Basketball without Borders Americas will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 30-July 4
Basketball without Borders Asia will take place in Beijing, China, July 14-17
Basketball without Borders Europe will take place in Treviso, Italy, July 28-31
Basketball without Borders Africa will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, September 7-12

Buenos Aires, Argentina June 30-July 4

Beijing, China July 14-17

Treviso, Italy July 28-31

Johannesburg, South Africa September 7-12

Basketball without Borders is a basketball instructional camp for young people that also promotes leadership, education, sportsmanship and healthy living. The program incorporates seminars on important social issues such as AIDS/HIV awareness and prevention. To date, more than 440 youngsters from 72 different countries and territories have taken part in the NBA and FIBA program and Reading & Learning Centers have been created in South Africa and Brazil as part of its community outreach efforts.

Each Basketball without Borders camp features current and former NBA players and coaching personnel — acting as camp coaches — and unites young players from across each region to take part in basketball instruction and competition. Each of the NBA players serving as coaches is assigned to one of the teams and works with the campers individually.

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) selects the young players (ages 19 & under) based on their basketball skills, leadership abilities and dedication to the sport of basketball. To promote friendship and diversity, the campers are divided into teams without regard to race and nationality. They share living quarters with their new teammates and participate in daily seminars that promote education, leadership, character, healthy living and HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. At the Europe and Americas camps, the HIV/AIDS educational seminar will be led by UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund.

In Argentina, China and South Africa, the camps will be highlighted by extensive community outreach activities focusing on HIV/AIDS awareness, education and grassroots basketball development. Efforts will culminate with an NBA Community Legacy Project, the NBA’s premier community initiative, which ranges from a refurbished recreation facility and/or the creation of a state-of-the-art Reading and Learning Center. The NBA and FIBA also will donate products, such as basketballs, rims and sporting goods to local basketball federations.

In 2004, Basketball without Borders Americas, led by Brazilian native Nenê of the Denver Nuggets, took place at the Fortaleza São João in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 28-July 4. Basketball without Borders Europe, featuring Cleveland Cavaliers Jiri Welsch (Czech Republic), took place at La Ghirada in Treviso, Italy, July 24-27. Basketball without Borders Africa, featuring Houston Rockets Dikembe Mutombo (Congo), took place at the American International School in Johannesburg, South Africa, September 6-10.

In 2003, Basketball without Borders returned to La Ghirada in Treviso, Italy with six NBA players: San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker (France), Memphis Grizzlies forward Pau Gasol (Spain), Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko (Russia), Los Angeles Clippers guard Marko Jaric (Serbia and Montenegro), New Orleans Hornets forward Bostjan Nachbar (Slovenia) and Golden State Warriors forward Nikoloz Tskitishvili (Georgia). Its partner, UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund, offered seminars to support education and HIV/AIDS prevention programs.

In 2002, Basketball without Borders brought together 50 young Greek and Turkish players in Istanbul, Turkey and was led by NBA stars Hedo Turkoglu and Peja Stojakovic.

The inaugural Basketball without Borders took place in July 2001. Vlade Divac of the Los Angeles Lakers and Toni Kukoc of the Milwaukee Bucks, together with five other NBA players from the former Yugoslavia, re-united to work with 50 children from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYRO Macedonia, Slovenia and Serbia and Montenegro at La Ghirada in Treviso, Italy.