Basmal to Commemorate FIBA Golden Jubilee

The Basketball Association of Malawi will commemorate the Golden Jubilee FIBA Africa Day with basketball games, three pointer shoot outs and various other skill challenge contests as well as live music at the Blantyre Youth Center on the morning of its Annual General Meeting, Saturday June 18, 2011 from 9:00.



Created on June 14, 1961 in Cairo, Egypt under the acronym A.F.A.B.A. (African Basketball Federations Association, it became FIBA Africa (International Federation of Basketball Zone Africa) in 2002 and clocked 50 on June 14, 2011.



From June 14th to 21st, 2011, the FIBA Secretariat has been involved in celebratory events that include Radio and TV programs, film screening broadcast on International channels such as Africa N1, RFI, Africable and Canal+.



During the same period of June 14th to 21st, 2011, national federations have organized games that will be captured on video and photos for publishing on a website dedicated to the FIBA Golden Jubilee.