Basketball is indoors or outdoors on a basketball court. There are five players per team on the court. Both men and women play basketball. played.

Basketball is quite popular in all three countries and is played all three of the countries. Basketball was invented by a Canadian, Dr. James Naismith, when he was working at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts n 1891. It has been popular in schools, school yards and gymnasiums ever since. There are professional basketball leagues in Europe and the United States, and club and college teams all around the world. Basketball is very popular in US colleges.

The main part in basketball is to score on the oppisite end of the court on the other teams net, or basket. There can be blocking, stealing and fouls. Players can shot into the other team's basket from in close (jump shot or lay up), from the "3 point line", or slam dunk the ball directly through the basket by jumping.