FIBA Americas

FIBA Americas
Formation	11 October 1975
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Miami, Florida
Membership	42 national associations
Official language	English and Spanish
President	Carol Callan (acting)
Website	www.fiba.basketball/americas

FIBA Americas (Spanish: Confederación Panamericana de Baloncesto, French: FIBA Amériques) is a zone within FIBA (International Basketball Federation). It is one of FIBA's five continental confederations. FIBA Americas is responsible for the organization and governance of the major international tournaments in the Americas. It has 44 FIBA Federations and is headquartered in Miami, Florida. The current FIBA Americas President elect is Carol Callan of the United States.

Members[]

Country	Association	National teams	FIBA affiliation
CONCECABA
Caribbean (CBC)
Antigua and Barbuda		Men's
Aruba	Aruba Basketball Bond	Men's U16/17	1986
Bahamas	Bahamas Basketball Federation	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1962
Barbados	Barbados Amateur Basketball Association	Men's	1962
Bermuda	Bermuda Basketball Association	Men's	1998
British Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands Amateur Basketball Federation	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's	1979
Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands Basketball Association	Men's U16/17	1976
Cuba		Men's U18/19 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1937
Dominica	Dominica Amateur Basketball Association	Men's U16/17	1976
Dominican Republic	Asociación Dominicana de Baloncesto	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's	1940
Grenada	Grenada National Basketball Association	Men's	1975
Guyana	Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation	Men's Women's	1961
Haiti		Men's
Jamaica	Jamaica Basketball Association	Men's U18/19 Women's	1962
Montserrat	Montserrat Amateur Basketball Association (MABA)	Men's	1986
Puerto Rico	Federación de Baloncesto de Puerto Rico	Men's Women's U18/19 U16/17	1957
Saint Kitts and Nevis		Men's
Saint Lucia	St. Lucia Basketball Federation	Men's	1997
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	St. Vincent and the Grenadines Basketball Association	Men's Women's	1984
Suriname	Surinamese Basketball Association	Men's	1959
Trinidad and Tobago	National Basketball Federation of Trinidad and Tobago	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U16/17	1958
Turks and Caicos Islands	Turks and Caicos Islands National Basketball	Men's	2002
Virgin Islands	Virgin Islands Basketball Federation	Men's Women's	1964
Central America (COCABA)
Belize		Men's
Costa Rica	Federación Costarricense de Baloncesto Aficionado	Men's Women's	1969
El Salvador		Men's Women's
Guatemala		Men's
Honduras		Men's
Nicaragua	Federación Nicaraguense de Baloncesto	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1959
Panama		Men's
North America
Canada	Canada Basketball	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1936
Mexico	Asociación Deportiva Mexicana de Básquetbol	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1936
United States	USA Basketball	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1934
South America (CONSUBASQUET)
Argentina	Confederación Argentina de Básquetbol	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1932
Bolivia		Men's U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1947
Brazil	Confederação Brasileira de Basketball	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1935
Chile		Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1935
Colombia		Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1939
Ecuador		Men's Women's
Paraguay	Confederación Paraguaya de Básquetbol	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1947
Uruguay	Federación Uruguaya de Basketball	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U16/17	1936
Venezuela	Federación Venezolana de Baloncesto	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1935

FIBA World Rankings[]

FIBA America zones

Overview[]

FIBA Men's Rankings (as of 9 August 2021)^[1]
Americas*	FIBA	+/-	National Team	Points
1	1		United States	765.2
2	7	3	Argentina	655.3
3	15	4	Brazil	532.5
4	17	3	Venezuela	479.6
5	18	3	Canada	478.5
6	19	1	Puerto Rico	460.4
7	20	1	Dominican Republic	455.2
8	24		Mexico	386.6
9	40	5	Uruguay	247.5
10	48		Panama	203.5
11	52	1	Virgin Islands	189.4
12	59	3	Bahamas	164.1
13	64		Cuba	138
14	66		Colombia	137
15	67	1	Chile	136.2
16	73	1	Paraguay	120.7
17	84	22	Costa Rica	104.7
18	91	7	Antigua and Barbuda	98.9
19	96	9	Barbados	97.1
20	97	19	Nicaragua	96.9
21	98	2	Jamaica	96.1
22	106	2	Honduras	85.7
23	108	8	Guyana	82.3
24	109		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	81.7
25	110	1	Bermuda	80.7
26	113	4	Bolivia	79.9
27	115	2	Suriname	79.3
28	117	2	Belize	73.6
29	119	1	Grenada	71.4
30	121	12	El Salvador	69.3
31	128	1	Cayman Islands	66.1
32	129	3	Ecuador	65.1
33	130	3	British Virgin Islands	64.8
34	133	3	Montserrat	57.2
35	150	4	Guatemala	43.6
36	155	2	Saint Lucia	39.4
37	162	2	Haiti	22.7
*Local rankings based on FIBA ranking points

FIBA Women's Rankings (as of 9 August 2021)^[2]
Americas*	FIBA	+/-	National Team	Points
1	1		United States	829.3
2	4		Canada	659.5
3	14	1	Brazil	363.3
4	17	6	Puerto Rico	360.6
5	30	2	Argentina	233.9
6	32	3	Cuba	222.4
7	35	4	Colombia	176.4
8	37	7	Dominican Republic	156.1
9	38	11	Virgin Islands	155.3
10	44	1	Mexico	133.8
11	46	6	Venezuela	131.5
12	63	1	Paraguay	97.7
13	65	3	Jamaica	94.9
14	66		Bahamas	94.9
15	73	4	Chile	86.8
16	77	1	Ecuador	79.1
17	84	3		73.8
18	87	9	Costa Rica	71.7
19	94	9	El Salvador	68.5
20	95	4	Trinidad and Tobago	68.5
21	96	1		68
22	98	8	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	65.7
23	100	1		63.2
24	101	1		63.1
25	104		British Virgin Islands	58.1
26	105			55.7
27	110		Uruguay	48.4
28	112	1		45.2
29	120	2	Guyana	33
30	121	2	Nicaragua	32.4
*Local rankings based on FIBA ranking points

FIBA Americas competitions[]

National teams[]

FIBA AmeriCup (formerly known as the FIBA Americas Championship)
FIBA Women's AmeriCup (formerly known as the FIBA Americas Championship for Women)

FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship
FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Women
FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship
FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship for Women

Defunct

Clubs[]

Basketball Champions League Americas (The FIBA Americas zone's top men's pro club competition, that is the first-tier level international competition for clubs in South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico.)

Defunct

Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes
Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol
FIBA Americas League

FIBA Americas regional competitions[]

South America
- National teams
  - FIBA South America Championship played by South American Countries
  - FIBA South America Championship for Women
  - FIBA South America Under-21 Championship
  - FIBA South America Under-17 Championship
  - FIBA South America Under-17 Championship for Women
  - FIBA South America Under-15 Championship
  - FIBA South America Under-15 Championship for Women
- Clubs
  - Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB) (The second-tier level men's pro club international competition in South America.)
Centrobasket
- National teams
  - FIBA Centrobasket played by Mexico, Central American, and Caribbean countries
  - FIBA Centrobasket for Women
COCABA (Confederación Centroamericana de Baloncesto)
- National teams
  - FIBA COCABA Championship played by Mexico and Central American countries
  - FIBA COCABA Championship for Women
- Clubs
CBC (Caribbean Basketball Confederation)
- National teams
  - FIBA CBC Championship played by Caribbean countries
  - FIBA CBC Championship for Women

Current champions[]

Men's	Women's	U-18 Men's	U-18 Women's	U-16 Men's	U-16 Women's
United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States

References[]

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "FIBA Women's Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

External links[]

FIBA Americas Official Website

[FIBA_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[FIBA_Women's_World_Rankings-2] "FIBA Women's Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

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