1 — Perry Wallace, American college player and first African-American player in the Southeastern Conference
• December 4 — Armenak Alachachian, Armenian Olympic Silver Medalist
• December 6 — George E. Killian, American administrator. President of FIBA and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
• December 7 — Roland Taylor, American ABA/NBA player
• December 11 — Birgir Örn Birgis, Icelandic national team player and coach
• December 21 — Dick Enberg, college announcer
• December 25 – Michael Britt, 57, American college player.
• December 26 — Orsten Artis, American college player, NCAA champion