FIBA World Championship

ISTANBUL - Serbia finished in eighth place at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women in Turkey, after losing to France 88-74 (19-20, 22-14, 19-19, 28-21) on Sunday.

This is still a huge success for the Serb team, given that they had come to the championship as 28th in the FIBA rankings, ahead only of Mozambique.

Having won its first two games and secured the top spot in its group, host Turkey plays Mozambique at the 2014 FIBA Women’s World Championship

Turkey edged France 50-48 to start the 2014 FIBA World Championships for Women with the right foot

Serbia lost to the United States in the final by 129 to 92 points in the final match at Palacio de los Deportes in Madrid in front of 15,000 spectators on Sunday.

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MADRID - Serbia won the silver medal at the basketball world championship in Madrid, since it lost to the US 129-92 (35-21 32-20 38-26 24-25) in the final on Sunday.

This is an improvement for Serbia compared to the previous world championship, in Turkey in 2010, where it finished 4th, while the US managed to defend the title in Madrid.

Some 200 young basketball players and 100 coaches from 75 countries will gather in Istanbul this week for the Pass It On basketball camp.

The seven-day camp at the Darüşşafaka Society is a project launched as part of the Turkish Basketball Federation’s (TBF) new social responsibility campaign.