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Basketball at the 2028 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Men's 5x5 basketball qualification for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics: seven direct places via the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027, the USA as host, and four OQT winners in June–July 2028.
Basketball at the 2028 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
Women's qualification for basketball at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics: USA hosts, World Cup 2026 winner qualifies directly, Canada won the 2026 Pre-Qualifying Tournament, and four FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in February 2028 fill the 12-team field.
Basketball at the Summer Olympics
Basketball at the Summer Olympics, also called Olympic basketball or FIBA Olympic tournament: five-on-five men's and women's events since Berlin 1936 plus 3x3 since Tokyo 2020, played under FIBA rules with 12-team fields and US dominance.
Basketball Bundesliga
Basketball Bundesliga (BBL, easyCredit Basketball Bundesliga), Germany's top men's professional basketball league: 18 teams, founded 1966, BBL GmbH since 1996, 34-game season with play-in and best-of-five playoffs, record 4,676 average attendance in 2024/25.
Basketball Champions League
The Basketball Champions League (BCL), also called FIBA Champions League, is an annual European club basketball competition organized by FIBA with European domestic leagues since 2016.
Basketball court
Basketball court: the marked playing surface for basketball. FIBA courts are 28 x 15 m with 5 cm lines; NBA courts 94 x 50 ft; three-point lines differ by rulebook (6.75 m FIBA/NCAA, 7.24 m NBA, 6.02 m high school).
Basketball Development Center
Basketball Development Center (Basketbol Gelişim Merkezi, BGM), a public basketball complex in Zeytinburnu, Istanbul, opened 29 September 2024; 10,000-seat arena plus four halls, basketball high school, hotel, museum; hosts Anadolu Efes, Beşiktaş, and TBF development programs.
Basketball moves
Basketball moves are standard footwork and ball-handling actions such as the pivot, jump stop, crossover, jab step, and Euro step, bounded by NBA and FIBA traveling rules; signature examples include Tim Hardaway's Killer Crossover and Ginobili's Eurostep.
Basketball positions
Basketball positions: the five standard roles, point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward, and center, their traditional duties, origins, and how positionless basketball and versatility have blurred them.
Basketball statistics
Basketball statistics: box-score counting stats (points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks), efficiency metrics like eFG%, TS%, PER, Four Factors, plus-minus, and camera tracking data from SportVU to Hawk-Eye.
BC Khimki
BC Khimki (БК «Химки»), basketball club founded 5 January 1997 in Khimki, Russia. Won Russian Cup 2008, VTB League 2011, EuroCup 2012 and 2015; EuroLeague playoff team; now a Superliga club.
BC Prienai
BC Prienai was a Lithuanian professional basketball club founded in 1994, three times an LKL bronze medalist and 2017 Baltic league champion, famous for signing the Ball brothers.
BC Roma
BC Roma (Basketball Club Roma SPQR), a Rome basketball club founded 2026, plays Serie A and BKT EuroCup after taking over Vanoli Cremona's rights; owned by Donnie Nelson with Luka Dončić an investor, coached by Alessandro Magro.
BC Žalgiris
BC Žalgiris (Kauno „Žalgiris“), founded 1944 in Kaunas, is Lithuania's most decorated basketball club: 1999 EuroLeague champion, 24 LKL titles, home at club-managed Žalgirio Arena, record €28.8M budget for 2026-27.
Beach handball
Beach handball, also called HandballBeach, is a sand-court variant of handball played 4-a-side in two 10-minute periods, created on Ponza, Italy in 1992, IHF-recognized in 1994, with two-point trick shots and a 2018 Youth Olympic debut.
Beach handball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Beach handball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, Buenos Aires: Olympic debut 8–13 October 2018, 24 teams from 17 nations. Spain won boys' gold, Argentina girls' gold and boys' bronze.
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball: two-a-side volleyball on sand, FIVB-governed, Olympic since Atlanta 1996; sets to 21 points, 16 x 8 m court, block counts as a hit, no substitutions.
Beatrice Edwige
Béatrice Edwige (Béatrice Seynabou Edwige), born 1988, French pivot and defensive specialist; Olympic gold 2020, silver 2016, world champion 2017, European champion 2018; first Guianese Olympic handball player; retired 2025.
Becky Hammon
Becky Hammon, born 1977, is head coach of the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces (2022, 2023, 2025 titles) and a former 16-season WNBA guard who became the NBA's first full-time female assistant coach with the Spurs.
Beijing Ducks
The Beijing Ducks, also known as the Beijing Shougang Ducks, are a Chinese basketball team in the CBA, one of its eight founding teams in 1995 and winner of three championships in 2012, 2014, and 2015.
Ben Gordon
Ben Gordon (Benjamin Ashenafi Gordon, born 1983, London) is a retired NBA shooting guard, 3rd pick of the 2004 draft, 2005 Sixth Man of the Year, UConn 2004 NCAA champion, 744 games, 14.9 ppg.
Ben McLemore
Ben McLemore (born 1993) is an American shooting guard from St. Louis who starred one season at Kansas, was drafted 7th overall by Sacramento in 2013, played 556 NBA games, and was sentenced in 2025 to 100 months in Oregon for rape.
Ben Saraf (בן שרף)
Ben Saraf (בן שרף), born 2006, is an Israeli left-handed guard drafted 26th by the Brooklyn Nets in 2025 after starring for Ratiopharm Ulm and winning 2024 FIBA U18 EuroBasket MVP.
Ben Simmons
Ben Simmons, Australian NBA guard-forward (born 1996), first overall 2016 draft pick, Rookie of the Year 2018, three-time All-Star, later Brooklyn, Clippers, and Sacramento Kings after back injuries and a 2025-26 hiatus.
Ben Wallace (basketball)
Ben Camey Wallace (born 1974, White Hall, Alabama) is an undrafted former NBA center, 2004 Pistons champion, four-time Defensive Player of the Year, and the first undrafted Naismith Hall of Fame inductee (2021).
Ben Wilson (basketball)
Ben Wilson (Benjamin Wilson Jr., 1967-1984), called Benji, was a Simeon Career Academy basketball star from Chicago, ranked the nation's No. 1 high school player, who won the 1984 IHSA Class AA title and was fatally shot in 1984.
Benjamin Toniutti
Benjamin Toniutti, born 1989 in Mulhouse, French volleyball setter and captain; led France to Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, 407 caps, retired internationally April 2026.
Bennedict Mathurin
Bennedict Mathurin, Montreal-born Canadian wing, Arizona star and 2022 NBA draft No. 6 pick of the Pacers; first-team all-rookie, 2025 Finals bench standout, later traded to the Clippers.
Bennett Stirtz
Bennett Stirtz (born 2003) is an NBA guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder, drafted 16th in 2026. A zero-offer recruit, he rose from Division II Northwest Missouri State to MVC Player of the Year at Drake and All-Big Ten at Iowa under Ben McCollum.
Berka Buse Özden
Berka Buse Özden (born 2004), Turkish middle blocker for VakıfBank Istanbul and Team Türkiye; 2026 VNL champion, 2022 U19 European Championship best attacker, 2023-24 Turkish Cup best blocker.