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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Women:

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

In SABA and SEABA Championships, only the champion team will be able qualify to FIBA Asia Cup. Those teams winning the tournament are shown in bold text.

Men:

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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Women:

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

Men:

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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Women:

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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2017 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship for Women:
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Other FIBA-sanctioned youth tournaments

Team in bold wins the championship while in italic is the team who qualify for the continental Championship they belong to.
Men's Division:

2017 SEABA Under-16 Championship in Quezon City:
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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