By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
FIBA Basketball announced that Basketball Champions League extended the deal with Wilson Sporting Goods Co. while the FIBA Intercontinental Cup and the company signed a new agreement.
Per FIBA:
FIBA Intercontinental Cup, Wilson sign new agreement; BCL, Wilson extend collaboration
The FIBA Intercontinental Cup and Wilson Sporting Goods Co. have penned a new agreement, while the Basketball Champions League and the US-based sports equipment manufacturer have jointly announced the extension of their existing partnership.
Both competitions will be played with Wilson’s EVO NXT Game ball.
As part of the agreement, Wilson will provide the official ball of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup for three editions, from 2023 through to 2025.
The FIBA Intercontinental Cup is an annual worldwide club competition held in Singapore that brings champions from Asia, BCL Europe, BCL Americas and BAL as well as a representative of the NBA G League to compete in a global championship.
“The FIBA Intercontinental Cup opened an exciting chapter in its history in September 2023, with the 33rd edition bringing the event to Asia for the first time,” stated FIBA President Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani.
“The competition brings together clubs from many corners of the globe, spearheading FIBA’s vision to reshape global club competitions. We are enormously pleased that Wilson is an active participant in this vision, assisting us to turn into reality what the FIBA family regarded as a distant dream when it gave birth to the FIBA Intercontinental Cup in 1966.”
“The start of our collaboration with Wilson, in 2019, was the cornerstone of our plan to elevate game experience standards for our players,” commented BCL CEO Patrick Comninos.
“The BCL has just entered its eighth season and, by now, our players take for granted that they will have the best possible equipment and the ideal conditions at their disposal, so they can focus only on their performance. The BCL and Wilson share a commitment to innovation in basketball and a passion for our sport, so extending our partnership is a natural step in our joint pursuit of excellence in basketball.”