FIBA Europe

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FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe.svg
Formation1957; 64 years ago (1957)
HeadquartersMunich, Germany
Region served
Europe
Membership
50 full member associations
Official language
English
President
Turkey Turgay Demirel[1]
Parent organization
FIBA
WebsiteFIBA.basketball/Europe

FIBA Europe is the administrative body for basketball in Europe, within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which includes all 50 national European basketball federations.

Structure[]

Headquarters of FIBA Europe, in Munich, Germany.

FIBA Europe is one of five Regions of FIBA and is responsible for controlling and developing the sport of basketball in Europe. Among many tasks, this includes promoting, supervising and directing international competition at the club and national team levels, as well as governing and appointing European international referees. FIBA Europe is an international federation whose membership consists of the national basketball federations of Europe, of which there are currently 50 members.[2]

The highest decision making body is the Board of FIBA Europe which consists of 25 persons elected by the National Federations. The Board of FIBA Europe meets twice a year and is the executive body which represents all 50 Federations that make up the membership of FIBA Europe. All 50 federations meet once a year at the General Assembly of FIBA Europe.[2]

The Board of FIBA Europe[]

The current Board members are:[3][4]

  • Turkey Turgay Demirel, president
  • Austria Karl Thaller, treasurer
  • Cyprus Athos Antoniou
  • Italy Maurizio Bertea
  • Hungary Iván Bodrogváry
  • Germany Wolfgang Brenscheidt
  • Slovenia Matej Erjavec
  • Portugal Manuel Fernandes
  • Russia Natalia Galkina
  • Spain Jorge Garbajosa
  • Bulgaria Georgi Glouchkov
  • Gibraltar John Goncalves
  • Israel Amiram Halevy
  • Georgia (country) George Kartvelishvili
  • Czech Republic Michal Konecny
  • Estonia Keio Kuhi
  • Belarus Nastassia Marynina
  • Republic of Ireland Bernard O'Byrne
  • Switzerland Giancarlo Sergi
  • France Jean-Pierre Siutat
  • Latvia Edgars Šneps
  • Lithuania Mindaugas Spokas
  • Romania Carmen Tocala
  • Croatia Stojan Vranković
  • Greece Asterios Zois

Current Executive Committee members[]

Office Officeholders[5]
President Turkey Turgay Demirel
Treasurer Austria Karl Thaller
Members Hungary Iván Bodrogváry
Russia Natalia Galkina
Spain Jorge Garbajosa
Gibraltar John Goncalves
France Jean-Pierre Siutat
Romania Carmen Tocala
Greece Asterios Zois

Presidents[]

# Years Name
1 2002–2010 Greece George Vassilakopoulos
2 2010–2013 Iceland Olafur Rafnsson
3 2013–2014 Belgium
4 2014–present Turkey Turgay Demirel

Executive Directors[]

Until 1 January 2015, the position was titled as a Secretary General.

# Years Name
1 2002–2012 Canada Nar Zanolin
2 2012–present Czech Republic Kamil Novak

Competitions[]

FIBA Europe competitions[]

Note: The men's EuroLeague and EuroCup are not operated by FIBA Europe, but rather by Euroleague Basketball. Both competitions are sanctioned by FIBA and play under FIBA rules.

Title holders[]

Continental champions[]

Competitions Year Champion Title Runners-up Next edition
Men's competitions
EuroBasket 2017  Slovenia 1st  Serbia 2022
FIBA U20 European Championship 2019  Israel 2nd  Spain [a]
FIBA U18 European Championship 2019  Spain 4th  Turkey [a]
FIBA U16 European Championship 2019  Spain 5th  France [a]
Women's competitions
EuroBasket Women 2021  Serbia 2nd  France 2023
FIBA U20 Women's European Championship 2019  Italy 1st  Russia [a]
FIBA U18 Women's European Championship 2019  Italy 3rd  Hungary [a]
FIBA U16 Women's European Championship 2019  Russia 6th  Lithuania [a]
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f The 2021 Youth European Championships will not take place.[6]

Continental club champions[]

Competitions Year Champion Title Runners-up Next edition
Men's competitions
EuroLeague[a] 2020–21 Turkey Anadolu Efes 1st Spain FC Barcelona 2021–22
EuroCup[a] 2020–21 France Monaco 1st Russia UNICS 2021–22
Champions League 2020–21 Spain San Pablo Burgos 2nd Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 2021–22
Europe Cup 2020–21 Israel Ironi Nes Ziona 1st Poland Arged BMSLAM Stal 2021–22
Women's competitions
EuroLeague Women 2020–21 Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg 6th Spain Perfumerías Avenida 2021–22
EuroCup Women 2020–21 Spain Valencia Basket 1st Italy Reyer Venezia 2021–22
SuperCup Women 2019 Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg 4th Russia Nadezhda Orenburg
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b EuroLeague and EuroCup are run by Euroleague Basketball and not by FIBA Europe.

Titles by country[]

*Updated through 27 June 2021

Country Men Women 3x3 Men 3x3 Women Total
Euro U20 U18 U16 Euro U20 U18 U16 Euro U18 Euro U18
 Soviet Union 14 · 8 3 21 · 11 8 · · · · 65
 Spain 3 2 4 5 4 8 5 10 - - - 1 42
 France 1 1 4 3 2 3 2 3 - 1 2 1 23
 Russia 1 1 - - 3 5 5 6 - - 2 - 23
 Yugoslavia 8 · 5 5 - · 1 - · · · · 19
 Serbia - 3 4 1 2 - 1 - 2 - - - 13
 Italy 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 - - - - 12
 Lithuania 3 2 2 1 1 - 1 - - 1 - - 11
 Greece 2 3 2 2 - - - - - - - - 9
 Serbia and Montenegro - 2 1 4 - · 1 1 · · · · 9
 Turkey - 1 2 3 - - - - - 1 - - 7
 Croatia - - 3 4 - - - - - - - - 7
 Belgium - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - 1 4
 Czechoslovakia 1 - - - - · 2 1 · · · · 4
 Hungary - - - - - - - - - 1 1 2 4
 Slovenia 1 2 - - - - - - 1 - - - 4
 Czech Republic - - - - 1 1 - 1 - - - - 3
 Germany 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 2
 Israel - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2
 Latvia 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - - 2
 Belarus - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1
 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1
 Bulgaria - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1
 CIS · - · · · · 1 · · · · · 1
 Hungary 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1
 Poland - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1
 Romania - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1
 Ukraine - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1
 Egypt 1 · · · · · · · · · · · 1

Note: Titles won by nation, as recognized by FIBA Europe, including defunct states and Egypt, current member of FIBA Africa. The FIBA European Championship for Small Countries is not included in this ranking.

FIBA World Rankings[]

Overview[]

Members[]

Code Association National teams FIBA
affiliation
IOC
member
ALB Albania Albania 1947 Yes
AND Andorra Andorra[n 1] 1988 Yes
ARM Armenia Armenia[n 1] 1991 Yes
AUT Austria Austria 1934 Yes
AZE Azerbaijan Azerbaijan[n 1] 1991 Yes
BLR Belarus Belarus 1992 Yes
BEL Belgium Belgium 1933 Yes
BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992 Yes
BUL Bulgaria Bulgaria 1935 Yes
CRO Croatia Croatia 1992 Yes
CYP Cyprus Cyprus 1972 Yes
CZE Czech Republic Czech Republic 1932 Yes
DEN Denmark Denmark 1951 Yes
EST Estonia Estonia 1991 Yes
FIN Finland Finland 1939 Yes
FRA France France 1933 Yes
GEO Georgia (country) Georgia 1992 Yes
GER Germany Germany 1934 Yes
GIB Gibraltar [n 1] 1985 No[n 2]
GBR United Kingdom Great Britain 2005 Yes
GRE Greece Greece 1936 Yes
HUN Hungary Hungary 1935 Yes
ISL Iceland Iceland 1959 Yes
IRL Republic of Ireland Ireland[n 1] 1947 Yes
ISR Israel Israel 1939 Yes
ITA Italy Italy 1932 Yes
KOS Kosovo Kosovo 2015 Yes
LAT Latvia Latvia 1992 Yes
LTU Lithuania Lithuania 1992 Yes
LUX Luxembourg Luxembourg 1946 Yes
MLT Malta [n 1] 1967 Yes
MDA Moldova [n 3] 1985 Yes
MON Monaco [n 3] 1987 Yes
MNE Montenegro Montenegro 2006 Yes
NED Netherlands Netherlands 1946 Yes
MKD North Macedonia North Macedonia 1993 Yes
NOR Norway Norway[n 3] 1968 Yes
POL Poland Poland 1934 Yes
POR Portugal Portugal 1932 Yes
ROU Romania Romania 1932 Yes
RUS Russia Russia 1947 Yes
SMR San Marino San Marino[n 1] 1969 Yes
SRB Serbia Serbia 2006 Yes
SVK Slovakia Slovakia 1993 Yes
SLO Slovenia Slovenia 1992 Yes
ESP Spain Spain 1934 Yes
SWE Sweden Sweden 1952 Yes
SUI Switzerland Switzerland 1932 Yes
TUR Turkey Turkey 1936 Yes
UKR Ukraine Ukraine 1992 Yes

Defunct members[]

Code Association National teams FIBA
affiliation
FIBA
disaffiliation
TCH Czechoslovakia 1992
GDR East Germany 1992
ENG England England[n 4] 1937
SCG Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 1992 2006
SCO Scotland Scotland[n 4] 1947
URS Soviet Union 1992
WAL Wales Wales[n 4] 1956
YUG Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 1949 1992

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Member with team participating in the 2018 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries.
  2. ^ Part of the British Olympic Association.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Member with team currently not participating in FIBA Europe-sanctioned tournaments.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Integrated in the British Association.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ FIBA Europe President
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Organisation of FIBA Europe". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Board of FIBA Europe". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Turgay Demirel re-elected as FIBA Europe President". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  5. ^ "FIBA Europe Executive Committee". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  6. ^ "FIBA Europe Board approves alternative format for Youth Competitions, new dates for Small Countries Championships". FIBA. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  7. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  8. ^ "FIBA Women's Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

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