2018 in basketball

The following are the basketball events of the year 2018 throughout the world.

The following are the basketball events that are expected to take place in 2018 throughout the world. Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.

International tournaments

Arranged chronologically.

Tournament	Host city	Duration	Champion	Second place	Third place
2018 Commonwealth Games, men's tournament	Cairns, Townsville, Gold Coast	August 19–September 1	Australia	Canada	New Zealand
2018 Commonwealth Games, women's tournament	Cairns, Townsville, Gold Coast	April 5–14	Australia	England	New Zealand
2018 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries	Serravalle	June 26–July 1	Malta	Norway	Ireland
2018 Asian Games, men's tournament	Jakarta	August 19–September 1	China	Iran	South Korea
2018 Asian Games, women's tournament	Jakarta	August 19–September 1	China	Korea	Japan
2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup	Tenerife	September 22–30	United States	Australia	Spain

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

Main article: 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

Teams progressing to the second round

Group	1st	2nd	3rd
Africa A	Tunisia	Cameroon	Chad
Africa B	Nigeria	Rwanda	Mali
Africa C	Angola	Egypt	Morocco
Africa D	Senegal	Central African Republic	Ivory Coast
Americas A	Argentina	Uruguay	Panama
Americas B	Venezuela	Brazil	Chile
Americas C	United States	Puerto Rico	Mexico
Americas D	Canada	Dominican Republic	Virgin Islands
Asia A	New Zealand	South Korea	China
Asia B	Australia	Philippines	Japan
Asia C	Jordan	Lebanon	Syria
Asia D	Iran	Kazakhstan	Qatar
Europe A	Spain	Montenegro	Slovenia
Europe B	Turkey	Latvia	Ukraine
Europe C	Lithuania	Poland	Hungary
Europe D	Italy	Netherlands	Croatia
Europe E	France	Russia	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Europe F	Czech Republic	Finland	Bulgaria
Europe G	Germany	Serbia	Georgia
Europe H	Greece	Israel	Estonia

Professional club seasons

Continental seasons

Men

Organizer	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Result	Playoff format
Euroleague Basketball	2017–18 EuroLeague	Real Madrid	Fenerbahçe Doğuş	85–80	Single-game final
	2017–18 EuroCup Basketball	Darüşşafaka	Lokomotiv Kuban	2–0	Best-of-3 series
FIBA Americas	2018 FIBA Americas League	San Lorenzo de Almagro	Mogi das Cruzes	79–71	Single-game final
	2018 Liga Sudamericana	Franca	Instituto	2–1	Best-of-3 series
FIBA Asia	2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup	Petrochimi	Alvark Tokyo	68–64	Single-game final
FIBA Europe	2017–18 Basketball Champions League	AEK Athens	Monaco	100–94	Single-game final
	2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup	Umana Reyer Venezia	Sidigas Avellino	158–148	Two-legged tie

Women

Organizer	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Result	Playoff format
FIBA Europe	2017–18 EuroLeague Women	UMMC Ekaterinburg	Sopron Basket	72–53	Single-game final
	2017–18 EuroCup Basketball	Galatasaray	Reyer Venezia	155–140	Two-legged tie
FIBA Africa	2018 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup	Ferroviário de Maputo	Interclube	59–56	Single-game final

Regional seasons

Men

Region	League	Champion	Runner-up	Result	Playoff format
Former Yugoslavia	2017–18 ABA League	Budućnost VOLI	Crvena zvezda mts	3–1	Best-of-5 series
Southeast Asia	2017–18 ABL season	San Miguel Alab Pilipinas	Mono Vampire	3–2
Alpe-Adria	2017–18 Alpe Adria Cup	Zlatorog Laško	Levickí Patrioti	89–79	Single-game final
Baltic states	2017–18 Baltic Basketball League	Pieno žvaigždės	Jūrmala	174–148	Two-legged tie
Balkans	2017–18 BIBL	Levski	Bashkimi	83–72	Single-game final
South America	2018 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol	Franca	Instituto	2–1	Best-of-3 series

Women

Region	League	Champion	Runner-up	Result	Playoff format
Former Yugoslavia	2017–18 WABA League	Budućnost Bemax	Cinkarna Celje	71–68	Single-game final

Domestic league seasons

Men

Nation	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Result	Playoff format
Albania	2017–18 Albanian Basketball League	Tirana	Teuta	3–2	Best-of-5 series
	2017–18 Albanian Basketball Cup	Tirana	Teuta	76–62	Single game final
Algeria	2017–18 Algerian Basketball Championship	GS Pétroliers	NB Staouéli	2–0	Best-of-3 series
	2017–18 Algerian Basketball Cup	GS Pétroliers	US Sétif	75–56	Single game final
Angola	2017–18 BAI Basket	Primeiro de Agosto	Petro de Luanda	4–1	Best-of-7 series
	2017–18 Angola Basketball Cup	Primeiro de Agosto	Benfica do Libolo	101–77	Single game final
Armenia	2017–18 Armenia Basketball League A	Artsakh	Artik	198–164	Two-legged tie
Argentina	2017–18 La Liga season	San Lorenzo	San Martín de Corrientes	4–2	Best-of-7 series
Austria	2017–18 Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga season	ece Bulls Kapfenberg	Swans Gmunden	4–2	Best-of-7 series
	2017–18 Austrian Basketball Cup	ece Bulls Kapfenberg	Swans Gmunden	82–79	Single game final
Australia [a]	2017–18 NBL season	Melbourne United	Adelaide 36ers	3–2	Best-of-5 series
Azerbaijan	2017–18 Azerbaijan Basketball League	NTD	Aztop	2–0	Best-of-3 series
Bahrain	2017–18 Bahraini Premier League	Al-Manama	Al-Ahli	3–1	Best-of-5 series
Belarus	2017–18 Belarusian Premier League	Tsmoki-Minsk	Borisfen	3–0	Best-of-5 series
Belgium	2017–18 Belgian Basketball League	Oostende	Telenet Giants Antwerp	3–0	Best-of-5 series
	2017–18 Belgian Basketball Cup	Oostende	Belfius Mons-Hainaut	84–80	Single game final
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2017–18 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Zrinjski	Igokea	3–1	Best-of-5 series
	2017–18 Basketball Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Igokea	Kakanj	94–76	Single game final
Brazil	2017–18 NBB season	Paulistano	Mogi das Cruzes	3–1	Best-of-5 series
Bulgaria	2017–18 National Basketball League	Levski Lukoil	Balkan	3–1	Best-of-5 series
	2017–18 Bulgarian Basketball Cup	Rilski Sportist	Levski Lukoil	89–80	Single-game final
Canada	2017–18 NBL Canada season	London Lightning	Halifax Hurricanes	4–3	Best-of-7 series
Chile	2017-18 LNB Chile season	Las Animas	Los Leones	4–1	Best-of-7 series
China	2017–18 CBA season	Liaoning Flying Leopards	Zhejiang Lions	4–0	Best-of-7 series
Croatia	2017–18 A-1 League	Cedevita	Cibona	3–1	Best-of-5 series
	2017–18 Krešimir Ćosić Cup	Cedevita	Cibona	86–74	Single game final
Cyprus	2017–18 Cyprus Basketball Division A	Petrolina AEK	Keravnos	3–0	Best-of-5 series
	2017–18 Cypriot Basketball Cup	Petrolina AEK	ETHA	86–80	Single game final
Czech Republic	2017–18 NBL (Czech Republic)	ČEZ Nymburk	Opava	228–163	Two-legged tie
	2017–18 Czech Republic Basketball Cup	ČEZ Nymburk	Pardubice	86–65	Single game final
Denmark	2017–18 Basketligaen	Bakken Bears	Horsens	4–0	Best-of-7 series
	2017–18 Danish Basketball Cup	Bakken Bears	Copenhagen Wolfpack	100–67	Single game final
Egypt	2017–18 Egyptian Super League	Sporting	Smouha	–	Round Robin [1]
	2017–18 Egyptian Basketball Cup	Al Ahly	Sporting	72–69	Single-game final
Estonia	2017–18 KML season	Kalev/Cramo	University of Tartu	4–0	Best-of-7 series
Finland	2017–18 Korisliiga season	Kauhajoki Karhu	Salon Vilpas	4–2	Best-of-7 series
France [b]	2017–18 Pro A season	Le Mans	Monaco	3–2	Best-of-5 series
	2017–18 French Basketball Cup	Strasbourg IG	Boulazac	82–62	Single-game final
	2018 Leaders Cup	Monaco	Le Mans Sarthe	83–78	Single-game final
Georgia	2017–18 Georgian Superliga	Dinamo Tbilisi	Kutaisi	3–2	Best-of-5 series
Germany	2017–18 Basketball Bundesliga	Bayern Munich	Alba Berlin	3–2	Best-of-5 series
	2018 BBL-Pokal	Bayern Munich	Alba Berlin	80–75	Single-game final
Great Britain	2017–18 BBL	Leicester Riders	London Lions	81–60	Single-game final
	2017–18 BBL Cup	Cheshire Phoenix	Worcester Wolves	99–88	Single-game final
	2017–18 BBL Trophy	Leicester Riders	DBL Sharks Sheffield	90–85	Single-game final
Greece	2017–18 Greek Basket League	Panathinaikos	Olympiacos	3–2	Best-of-5 series
	2017–18 Greek Basketball Cup	AEK Athens	Olympiacos	88–83	Single-game final
Hungary	2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A	Szolnoki Olaj	Falco Vulcano	3–1	Best-of-5 series
	2018 Magyar Kupa	Szolnoki Olaj	Falco Vulcano	82–67	Single-game final
Iceland	2017–18 Úrvalsdeild karla	KR	Tindastóll	3–1	Best-of-5 series
	2017–18 Icelandic Basketball Cup	Tindastóll	KR	82–67	Single-game final
Indonesia	2018 Indonesian Basketball League	Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta	Pelita Jaya Energi Mega Persada	2–1	Best-of-3 series
Iran	2017–18 Iranian Basketball Super League	Shahrdari Tabriz	Mahram Tehran	3–2	Best-of-5 series
Iraq	2017–18 Iraqi Basketball Premier League	Al-Naft	Al-Shorta	3–1	Best-of-5 series
Ireland [c]	2017–18 Irish Super League	Tralee Warriors	Templeogue	73–61	Single-game final
	2017–18 Irish National Cup	Templeogue	UCD Marian	68–62	Single-game final
Israel	2017–18 Israeli Basketball Premier League	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Hapoel Holon	95–75	Single-game final
	2017–18 Israeli Basketball State Cup	Hapoel Holon	Maccabi Tel Aviv	86–84	Single-game final
Italy	2017–18 LBA season	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	Dolomiti Energia Trento	4–2	Best-of-7 series
	2018 Italian Basketball Cup	Fiat Torino	Germani Basket Brescia	69–67	Single-game final
Japan	2017–18 B.League season	Alvark Tokyo	Chiba Jets	85–60	Single-game final
Jordan	2017–18 Jordanian Premier League	Al Ahli	Al Riyadi
Kazakhstan	2017–18 Kazakhstan Basketball Championship	Astana	Barsy Atyrau	3–0	Best-of-5 series
	2017–18 Kazakhstan Basketball Cup	Astana	Barsy Atyrau	72–61	Single-game final
Kosovo	2017–18 Kosovo Basketball Superleague	Bashkimi	Sigal Prishtina	2–1	Best-of-3 series
	2017–18 Kosovo Basketball Cup	Sigal Prishtina	Bashkimi	77–74	Single-game final
Latvia	2017–18 Latvian Basketball League	Ventspils	VEF Rīga	4–2	Best-of-7 series
Lebanon	2017–18 Lebanese Basketball League	Homenetmen	Al Riyadi	4–3	Best-of-7 series
Libya	2017–18 LBL	Al Nasr Benghazi	Al Ahly Tripoli
	2017–18 Libyan Basketball Cup	Al Ahly Tripoli	Al Nasr Benghazi	88–74	Single-game final
Lithuania	2017–18 LKL season	Žalgiris	Lietuvos rytas	4–1	Best-of-7 series
	2018 King Mindaugas Cup	Žalgiris	Lietuvos rytas	81–62	Single-game final
Luxembourg	2017–18 Total League season	Amicale	Etzella	3–0	Best-of-5 series
Macedonia	2017–18 Macedonian First League	Rabotnički	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	3–0	Best-of-5 series
	2017–18 Macedonian Basketball Cup	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Rabotnički	76–67	Single-game final
Malta	2017–18 Division 1	Hibernians	Athleta	3–1	Best-of-5 series
Mexico	2017–18 LNBP season	Soles de Mexicali	Capitanes de la Ciudad de México	4–1	Best-of-7 series
Moldova	2017–18 Moldovan National Division	Basco	Gama-Sind	3–0	Best-of-5 series
Montenegro	2017–18 Prva A liga	Mornar	Budućnost VOLI	3–1	Best-of-5 series
	2017–18 Montenegrin Basketball Cup	Budućnost VOLI	Mornar	87–83	Single-game final
Morocco	2017–18 Nationale 1	AS Salé	Wydad AC	77–59	Single-game final
	2017–18 Moroccan Throne Cup	AS Salé	Maghreb de Fes	87–59	Single-game final
Netherlands	2017–18 Dutch Basketball League	Donar	ZZ Leiden	4–0	Best-of-7 series
	2017–18 NBB Cup	Donar	ZZ Leiden	87–71	Single-game final
New Zealand	2018 New Zealand NBL season	Southland Sharks	Wellington Saints	98–96	Single-game final
Norway	2017–18 BLNO season	Kongsberg Miners	Asker Aliens	2–1	Best-of-3 series
Panama	2017–18 Panamanian LPB	Universitarios	Correcaminos de Colón	73–64	Single-game final
Paraguay	2017–18 Metropolitan Basketball League	Olimpia	Deportivo San José	3–1	Best-of-5 series
Philippines	2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup	San Miguel Beermen	Magnolia Hotshots	4–1	Best-of-7 series
	2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	San Miguel Beermen	4–2
	2018 PBA Governors' Cup	Magnolia Hotshots	Alaska Aces	4–2
Puerto Rico	2018 BSN season	Capitanes de Arecibo	Vaqueros de Bayamon	4–2	Best-of-7 series
Poland	2017–18 PLK season	Anwil Włocławek	Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	4–2	Best-of-7 series
	2018 Polish Basketball Cup	Polski Cukier Toruń	Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra	88–80	Single-game final
Portugal	2017–18 LPB season	Oliveirense	Porto	3–0	Best-of-5 series
	2017–18 Portuguese Basketball Cup	Illiabum	Benfica	91–83	Single-game final
Qatar	2017–18 Qatari Basketball League	Al Arabi	Al Wakrah	61–59	Single-game final
Romania	2017–18 Liga Națională	Oradea	Steaua CSM Eximbank	3–1	Best-of-5 series
	2017–18 Romanian Basketball Cup	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	Oradea	64–61	Single-game final
Russia [d]	2017–18 VTB United League	CSKA Moscow	Khimki	95–84	Single-game final
	2017–18 Russian Basketball Cup	Lokomotiv Kuban	Nizhny Novgorod	85–64	Single-game final
Saudi Arabia	2017–18 Saudi Premier League	Ohud Medina	Al Fateh	72–69	Single-game final
Serbia	2017–18 Basketball League of Serbia	Crvena zvezda mts	FMP	3–0	Best-of-5 series
	2017–18 Radivoj Korać Cup	Partizan NIS	Crvena zvezda mts	81–75	Single-game final
Slovakia	2017–18 Slovak Basketball League	Levickí Patrioti	Košice	4–1	Best-of-7 series
	2017–18 Slovak Basketball Cup	Košice	Inter Bratislava	89–81	Single-game final
Slovenia	2017–18 Slovenian Basketball League	Petrol Olimpija	Krka	3–2	Best-of-5 series
	2017–18 Slovenian Basketball Cup	Primorska	Šenčur	83–63	Single-game final
South Korea	2017–18 KBL season	Seoul SK Knights	Wonju DB Promy	4–2	Best-of-7 series
Spain [e]	2017–18 ACB season	Real Madrid	Kirolbet Baskonia	3–1	Best-of-5 series
	2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto	FC Barcelona Lassa	Real Madrid	92–90	Single-game final
Sweden	2017–18 Basketligan season	Norrköping Dolphins	Luleå	4–3	Best-of-7 series
Switzerland	2017–18 SBL	Fribourg Olympic	Lions de Genève	4–1	Best-of-7 series
	2017–18 Swiss Basketball Cup	Fribourg Olympic	Lugano Tigers	92–72	Single-game final
	2017–18 SBL Cup	Fribourg Olympic	Lugano Tigers	93–86	Single-game final
Syria	2017–18 Syrian Basketball League	Al-Jaish SC	Al-Karamah	3–0	Best-of-5 series
Tunisia	2017–18 Division I	Étoile Sportive de Radès	Union Sportive Monastir	2-1	Best-of-3 series
	2017–18 Tunisian Basketball Cup	Étoile Sportive de Radès	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	79-65	Single-game final
Turkey	2017–18 Basketbol Süper Ligi	Fenerbahçe Doğuş	Tofaş	4–1	Best-of-7 series
	2018 Turkish Basketball Cup	Anadolu Efes	Tofaş	78–61	Single-game final
Ukraine	2017–18 SuperLeague	Cherkaski Mavpy	Dnipro	3–0	Best-of-5 series
	2017–18 Ukrainian Basketball Cup	Dnipro	Khimik	78–71	Single-game final
United Arab Emirates	2017–18 UAE National Basketball League	Shabab Al Ahli-Dubai	Al-Nasr	2–0	Best-of-3 series
United States [f]	2017–18 NBA season	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers	4–0	Best-of-7 series
	2018 NBA playoffs	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers	4–0	Best-of-7 series
	2018 NBA Summer League	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers	91-73	Single-game final
	2017–18 NBA G League season	Austin Spurs	Raptors 905	2-0	Best-of-3 series
	2018 NBA All-Star Game	Team LeBron	Team Curry	148-145	Single-game final
	NBA Africa Game 2018	Team World	Team Africa	96-92	Single-game final
Uruguay	2017–18 LUB season	Malvín	Aguada	4–3	Best-of-7 series
Venezuela	2018 LPB season	Guaros de Lara	Trotamundos	4–3	Best-of-7 series

1. Includes one team from New Zealand.
2. Includes one team from Monaco.
3. Includes one team from the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).
4. Includes one team each from Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, and Latvia. The highest ranked team from Russia is also named as Russian Champions.
5. Includes one team from Andorra.
6. Includes one team from Canada.

Women

Nation	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Result	Playoff format
Australia	2017–18 WNBL season	Townsville Fire	Melbourne Boomers	2–1	Best-of-3 series
Croatia	2017-18 Prve ženske lige	ŽKK Medveščak	ŽKK Trešnjevka 2009	3–0	Best-of-5 series [2]
France	2017–18 Ligue Féminine de Basketball	Tango Bourges Basket	Tarbes Gespe Bigorre	3–1	Best-of-5 series
Iceland	2017–18 Úrvalsdeild kvenna	Haukar	Valur	3–2	Best-of-5 series
	2017–18 Icelandic Women's Basketball Cup	Keflavík	Njarðvík	74–63	Single-game final
Romania	2017–18 Liga Națională	Sepsi SIC	CSM Satu Mare	3–1	Best-of-5 series
Serbia	2017–18 First Women's Basketball League of Serbia	Crvena zvezda	Partizan 1953	3–1	Best-of-5 series
	2017–18 Milan Ciga Vasojević Cup	Partizan 1953	Crvena zvezda	68–61	Single-game final
Spain	2017–18 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto	Perfumerías Avenida	Spar CityLift Girona	2–0	Best-of-3 series
United States	2018 WNBA season	Seattle Storm	Washington Mystics	3–0	Best-of-5 series
	2018 WNBA draft
	List of 2018 WNBA season transactions
	2018 WNBA All-Star Game	Team Parker	Team Delle Donne	119-112	Single-game final

Semi-professional

Nation	League / Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Result	Playoff format
Philippines	2018 MPBL Anta Rajah Cup	Batangas City Athletics	Muntinlupa Cagers	3–1	Best-of-5 series
	2018 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup	Zark's Burgers-LPU	Che'Lu Bar & Grill-SSC-R	2–1	Best-of-3 series

College seasons

Men's

Nation	League / Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Result	Playoff format
Canada	2018 U Sports Men's Basketball Championship	Calgary Dinos	Ryerson Rams	79–77	Single-game final
Philippines	2017 PCCL National Collegiate Championship	Lyceum Pirates	San Beda Red Lions	70–68	Single-game final
United States	NCAA Division I	Villanova Wildcats	Michigan Wolverines	79–62	Single-game final
	National Invitation Tournament	Penn State Nittany Lions	Utah Utes	82–66	Single-game final
	NCAA Division II	Ferris State Bulldogs	Northern State Wolves	71–69	Single-game final
	NCAA Division III	Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves	Wisconsin–Oshkosh Titans	78–72	Single-game final

Women's

Nation	League / Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Result	Playoff format
Canada	2018 U Sports Women's Basketball Championship	Carleton Ravens	Saskatchewan Huskies	69–48	Single-game final
Philippines	UAAP Season 81	NU Lady Bulldogs	FEU Lady Tamaraws	2–0	Best-of-3 series
United States	NCAA Division I	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Mississippi State Bulldogs	61–58	Single-game final
	Women's National Invitation Tournament	Indiana Hoosiers	Virginia Tech Hokies	65–57	Single-game final
	NCAA Division II	Central Missouri Jennies	Ashland Eagles	66–52	Single-game final
	NCAA Division III	Amherst Mammoths	Bowdoin Polar Bears	65–45	Single-game final

Deaths

• January 2 – Dee Ayuba, 31, British-Nigerian player (Iraklis Thessaloniki). ^[3]
• January 12 – Keith Jackson, 89, American NBA and college announcer ^[4]
• January 13 – Aristeidis Roubanis, 85, Greek player (Panellinios) ^[5]
• January 16 – Jo Jo White, 71, American Hall of Fame NBA player (Boston Celtics) and Olympic Gold Medalist (1968) ^[6]
• January 25 — Bill Logan, 83, American college player (Iowa) ^[7]
• January 30 — Joaquín Rojas, 79, Filipino Olympic player (1968). ^[8]
• January 31 — Rasual Butler, 38, American NBA player. ^[9]
• February 2 — Tomás Gutiérrez, 77, Puerto Rican Olympic player (1964, 1968). ^[10]
• February 9 — Neill McGeachy, 75, American college coach (Duke). ^[11]
• February 13 — Danko Radić, 65, Croatian referee. ^[12]
• February 14 — Don Carter, 84, NBA owner (Dallas Mavericks). ^[13]
• February 24 — Ed Leede, 90, American NBA player (Boston Celtics) ^[14]
• February 25 — Dan Fegan, 56, American agent ^[15]
• February 25 — Danny Florencio, 70, Filipino player (Toyota, Crispa, U/Tex) ^[16]
• March 3 — Sabit Hadžić, 60, Bosnian Olympic Bronze medalist (1984). ^[17]
• March 7 — Woody Durham, 76, American college radio announcer (North Carolina) ^[18]
• March 10 — Gene Rhodes, 90, American NBA player (Indianapolis Olympians) and ABA coach (Kentucky Colonels) ^[19]
• March 12 — Bud Olsen, 77, American NBA player (Cincinnati Royals, San Francisco Warriors, Detroit Pistons). ^[20]
• March 13 — J. L. Parks, 90, American college player (Oklahoma State), two-time national champion (1945, 1946). ^[21]
• March 13 — Henry Williams, 46, American player (Scaligera Verona, Benetton Treviso, Virtus Roma). ^[22]
• March 15 — Tom Benson, 90, American NBA owner (New Orleans Pelicans). ^[23]
• March 15 — Bob Phibbs, 90, Canadian Olympic player (1952). ^[24]
• March 24 — Marco Solfrini, 60, Italian player (Virtus Roma) and Olympic Silver medalist (1980). ^[25]
• March 26 — Zeke Upshaw, 26, American player (Helios Suns, Grand Rapids Drive). ^[26]
• March 28 — Daryl Thomas, 52, American player, national champion at Indiana (1987). ^[27]
• April 2 — Alton Ford, 36, American NBA player (Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets). ^[28]
• April 2 — Fufi Santori, 85, Puerto Rican Olympic player (1960). ^[29]
• April 8 — Joe McConnell, 79, American NBA, ABA and college radio announcer. ^[30]
• April 8 — Bill Meyer, 74, American ABA player (Pittsburgh Pipers). ^[31]
• April 11 — Mauro Panaggio, 90, American college and CBA coach. ^[32]
• April 14 — Daedra Charles, 49, American WNBA player (Los Angeles Sparks), college national champion (Tennessee) and Olympic bronze medalist (1992). ^[33]
• April 14 — Hal Greer, 81, American Hall of Fame NBA player (Philadelphia 76ers). ^[34]
• April 16 — Vic Bubas, 91, American college coach (Duke). ^[35]
• April 17 — Dick Fichtner, 78, American college coach (Occidental, Pacific). ^[36]
• April 19 — Gil Santos, 80, American NBA (Boston Celtics) and college (Providence) announcer. ^[37]
• April 23 — Bob Schermerhorn, 75, American college coach (Southern Utah, Arizona State). ^[38]
• April 25 — Rolla Anderson, 97, American college coach (Kalamazoo). ^[39]
• April 25 — Alberto Marson, 93, Brazilian Olympic Bronze medalist (1948). ^[40]
• April 25 — Bill Stokes, 89, American college coach (Middle Tennessee). ^[41]
• May 3 — Bob Prewitt, 93, American college coach (SMU). ^[42]
• May 4 — Larry Hunter, 68, American college coach (Wittenberg, Ohio, Western Carolina). ^[43]
• May 10 — Donnie Forman, 92, American BAA player (Minneapolis Lakers). ^[44]
• May 14 — Howard Bayne, 75, American ABA player (Kentucky Colonels). ^[45]
• May 16 — Michael Slive, 77, American college conference commissioner (SEC, Conference USA), chair of 2009 NCAA tournament selection committee. ^[46]
• May 26 — Chipper Harris, 55, American college player (Robert Morris). ^[47]
• May 28 — Cliff Tucker, 29, American player. ^[48]
• June 4 — C. M. Newton, 88, Hall of Fame college coach (Alabama, Vanderbilt) and athletic director (Kentucky). ^[49]
• June 10 — Pavlos Giannakopoulos, 89, Greek administrator (Panathinaikos B.C.). ^[50]
• June 11 — Oscar Furlong, 90, Argentine player and Olympian (1948, 1952). ^[51]
• June 13 — Anne Donovan, 56, American Hall of Fame player (Old Dominion) and coach (Seattle Storm, Seton Hall). Olympic gold medalist (1984, 1988). ^[52]
• June 18 — Kostas Politis, 76, Greek player and coach (Panathinaikos B.C.). ^[53]
• June 19 — Bill Kenville, 87, American NBA player (Syracuse Nationals, Fort Wayne/Detroit Pistons) ^[54]
• June 20 — John Ward, 88, American college broadcaster (Tennessee). ^[55]
• June 23 — Gazmend Sinani, 27, Kosovan player (Fenerbahçe, Sigal Prishtina). ^[56]
• June 30 — Mike Heideman, 70, American college coach (St. Norbert, Green Bay). ^[57]
• July 6 — Clifford Rozier, 45, American player (Golden State Warriors, Toronto Raptors, Minnesota Timberwolves). ^[58]
• July 7 — Tyler Honeycutt, 27, American player (Sacramento Kings, BC Khimki). ^[59]
• July 8 — Billy Knight, 39, American player. ^[60]
• July 8 — Frank Ramsey, 86, American Hall of Fame player (Boston Celtics). ^[61]
• July 8 — Lonnie Shelton, 62, American NBA player (Seattle SuperSonics). ^[62]
• July 9 — Johnny Moates, 73, American college player (Richmond). ^[63]
• July 9 — Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson, Icelandic basketball player (Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur) and Olympic sprinter.
• July 12 — Len Chappell, 77, American NBA player (Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks, Milwaukee Bucks). ^[64]
• July 12 — Bud Lathrop, 82, American high school coach. ^[65]
• July 14 — Ron Thomas, 67, American ABA player (Kentucky Colonels). ^[66]
• July 16 — Robin Jones, 64, American NBA player (Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets). ^[67]
• July 16 — Jerzy Piskun, 80, Polish Olympic player (1960, 1964). ^[68]
• July 18 — Czesław Malec, 77, Polish Olympic player (1968). ^[69]
• July 20 — Arvo Jantunen, 89, Finnish player and coach (Tampereen Pyrintö). ^[70]
• July 22 — Rene Portland, 65, American college coach (Saint Joseph's, Colorado, Penn State). ^[71]
• July 26 — John Kline, 87, American player (Harlem Globetrotters). ^[72]
• August 13 — Rico Pontvianne, 74, Mexican Olympic player (1964, 1968). ^[73]
• August 17 — Bob Bass, 89, American college coach and ABA/NBA coach and executive (San Antonio Spurs, Charlotte Hornets). ^[74]
• August 22 — Joey Mente, 42, Filipino player (San Miguel Beermen, Welcoat Dragons). ^[75]
• September 5 — Mike Hogewood, 63, American college basketball broadcaster (Atlantic Coast Conference). ^[76]
• September 6 — Richard DeVos, 92, American NBA owner (Orlando Magic). ^[77]
• September 10 — Michel Bonnevie, 96, French Olympic silver medalist (1948). ^[78]
• September 11 — Don Newman, 60, American college (Sacramento State) and NBA (Milwaukee Bucks, San Antonio Spurs, Washington Wizards) coach. ^[79]
• September 12 — Don Corbett, 75, American college coach (Lincoln, North Carolina A&T). ^[80]
• September 16 — Butch Wade, 73, American college player (Indiana State). ^[81]
• September 19 — Wojciech Myrda, 39, Polish player (Avtodor Saratov, Spišská Nová Ves). ^[82]
• September 22 — Bob Lienhard, 70, American player (Pallacanestro Cantu). ^[83]
• September 25 — Jack McKinney, 83, American college (Saint Joseph's) and NBA (Los Angeles Lakers, Indiana Pacers) coach. ^[84]
• September 27 — Art Williams, 78, American NBA (San Diego Rockets, Boston Celtics) and ABA player (San Diego Conquistadors). ^[85]
• October 4 — Jack Avina, 89, American college coach (Portland). ^[86]
• October 4 — José Lluis, 80, Spanish Olympic player (1960). ^[87]
• October 5 — Grigorij Khizhnyak, 44, Ukrainian player (BC Kyiv, BC Budivelnyk, BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg). ^[88]
• October 6 — Paul James, 87, American college broadcaster (Utah, BYU). ^[89]
• October 6 — George Kaftan, 90, American college All-American (Holy Cross) and NBA player (Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets). ^[90]
• October 10 — Tex Winter, 96, American Hall of Fame college (Kansas State) and NBA (Houston Rockets, Chicago Bulls) coach. ^[91]
• October 14 — Enrique Baliño, 90, Uruguayan Olympic player (1952). ^[92]
• October 14 — Patrick Baumann, 51, Swiss executive (Secretary General of FIBA) ^[93]
• October 14 — Dick Tinkham, American ABA owner (Indiana Pacers) and administrator. ^[94]
• October 15 — Paul Allen, 65, American NBA owner (Portland Trail Blazers). ^[95]
• October 28 — Bill Trumbo, 79, American college coach (Culver–Stockton, Sonoma State, Idaho, Cal State Monterey) and athletic director. ^[96]
• November 7 — Bob Patterson, 86, All-American college player (Tulsa). ^[97]
• November 17 — Gene Berce, 91, American NBL (Oshkosh All-Stars) and BAA (Tri-Cities Blackhawks) player. ^[98]
• November 18 — Waldyr Boccardo, 82, Brazilian Olympic bronze medalist (1960). ^[99]
• November 22 — Willie Naulls, 84, American NBA player (St. Louis Hawks, New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, San Francisco Warriors). ^[100]
• November 24 — Lou Cvijanovich, 92, American high school coach. ^[101]
• November 25 — Tony Hanson, 63, American college player (Connecticut) and professional coach (Tees Valley Mohawks). ^[102]
• November 29 — Ralph Hodge, 65, American college coach (Olivet Nazarene). ^[103]
• December 5 — Gary McPherson, 82, American college coach (VMI, Alderson Broaddus, West Virginia). ^[104]
• December 6 — Willie Murrell, 78, American ABA player (Denver Rockets, Miami Floridians, Kentucky Colonels). ^[105]
• December 9 — Eric Anderson, 48, American college (Indiana) and NBA (New York Knicks) player. ^[106]
• December 9 — Tim Bassett, 67, American ABA player (San Diego Conquistadors, New Jersey Nets, San Antonio Spurs). ^[107]
• December 18 — Raimo Vartia, 81, Finnish Olympic player (1964). ^[108]
• December 19 — Ron Abegglen, 81, American college coach (Weber State). ^[109]
• December 19 — Mel Hutchins, 90, American NBA player (St. Louis Hawks, Fort Wayne Pistons, New York Knicks). ^[110]
• December 23 — Bob Mattick, 85, American college All-American (Oklahoma State). ^[111]
• December 27 — Jim Davis, 77, American NBA player (Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons). ^[112]
• December 27 — Bumper Tormohlen, 81, American NBA player and coach (Atlanta Hawks). ^[113]

See also

• Timeline of women's basketball

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