2018 in basketball

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

International tournaments

Tournament

Host city

Duration

Champion

Second place

Third place

2018 Commonwealth Games, men's tournament

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2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

Group	1st	2nd	3rd
Africa A
Africa B
Africa C
Africa D
Americas A
Americas B
Americas C
Americas D
Asia A
Asia B
Asia C
Asia D
Europe A
Europe B
Europe C
Europe D
Europe E
Europe F
Europe G
Europe H

Deaths

January 2 – Dee Ayuba, 31, British-Nigerian player.
January 12 – Keith Jackson, 89, American NBA and college announcer
January 13 – Aristeidis Roubanis, 85, Greek player
January 16 – Jo Jo White, 71, American Hall of Fame NBA player and Olympic Gold Medalist
January 25 — Bill Logan, 83, American college player
January 30 — Joaquín Rojas, 79, Filipino Olympic player.
January 31 — Rasual Butler, 38, American NBA player.
February 2 — Tomás Gutiérrez, 77, Puerto Rican Olympic player.
February 9 — Neill McGeachy, 75, American college coach.
February 13 — Danko Radić, 65, Croatian referee.
February 14 — Don Carter, 84, NBA owner.
February 24 — Ed Leede, 90, American NBA player
February 25 — Dan Fegan, 56, American agent
February 25 — Danny Florencio, 70, Filipino player
March 3 — Sabit Hadžić, 60, Bosnian Olympic Bronze medalist.
March 7 — Woody Durham, 76, American college radio announcer
March 10 — Gene Rhodes, 90, American NBA player and ABA coach
March 12 — Bud Olsen, 77, American NBA player.
March 13 — J. L. Parks, 90, American college player, two-time national champion.
March 13 — Henry Williams, 46, American player.
March 15 — Tom Benson, 90, American NBA owner.
March 15 — Bob Phibbs, 90, Canadian Olympic player.
March 24 — Marco Solfrini, 60, Italian player and Olympic Silver medalist.
March 26 — Zeke Upshaw, 26, American player.
March 28 — Daryl Thomas, 52, American player, national champion at Indiana.
April 2 — Alton Ford, 36, American NBA player.
April 2 — Fufi Santori, 85, Puerto Rican Olympic player.
April 8 — Joe McConnell, 79, American NBA, ABA and college radio announcer.
April 8 — Bill Meyer, 74, American ABA player.
April 11 — Mauro Panaggio, 90, American college and CBA coach.
April 14 — Daedra Charles, 49, American WNBA player, college national champion and Olympic bronze medalist.
April 14 — Hal Greer, 81, American Hall of Fame NBA player.
April 16 — Vic Bubas, 91, American college coach.
April 17 — Dick Fichtner, 78, American college coach.
April 19 — Gil Santos, 80, American NBA and college announcer.
April 23 — Bob Schermerhorn, 75, American college coach.
April 25 — Rolla Anderson, 97, American college coach.
April 25 — Alberto Marson, 93, Brazilian Olympic Bronze medalist.
April 25 — Bill Stokes, 89, American college coach.
May 3 — Bob Prewitt, 93, American college coach.
May 4 — Larry Hunter, 68, American college coach.
May 10 — Donnie Forman, 92, American BAA player.
May 14 — Howard Bayne, 75, American ABA player.
May 16 — Michael Slive, 77, American college conference commissioner, chair of 2009 NCAA tournament selection committee.
May 26 — Chipper Harris, 55, American college player.
May 28 — Cliff Tucker, 29, American player.
June 4 — C. M. Newton, 88, Hall of Fame college coach and athletic director.
June 10 — Pavlos Giannakopoulos, 89, Greek administrator.
June 11 — Oscar Furlong, 90, Argentine player and Olympian.
June 13 — Anne Donovan, 56, American Hall of Fame player and coach. Olympic gold medalist.
June 18 — Kostas Politis, 76, Greek player and coach.
June 19 — Bill Kenville, 87, American NBA player
June 20 — John Ward, 88, American college broadcaster.
June 23 — Gazmend Sinani, 27, Kosovan player.
June 30 — Mike Heideman, 70, American college coach.
July 6 — Clifford Rozier, 45, American player.
July 7 — Tyler Honeycutt, 27, American player.
July 8 — Billy Knight, 39, American player.
July 8 — Frank Ramsey, 86, American Hall of Fame player.
July 8 — Lonnie Shelton, 62, American NBA player.
July 9 — Johnny Moates, 73, American college player.
July 9 — Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson, Icelandic basketball player and Olympic sprinter.
July 12 — Len Chappell, 77, American NBA player.
July 12 — Bud Lathrop, 82, American high school coach.
July 14 — Ron Thomas, 67, American ABA player.
July 16 — Robin Jones, 64, American NBA player.
July 16 — Jerzy Piskun, 80, Polish Olympic player.
July 18 — Czesław Malec, 77, Polish Olympic player.
July 20 — Arvo Jantunen, 89, Finnish player and coach.
July 22 — Rene Portland, 65, American college coach.
July 26 — John Kline, 87, American player.
August 13 — Rico Pontvianne, 74, Mexican Olympic player.
August 17 — Bob Bass, 89, American college coach and ABA/NBA coach and executive.
August 22 — Joey Mente, 42, Filipino player.
September 5 — Mike Hogewood, 63, American college basketball broadcaster.
September 6 — Richard DeVos, 92, American NBA owner.
September 10 — Michel Bonnevie, 96, French Olympic silver medalist.
September 11 — Don Newman, 60, American college and NBA coach.
September 12 — Don Corbett, 75, American college coach.
September 16 — Butch Wade, 73, American college player.
September 19 — Wojciech Myrda, 39, Polish player.
September 22 — Bob Lienhard, 70, American player.
September 25 — Jack McKinney, 83, American college and NBA coach.
September 27 — Art Williams, 78, American NBA and ABA player.
October 4 — Jack Avina, 89, American college coach.
October 4 — José Lluis, 80, Spanish Olympic player.
October 5 — Grigorij Khizhnyak, 44, Ukrainian player.
October 6 — Paul James, 87, American college broadcaster.
October 6 — George Kaftan, 90, American college All-American and NBA player.
October 10 — Tex Winter, 96, American Hall of Fame college and NBA coach.
October 14 — Enrique Baliño, 90, Uruguayan Olympic player.
October 14 — Patrick Baumann, 51, Swiss executive
October 14 — Dick Tinkham, American ABA owner and administrator.
October 15 — Paul Allen, 65, American NBA owner.
October 28 — Bill Trumbo, 79, American college coach and athletic director.
November 7 — Bob Patterson, 86, All-American college player.
November 17 — Gene Berce, 91, American NBL and BAA player.
November 18 — Waldyr Boccardo, 82, Brazilian Olympic bronze medalist.
November 22 — Willie Naulls, 84, American NBA player.
November 24 — Lou Cvijanovich, 92, American high school coach.
November 25 — Tony Hanson, 63, American college player and professional coach.
November 29 — Ralph Hodge, 65, American college coach.
December 5 — Gary McPherson, 82, American college coach.
December 6 — Willie Murrell, 78, American ABA player.
December 9 — Eric Anderson, 48, American college and NBA player.
December 9 — Tim Bassett, 67, American ABA player.
December 18 — Raimo Vartia, 81, Finnish Olympic player.
December 19 — Ron Abegglen, 81, American college coach.
December 19 — Mel Hutchins, 90, American NBA player.
December 23 — Bob Mattick, 85, American college All-American.
December 27 — Jim Davis, 77, American NBA player.
December 27 — Bumper Tormohlen, 81, American NBA player and coach.