2017 in basketball
The following are the basketball events that took place in 2017 throughout the world.
Tournaments include international, professional and amateur and collegiate levels.
National team tournaments
FIBA continental cups
Men:- 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
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- 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
Men's Division:
- 2017 SEABA Under-16 Championship in Quezon City:
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Professional club seasons
FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Continental seasons
Men
Women
Regional seasons
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Women
Domestic league seasons
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Women
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