The following are basketball events that are expected to take place in 2020 throughout the world. Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club), and amateur and collegiate levels.
International tournaments
National senior team tournaments
The IOC postponed basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics to 2021.
FIBA postponed the following tournaments to 2021:
3X3 championships
Other international championships
The following tournaments were postponed to 2021:
The following tournaments were cancelled outright:
FIBA youth championships
FIBA postponed the following tournaments to 2021:
FIBA canceled the following tournaments outright:
Professional club seasons
FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Continental seasons
Men
Women
Regional seasons
Men
Women
Domestic league seasons
Men
Women
College seasons
Men's
Women's
Deaths
- January 1âÂÂRoland Minson, 90, All-American college player (BYU).
- January 1âÂÂDavid Stern, 77, American NBA commissioner (1984âÂÂ2014).
- January 2âÂÂGale McArthur, 90, All-American college player (Oklahoma State).
- January 4âÂÂJames Ratiff, 61, American college player (Howard).
- January 6âÂÂIvan Salaj, 58, Serbian player (Crvena zvezda).
- January 12âÂÂDick Schnittker, 91, American two-time NBA champion (Minneapolis Lakers) and college All-American (Ohio State).
- January 14âÂÂCarl McNulty, 89, American NBA player (Milwaukee Hawks).
- January 15âÂÂMilovan StepandiÃÂ, 65, Serbian coach (OKK Ã
 abac, KK Borac ÃÂaÃÂak, KK Metalac Valjevo).
- January 16âÂÂGene Schwinger, 87, All-American college player (Rice).
- January 17âÂÂLeo Byrd, 82, All-American college player (Marshall) and gold medal winner at the 1959 Pan American Games.
- January 21âÂÂMorgan Wootten, 88, American Hall of Fame high school coach (DeMatha).
- January 23âÂÂRobert Archibald, 39, Scottish NBA player (Memphis Grizzlies, Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors).
- January 23âÂÂKalevi Tuominen, 92, Finnish player (Tampereen Pyrintö) and coach (Finland national team).
- January 26âÂÂKobe Bryant, 41, American NBA player (Los Angeles Lakers), five-time NBA champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist (2008, 2012).
- January 29âÂÂBlagoja Georgievski, 69, Macedonian player (RabotniÃÂki), Olympic silver medalist (1976).
- January 30âÂÂTerry Fair, American player (Georgia Bulldogs, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Tel Aviv).
- February 2âÂÂPeter Aluma, 46, Nigerian NBA player (Sacramento Kings).
- February 2âÂÂRyszard Olszewski, 87, Polish Olympic player (1960).
- February 5âÂÂBill Oates, 80, American college coach (Saint Mary's, Menlo, The Master's).
- February 6âÂÂDick Atha, 88, American NBA player (New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons).
- February 8âÂÂMaurice Girardot, 98, French Olympic silver medalist (1948).
- February 8âÂÂBill Robinson, 71, Canadian Olympic player (1976).
- February 9âÂÂDon Coleman, 87, American high school coach.
- February 16âÂÂHenry Akin, 75, American NBA and ABA player (New York Knicks, Seattle SuperSonics, Kentucky Colonels).
- February 16âÂÂEd Murphy, 78, American college coach (Ole Miss, West Georgia).
- February 26âÂÂCarl Slone, 83, American college coach (George Washington, Richmond)
- MarchâÂÂJeff Taylor, 60, American NBA player (Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons).
- March 5âÂÂLevan Moseshvili, 79, Georgian player, Olympic silver medalist (1964).
- March 12âÂÂJuha Harjula, 77 Finnish Olympic player (1964).
- March 18âÂÂJohn Erickson, 92, American college coach (Lake Forest, Wisconsin) and NBA general manager (Milwaukee Bucks).
- March 20âÂÂBorislav StankoviÃÂ, 94, Hall of Fame Serbian player and coach, Secretary General of FIBA.
- March 21âÂÂLeroy Wright, 82, American ABA player (Pittsburgh Pipers).
- March 22âÂÂGene Brown, 84, All-American college player and two-time national champion (San Francisco).
- March 22âÂÂJack Krumpe, 84, American NBA executive (New York Knicks).
- March 24âÂÂDavid Edwards, 48, American player (Texas A&M, BC Ã
 ilutÃÂ, KR).
- March 25âÂÂAric del Rosario, 80, Filipino coach (UST Growling Tigers, Pampanga Dragons, Perpetual Altas).
- March 26âÂÂCurly Neal, 77, American player (Harlem Globetrotters).
- March 26âÂÂMekia Valentine, 32, American player.
- March 27âÂÂLes Hunter, 77, American NBA and ABA player, college national champion at Loyola (1963).
- April 2âÂÂCarl Tacy, 87, American college coach (Marshall, Wake Forest).
- April 7âÂÂHarv Schmidt, 83, American college player and coach (Illinois).
- April 12âÂÂSascha Hupmann, 49, German player (Evansville, Alba Berlin, Panathinaikos).
- April 12âÂÂRubén Menini, 96, Argentine Olympic player (1948, 1952).
- April 13âÂÂCharlie Harrison, 70, American college coach (New Mexico, East Carolina).
- April 15âÂÂAlfonso Marquez, 82, Filipino Olympic player (1960, 1968).
- April 22âÂÂDan Mazzulla, 61, American high school coach.
- April 23âÂÂChris Marcus, 40, American college player (Western Kentucky).
- April 26âÂÂAbolfazl Salabi, 95, Iranian Olympic player (1948).
- April 27âÂÂMark McNamara, 60, American NBA player (Philadelphia 76ers, Kansas City Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic).
- April 29âÂÂGerson Victalino, 60, Brazilian Olympic player (1984, 1988, 1992).
- May 1âÂÂLajos Engler, 91, Serbian player (KK Proleter Zrenjanin, KK Partizan)
- May 1âÂÂReuben Perach, 87, Israeli Olympic player (1952).
- May 2âÂÂMaret-Mai Otsa, 89, Estonian player, FIBA World champion (1959).
- May 3âÂÂRick Roberson, 72, American NBA player (Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Jazz, Kansas City Kings).
- May 4âÂÂMarvin Hershkowitz, 89, American player.
- May 4âÂÂÃÂlvaro Teherán, 54, Colombian player (Baloncesto Málaga, Fort Wayne Fury, KK Olimpija).
- May 5âÂÂSonny Cox, 82, American high school coach (King College Prep).
- May 5âÂÂConnie Rea, 89, American NBA player (Baltimore Bullets).
- May 7âÂÂMike Storen, 84, American professional league commissioner (ABA, CBA, GBA) and ABA/NBA executive (Indiana Pacers, Kentucky Colonels, Atlanta Hawks).
- May 9âÂÂJohnny McCarthy, 86, American NBA player (Cincinnati Royals, St. Louis Hawks, Boston Celtics) and coach (Buffalo Braves, Canisius).
- May 14âÂÂJim Tucker, 87, American NBA player (Syracuse Nationals) and college All-American (Duquesne).
- May 16âÂÂTony Yates, 82, American college All-American player and coach (Cincinnati), two-time NCAA champion (1961, 1962).
- May 19âÂÂKen Burmeister, 72, American college coach (UTSA, Loyola, Incarnate Word).
- May 22âÂÂJerry Sloan, 78, American NBA player (Baltimore Bullets, Chicago Bulls) and Hall of Fame coach (Chicago Bulls, Utah Jazz).
- May 23âÂÂEddie Sutton, 84, American Hall of Fame college basketball coach (Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State).
- June 1âÂÂDaniel Levy, 89, Israeli Olympic player (1952).
- June 2âÂÂWes Unseld, 74, American Hall of Fame NBA player, coach and executive (Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets) and college All-American (Louisville).
- June 3âÂÂMarc de Hond, 42, Dutch wheelchair basketball player.
- June 9âÂÂNoel Johnson, 47, American college coach (Midwestern State).
- June 10âÂÂHarry Glickman, 96, American NBA executive and co-founder of the Portland Trail Blazers.
- June 11âÂÂEarnie Killum, 72, American NBA player (Los Angeles Lakers).
- June 11âÂÂCy Strulovitch, 94, Canadian Olympic player (1948).
- June 13âÂÂDick Garmaker, 87, American NBA player (Minneapolis Lakers, New York Knicks) and college All-American (Minnesota).
- June 13âÂÂNic Jorge, 78, Filipino coach and administrator.
- June 23âÂÂJustin Love, 41, American player (BK Ventspils, Beijing Olympians, BC Odesa).
- June 25âÂÂJuan Ostoic, 89, Chilean Olympic player (1952, 1956).
- July 3âÂÂCharlie Slack, 89, American college player (Marshall).
- July 3âÂÂBill Stricker, 72, American NBA player (Portland Trail Blazers).
- July 6âÂÂZdzisÃ
Âaw Myrda, 69, Polish Olympic player (1980).
- July 10âÂÂPanagiotis Manias, 87, Greek player (Panellinios).
- July 10âÂÂEd Wild, 85, Canadian Olympic player (1956).
- July 14âÂÂBea Gorton, 73, American college coach (Indiana).
- July 14âÂÂJuan Uder, 93, Argentine Olympic player (1948, 1952).
- July 16âÂÂVladimir Obuchov, 84, Soviet/Russian coach (Soviet national team).
- July 18âÂÂLenzie Howell, 52, American player (Arkansas, TofaÃ
Â, Cholet).
- July 21âÂÂStanley Robinson, 32, American player (UConn, Iowa Energy, Moncton Miracles).
- July 22âÂÂPaul Van Roy, 88, Belgian player.
- July 25âÂÂLou Henson, 88, American college coach (Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State, Illinois).
- July 29âÂÂKittie Blakemore, 91, American college coach (West Virginia).
- July 29âÂÂBob McCurdy, 68, All-American college player (Richmond).
- July 31âÂÂMike Gale, 70, American ABA (Kentucky Colonels, New York Nets) and NBA (San Antonio Spurs, Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors) player.
- August 1âÂÂHarley Redin, 100, American Hall of Fame college coach (Wayland Baptist).
- August 4âÂÂAndre Spencer, 56, American NBA (Atlanta Hawks, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings) and Israeli League (Maccabi Rishon LeZion, Ironi Ramat Gan) player.
- August 5âÂÂStefan Majer, 90, Polish player (Legia Warszawa).
- August 7âÂÂMichael Ojo, 27, Nigerian-American player (FMP, Crvena zvezda).
- August 17âÂÂBoyd Grant, 87, American college coach (College of Southern Idaho, Fresno State, Colorado State).
- August 18âÂÂBob Bigelow, 66, American NBA player (Kansas City Kings, Boston Celtics, ).
- August 23âÂÂLuigi Serafini, 69, Italian Olympic player (1972, 1976).
- August 27âÂÂLute Olsen, 85, American Hall of Fame college coach (Long Beach State, Iowa, Arizona).
- August 29âÂÂClifford Robinson, 53, American NBA player (Portland Trail Blazers, Phoenix Suns, Golden State Warriors).
- August 30âÂÂJohn Thompson, 78, American NBA player (Boston Celtics) and Hall of Fame college coach (Georgetown).
- September 2âÂÂDave Zeller, 81, American NBA player (Cincinnati Royals).
- September 5âÂÂDwight Anderson, 59, American NBA player (Denver Nuggets).
- September 5âÂÂOrlando Bauzon, 75, Filipino Olympic player (1968).
- September 5âÂÂSmokey Gaines, 80, American player (Kentucky Colonels, Harlem Globetrotters) and college coach (Detroit, San Diego State).
- September 6âÂÂTom Jernstedt, 75, American Hall of Fame administrator (NCAA, USA Basketball).
- September 11âÂÂSonny Allen, 84, American college (Old Dominion, SMU, Nevada) and WNBA coach (Sacramento Monarchs).
- September 17âÂÂJoe Ruklick, 82, American NBA player (Philadelphia Warriors) and college All-American (Northwestern).
- September 18âÂÂDon Feeley, 82, American college coach (Sacred Heart, Fairleigh Dickinson).
- September 19âÂÂDick Nemelka, 76, American ABA player (Utah Stars) and college All-American (BYU).
- September 20âÂÂGarland F. Pinholster, 92, American college (Oglethorpe) and USA national team (1963 Pan American Games) coach.
- September 21âÂÂAmos Lin, 87, Israeli Olympic player (1952).
- September 25âÂÂJerry Oliver, 89, American coach (George Washington, Indiana, Indiana Pacers).
- October 14âÂÂArmando Herrera, 89, Mexican Olympic player (1960, 1964).
- October 15âÂÂWarren Mitchell, 87, American college coach (William & Mary).
- October 18âÂÂTomás Herrera MartÃÂnez, 69, Cuban Olympic bronze medalist (1972).
- October 21âÂÂJesse Arnelle, 86, American NBA player (Fort Wayne Pistons).
- October 26âÂÂJim Iverson, 90, American college player (Kansas State) and coach (South Dakota State). National college division champion (1963).
- October 26âÂÂEddie Johnson, 65, American NBA player (Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Seattle SuperSonics).
- October 27âÂÂBob Lochmueller, 93, American NBA player (Syracuse Nationals) and high school coach.
- October 30âÂÂÃ
½arko KneÃ
¾eviÃÂ, 73, Montenegrin basketball player (OKK Beograd, Fenerbahçe, Yugoslavia national team).
- October 30âÂÂNélson Lisboa, 90, Brazilian Olympic player (1956).
- November 1âÂÂYalçñn Granit, Turkish Olympic player (1952).
- November 1âÂÂBilly Tubbs, 85, American college coach (Lamar, Oklahoma, TCU).
- November 2âÂÂNancy Darsch, 68, American college (Ohio State) and WNBA (New York Liberty, Washington Mystics) coach.
- November 4âÂÂShakey Rodriguez, 67, American high school and college (FIU) coach.
- November 8âÂÂChuck Mrazovich, 96, American NBA player (Indianapolis Olympians).
- November 9âÂÂTom Heinsohn, 86, Hall of Fame American NBA player and coach (Boston Celtics), 8-time NBA champion.
- November 11âÂÂMileta Lisica, 54, Serbian-Slovene basketball player (Sloboda Tuzla, Crvena zvezda, Pivovarna LaÃ
¡ko, Novi Sad).
- November 13âÂÂTerry Duerod, 64, American NBA player (Detroit Pistons, Dallas Mavericks, Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors).
- November 14âÂÂNorman Taylor, 55, American player (Illawarra Hawks).
- November 15âÂÂAnthony Stewart, 50, American college coach (UT Martin).
- November 17âÂÂWalt Davis, 89, American NBA player (Philadelphia Warriors, St. Louis Hawks).
- November 18âÂÂGeorge Carter, 76, American NBA (Detroit Pistons) and ABA (Virginia Squires, Pittsburgh Condors, New York Nets) player.
- November 22âÂÂPaul Covington, 86, American college coach (Jackson State).
- November 22âÂÂBilly Evans, 88, American player, Olympic gold medalist (1956).
- November 23âÂÂJohn Oldham, 97, American NBA player (Fort Wayne Pistons) and college coach (Tennessee Tech, Western Kentucky).
- November 24âÂÂRose Marie Battaglia, 91, American Hall of Fame high school and college (Bergen Community College, Iona) basketball coach.
- November 29âÂÂJack Foley, 81, American NBA player (Boston Celtics, New York Knicks) and college All-American (Holy Cross).
- December 1âÂÂKelvin Scarborough, 56, American player.
- December 1âÂÂSol Tolchinsky, 91, Canadian Olympic player (1948).
- December 8âÂÂGoo Kennedy, 71, American NBA and ABA player (San Antonio Spurs, Spirits of St. Louis, Utah Stars, Houston Rockets).
- December 10âÂÂNemanja MiljkoviÃÂ, 30, Serbian player.
- December 11âÂÂJim Burns, 75, American NBA (Chicago Bulls) and ABA (Dallas Chaparrals) player.
- December 12âÂÂBird Averitt, 68, American NBA (Buffalo Braves, New Jersey Nets) and ABA (San Antonio Spurs, Kentucky Colonels) player.
- December 13âÂÂJimmy Collins, 74, American NBA player (Chicago Bulls) and college coach (UIC).
- December 15âÂÂBruce Seals, 67, American ABA (Utah Stars) and NBA (Seattle SuperSonics) player.
- December 17âÂÂTom Hanneman, 68, American NBA television announcer (Minnesota Timberwolves).
- December 18âÂÂPete Cassidy, 86, American college coach (Cal State Northridge).
- December 19âÂÂMarjan Lazovski, 58, Macedonian coach (MZT Skopje, Macedonian National team).
- December 23âÂÂRon Widby, 75, American ABA player (New Orleans Buccaneers).
- December 25âÂÂRich Herrin, 87, American college coach (Southern Illinois).
- December 25âÂÂK. C. Jones, 88, American Hall of Fame player and coach (Boston Celtics), 8-time NBA champion (1959âÂÂ1966), Olympic gold medalist (1956), two-time NCAA champion (1955, 1956).
- December 28âÂÂCy McClairen, 89, American college coach (BethuneâÂÂCookman).
- December 29âÂÂJames Hardy, 64, American NBA player (Utah Jazz).
- December 30âÂÂBob Bessoir, 88, American college coach (Scranton).
See also
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