FIBA

International Basketball Federation (FIBA)
Fédération Internationale de Basketball
Abbreviation	FIBA
Predecessor	International Amateur Handball Federation
Formation	18 June 1932; 89 years ago
Founded at	Geneva, Switzerland
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Mies, Switzerland
Region served	Worldwide
Membership	213 national federations
Official languages	English, French
President	Hamane Niang
Secretary General	Andreas Zagklis
Key people	Borislav Stanković; George Vassilakopoulos;
Website	FIBA.basketball

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The International Basketball Federation (FIBA /ˈfiːbə/ FEE-bə; French: Fédération Internationale de Basketball) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word amateur from its name but retained the acronym.^[3]

FIBA defines the rules of basketball, specifies the equipment and facilities required, organises international competitions, regulates the transfer of athletes across countries, and controls the appointment of international referees. A total of 213 national federations are now members, organized since 1989 into five zones: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.

FIBA organizes both the men's and women's FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament and the Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament, which are sanctioned by the IOC.^[4] The FIBA Basketball World Cup is a world tournament for men's national teams held every four years. Teams compete for the Naismith Trophy, named in honor of basketball's American-Canadian creator James Naismith. The tournament structure is similar but not identical to that of the FIFA World Cup in association football; these tournaments occurred in the same year from 1970 through 2014, but starting in 2019, the Basketball World Cup will move to the year following the FIFA World Cup. A parallel event for women's teams, the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, is also held quadrennially; from 1986 through 2014, it was held in the same year as the men's event but in a different country.

History[]

FIBA divides the world into 5 commissions, each roughly based on a continent.

FIBA in Mies.

The association was founded in Geneva in 1932, two years after the sport was officially recognized by the IOC. Before 1934 basketball was under the umbrella of the International Amateur Handball Federation. Its original name was Fédération internationale de basket-ball amateur. The eight nation's basketball federations that were the founding members of FIBA were: Argentina's Basketball Federation, Czechoslovakia's Basketball Federation, Greece's Basketball Federation, Italy's Basketball Federation, Latvia's Basketball Federation, Portugal's Basketball Federation, Romania's Basketball Federation, and Switzerland's Basketball Federation. During the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, the Federation named James Naismith (1861–1939), the founder of basketball, as its Honorary President.

FIBA has organized a World Championship, now known as World Cup, for men since 1950 and a Women's World Championship, now known as the Women's World Cup, since 1953. From 1986 through 2014, both events were held every four years, alternating with the Olympics. As noted above, the men's World Cup was moved to a new four-year cycle, with tournaments in the year before the Summer Olympics, after 2014.

The Federation headquarters moved to Munich in 1956, then returned to Geneva in 2002. In 1991, it founded the FIBA Hall of Fame; the first induction ceremony was held on 12 September 2007, during EuroBasket 2007. During its 81st anniversary in 2013, FIBA moved into its new headquarters, "The House of Basketball", at Mies. Andreas Zagklis became the Secretary General of FIBA, on 7 December 2018.

Presidents[]

Years	Name^[5]
1932–1948	Leon Bouffard
1948–1960	Willard Greim
1960–1968	Antonio dos Reis Carneiro
1968–1976	Abdel Moneim Wahby
1976–1984	Gonzalo Puyat II
1984–1990	Robert Busnel
1990–1998	George E. Killian
1998–2002	Abdoulaye Seye Moreau
2002–2006	() Carl Ching Men-ky (in Chinese)
2006–2010	Robert Elphinston
2010–2014	Yvan Mainini
2014–2019	Horacio Muratore
2019–present	Hamane Niang

Honorary President[]

During the 1936 Summer Olympics the FIBA honored James A. Naismith, the founder of basketball, as their honorary President.^[3]

Secretaries General[]

Years	Name
1932–1976	Renato William Jones
1976–2003	/ Borislav Stanković
2003–2018	Patrick Baumann
2018–present	Andreas Zagklis

Tournaments[]

World champions[]

Tournament	FIBA World Cup	Year	Olympics	Year
Men	Spain (2)	2019	United States (16)	2020
Women	United States (10)	2018	United States (9)	2020
U-19 Men	United States (8)	2021	Argentina (1)	2018
U-19 Women	United States (9)	2021	United States (2)	2018
U-17 Men	United States (5)	2018	N/A^[a]
U-17 Women	United States (4)	2018

^ The Youth Olympic Games are an U-19 event, played in FIBA 3x3 format.

World club champions[]


Club competition	Year	Champion	Title	Runner-up	Next edition
Intercontinental Cup	2021	San Pablo Burgos	1st	Quimsa

Continental champions[]

National teams	FIBA Africa	Year	Next edition	FIBA Americas	Year	Next edition	FIBA Asia	Year	Next edition	FIBA Europe	Year	Next edition	FIBA Oceania	Year	Next edition
Men	Tunisia (2)	2017	2021	United States (7)	2017	2022	Australia (1)	2017	2021	Slovenia (1)	2017	2022	Australia (19)	2015	N/A^[a]
Women	Nigeria (4)	2019	2021	United States (4)	2021		Japan (5)	2019	2021	Serbia (2)	2021	2021	Australia (14)	2015
U-18 Men	Mali (1)	2018		United States (9)	2018		Australia (1)	2018		Spain (4)	2019		New Zealand (1)	2016
U-18 Women	Mali (7)	2018		United States (10)	2018		China (16)	2018		Italy (3)	2019		Australia (7)	2016
U-16 Men	Egypt (4)	2019		United States (7)	2021		Australia (1)	2017		Spain (5)	2019		Australia (5)	2017
U-16 Women	Mali (6)			United States (6)			Australia (1)	2017		Russia (6)	2019		Australia (2)	2019

^ FIBA Oceania no longer conducts senior-level championships for either sex. Since 2017, that region's members have competed for FIBA Asia senior championships. FIBA Oceania continues to hold age-grade championships.

Continental club champions[]

Region	Competition	Year	Champion	Title	Runner-up	Next edition
Men's club competitions
Africa	Basketball Africa League	2021	Zamalek	1st	US Monastir	2022
Americas	Basketball Champions League Americas		Flamengo	1st	Real Estelí
Asia	Asia Champions Cup	2019	Alvark Tokyo	1st	Al Riyadi Beirut
Europe^[a]	Basketball Champions League (2nd-tier)	2020–21	San Pablo Burgos	2nd	Pınar Karşıyaka	2021–22
Europe^[a]	Europe Cup (3rd-tier)	2020–21	Ironi Nes Ziona	1st	Arged BMSLAM Stal	2021–22
Women's club competitions
Africa	Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup	2018	Ferroviário de Maputo	1st	Interclube
Europe	EuroLeague Women	2020–21	UMMC Ekaterinburg	6th	Perfumerías Avenida	2021–22
	EuroCup Women	2020–21	Valencia Basket	1st	Reyer Venezia	2021–22
	SuperCup Women	2019	UMMC Ekaterinburg	4th	Nadezhda Orenburg

^ The top-tier European professional basketball club competitions, the EuroLeague run by Euroleague Basketball, not by FIBA Europe (the Euroleague also run the 2nd-tier EuroCup).

3x3 world champions[]

Tournament	FIBA 3x3 World Cup	Year	Next edition
Men	United States (1)	2019
Women	China (1)	2019
	Russia (1)		TBD
	Russia (1)
U-18 Men	United States (1)
U-18 Women	United States (4)

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player[]

Tournament	Most Recent Awardee	Team	Year
Men	Ricky Rubio	Spain	2019
Women	Breanna Stewart	United States	2018
U-19 Men	Reginald Perry	United States	2019
U-19 Women	Paige Bueckers	United States	2019
U-17 Men	Jalen Green	United States	2018
U-17 Women	Jordan Horston	United States	2018

FIBA World Rankings[]

Men's[]

The following table has the Top 32 men's basketball countries in the world.^[6] The Top 32 is here due to the next iteration of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the world's major tournament in men's basketball, anticipating to have 32 countries compete. As such, this table shows the projected teams in the next FIBA Men's WC based on the ranking's algorithm. This list does not consider berths given to countries based on hosting or region status.^[7]

Rank	Team	Region	Points	Δ	Previous finish
1	United States	Americas	781.8		7th
2	Spain	Europe	721.3		1st
3	Australia	Asia	667.0		4th
4	Argentina	Americas	662.4		2nd
5	Serbia	Europe	662.0		5th
6	Greece	Europe	658.4	1	11th
7	France	Europe	656.0	1	3rd
8	Lithuania	Europe	634.6		9th
9	Russia	Europe	613.3		12th
10	Italy	Europe	596.4	2	10th
11	Brazil	Americas	591.6	1	13th
12	Czech Republic	Europe	585.4	1	6th
13	Poland	Europe	573.7		8th
14	Croatia	Europe	546.7		DNQ
15	Turkey	Europe	531.9		22nd
16	Slovenia	Europe	521.2		DNQ
17	Germany	Europe	513.4		18th
18	Puerto Rico	Americas	509.6		15th
19	Dominican Republic	Americas	494.6		16th
20	Venezuela	Americas	494.5		14th
21	Canada	Americas	463.8		21st
22	Nigeria	Africa	439.3		17th
23	Iran	Asia	432.1		23rd
24	Mexico	Americas	424.2		DNQ
25	New Zealand	Asia	421.8		19th
26	Montenegro	Europe	410.5		25th
27	Latvia	Europe	400.4		DNQ
28	Ukraine	Europe	376.4	1	DNQ
29	China	Asia	363.7	1	24th
30	South Korea	Asia	341.1		26th
31	Philippines	Asia	340.8		32nd
32	Finland	Europe	340.8	2	DNQ

Women's[]

The following table has the Top 16 women's basketball countries in the world.^[8] The Top 16 is here due to the next iteration of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the world's major tournament in women's basketball, anticipating to have 16 countries compete. As such, this table shows the projected teams in the next FIBA Women's WC based on the ranking's algorithm. This list does not consider berths given to countries based on hosting or region status.^[9]

Rank	Team	Region	Points	Δ	Previous finish
1	United States	Americas	832.9		1st
2	Australia	Asia	714.5		2nd
3	Spain	Europe	690.5		3rd
4	Canada	Americas	649.3		7th
5	France	Europe	639.4		5th
6	Belgium	Europe	607.1		4th
7	Turkey	Europe	593.8		10th
8	Serbia	Europe	585.0		DNQ
9	China	Asia	571.2		6th
10	Japan	Asia	540.1		9th
11	Belarus	Europe	470.0		DNQ
12	Russia	Europe	420.1		DNQ
13	Greece	Europe	383.8		11th
14	Italy	Europe	363.2	2	DNQ
15	Brazil	Americas	362.3		DNQ
16	Czech Republic	Europe	362.0	1	DNQ

References[]

^ 2014 General Statutes of FIBA, Article 47.1
^ "FIBA Central Board appoints Andreas Zagklis as Secretary General". FIBA.basketball.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "History". FIBA. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
^ FIBA.basketball Presentation.
^ "President of FIBA". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^ "FIBA Rankings – Men's basketball". International Basketball Federation. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
^ "How to Qualify for the 2023 FIBA World Cup". International Basketball Federation. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
^ "FIBA Rankings – Women's basketball". International Basketball Federation. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
^ "How to Qualify for the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup". International Basketball Federation. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

External links[]

Official website
InterBasket – International Basketball News, Blog and Forum, covering FIBA, Euroleague, NBA
FIBA at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 November 1996)

[6] The Youth Olympic Games are an U-19 event, played in FIBA 3x3 format.

[7] FIBA Oceania no longer conducts senior-level championships for either sex. Since 2017, that region's members have competed for FIBA Asia senior championships. FIBA Oceania continues to hold age-grade championships.

[8] The top-tier European professional basketball club competitions, the EuroLeague run by Euroleague Basketball, not by FIBA Europe (the Euroleague also run the 2nd-tier EuroCup).

[1] 2014 General Statutes of FIBA, Article 47.1

[2] "FIBA Central Board appoints Andreas Zagklis as Secretary General". FIBA.basketball.

[:0-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "History". FIBA. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

[4] FIBA.basketball Presentation.

[5] "President of FIBA". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[9] "FIBA Rankings – Men's basketball". International Basketball Federation. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

[10] "How to Qualify for the 2023 FIBA World Cup". International Basketball Federation. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

[11] "FIBA Rankings – Women's basketball". International Basketball Federation. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

[12] "How to Qualify for the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup". International Basketball Federation. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

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show v t FIBA
Basketball at the Summer Olympics World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Men's national teams Women's national teams
Basketball codes	Rules 5-on-5 3x3 History of basketball Protocol of Stockholm Outline of basketball Variations of basketball
Regional offices	FIBA Africa FIBA Americas FIBA Asia FIBA Europe FIBA Oceania
Men's national team tournaments	FIBA World Cup FIBA Under-19 World Cup FIBA Under-17 World Cup FIBA 3x3 World Cup FIBA Stanković Cup FIBA Diamond Ball (former)
Men's club tournaments	FIBA Intercontinental Cup FIBA International Christmas Tournament (former)
Women's national team tournaments	FIBA Women's World Cup FIBA Under-19 Women's World Cup FIBA Under-17 Women's World Cup FIBA 3x3 World Cup
Women's club tournaments	FIBA Women's World League (former)
Presidents	James Naismith (1936, honorary) Léon Bouffard (1932–1948) Willard N. Greim (1948–1960) Antonio dos Reis Carneiro (1960–1968) Abdel Moneim Wahby (1968–1976) Gonzalo Puyat II (1976–1984) Robert Busnel (1984–1990) George E. Killian (1990–1998) (1998–2002) (2002–2006) (2006–2010) (2010–2014) (2014–2019) Hamane Niang (2019–present)
Secretaries General	Renato William Jones (1932–1976) Borislav Stanković (1976–2002) Patrick Baumann (2002–2018) Andreas Zagklis (2018–present)
Awards	FIBA Hall of Fame Members FIBA Awards FIBA Order of Merit FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)
Rankings	FIBA Men's World Ranking FIBA Women's World Ranking
Others	FIBA–EuroLeague dispute FIBA eligibility rules Basketball Without Borders Naismith Trophy
Basketball portal Category

show v t International men's basketball
FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U-21 World Cup U-19 World Cup U-18 World Cup U-17 World Cup U-16 World Cup World Ranking
Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket AfroCan U-18 U-16 African Games Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA AmeriCup U-18 U-16 CBC Championship Centrobasket COCABA Championship Marchand Cup Pan American Games South American Championship Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA)
Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Cup (includes Oceania) U-18 U-16 Asian Games FIBA Asia Challenge Stanković Cup East Asian Championship East Asian Games SABA Championship SEABA Championship South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Championship West Asian Games William Jones Cup ASEAN Basketball League
Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16 Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Belgrade Trophy FIBA European Championship for Small Countries Games of the Small States of Europe World Cup (Turkey) Basketball Champions League (BCL)
Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship (defunct) U-20 U-18 U-16 Pacific Games
Other tournaments	Arab Nations Basketball Championship Commonwealth Games Diamond Ball FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophone Games Mediterranean Games Pan Arab Games
Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held. • Basketball portal

show v t International women's basketball
FIBA World Ranking Teams Olympics Youth World Cup U21 U19 U17 Universiade
Africa	AfroBasket Women U20 U18 U16
Americas	AmeriCup U20 U18 U16 Caribbean Championship Centrobasket Central American Championship South American Championship U17 U15
Asia	Asia Cup (includes Oceania) U20 U18 U16 Discovery Women's Basketball Invitational
Europe	EuroBasket Women U-20 U-18 U-16 European Championship for Small Countries
Oceania	Oceania Championship (defunct) U17 U15
Other tournaments	African Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Mediterranean Games Games of the Small States of Europe Pacific Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Southeast Asian Games
Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held. • Basketball portal

show v t International men's youth basketball
FIBA Youth Olympics World Ranking U-21 World Cup (defunct) U-19 World Cup U-18 World Cup U-17 World Cup U-16 World Cup
Africa	FIBA Africa U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16
Americas	FIBA Americas U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16
Asia	FIBA Asia U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16
Europe	FIBA Europe U-20 U-18 U-16
Oceania	FIBA Oceania U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16
Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.

show v t International women's youth basketball
FIBA Youth Olympics World Rankings U21 World Championship U19 World Cup U17 World Cup
Africa	FIBA Africa U-20 U-18 U-16
Americas	FIBA Americas U-20 U-18 U-16
Asia	FIBA Asia U-20 U-18 U-16
Europe	FIBA Europe U-20 U-18 U-16
Oceania	FIBA Oceania U-17 U-15
Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.