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The International Basketball Federation, more commonly known as FIBA, from its French name Fédération Internationale de Basket-ball, is an association of national organizations which governs international competition in basketball. Originally known as the Fédération Internationale de Basket-ball Amateur (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word Amateur from its official name but retained the initialism; the "BA" now represents the first two letters of basketball.
FIBA defines the international rules of basketball, specifies the equipment and facilities required, 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 or "commissions": Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. Each zone holds men's and women's championships for its senior national teams except Oceania; since 2017, Asian and Oceanian teams compete for a single championship. The men's championships are held every four years, while the women's championships are every two years.
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 creator James Naismith. The tournament structure is similar but not identical to that of the FIFA World Cup in football; these tournaments occurred in the same year from 1970 to 2014, but since 2019, the Basketball World Cup has been held in the year following the FIFA World Cup. A parallel event for women's teams, the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, is also held every four years. When FIBA changed the scheduling of the men's World Cup, it kept the women's version on its previous cycle, meaning that the women's tournament is still held in the same year as the FIFA World Cup.
In 2009 FIBA announced three new tournaments: two 12-team U-17 World Championships (one each for men and women) to be played in July 2010, and an eight-team FIBA World Club Championship to be launched in October 2010.
The newest worldwide FIBA tournaments for national teams are in the three-player halfcourt variation, 3x3. The FIBA 3x3 U-18 World Championships were inaugurated in 2011, and the FIBA 3x3 World Championships for senior teams followed a year later. The championships initially included separate tournaments for men's, women's, and mixed teams, but mixed championships are no longer held. The U-18 championships, held annually, feature 32 teams in each individual tournament. The senior championships have 24 teams in each individual tournament, and are held in even-numbered years.
History[]
Old FIBA logo.
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. Its original name was Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur. Eight nations were founding members: Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Romania, and Switzerland. 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 World Championship for Women since 1953. Through 2014, both events are now held every four years, alternating with the Olympics. As noted above, the World Cup will be moved to a new four-year cycle, with tournaments in the year before the Summer Olympics, after 2014.
In 1989, FIBA opened the door to Olympic participation by professionals such as players from the NBA in the United States. At this point, the Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur became the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, but retained FIBA as an abbreviation.
The Federation headquarters moved to Munich in 1956, then returned to Geneva in 2002. Patrick Baumann is the Secretary General of FIBA.
In 1991 it founded FIBA Hall of Fame, the first induction ceremony was held on 12 September 2007 during EuroBasket 2007.
Presidents[]
| Years | Name[1] |
|---|---|
| 1932–1948 | Template:Country data SUITemplate:Namespace detect showall Leon Bouffard |
| 1948–1960 |  Willard Greim
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| 1960–1968 | File:Flag of Brazil (1960–1968).png Antonio dos Reis Carneiro |
| 1968–1976 | File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Abdel Moneim Wahby |
| 1976–1984 |  Gonzalo Puyat II
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| 1984–1990 |  Robert Busnel
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| 1990–1998 |  George E. Killian
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| 1998–2002 | Template:Country data SENTemplate:Namespace detect showall Abdoulaye Seye Moreau |
| 2002–2006 |  Ching Men-ky
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| 2006–2010 |  Robert Elphinston
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| 2010–2014 | Yvan Mainini
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| 2014–2019 |  Horacio Muratore
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| 2019–present | Template:Country data MLITemplate:Namespace detect showall Hamane Niang |
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Secretaries General[]
| Years | Name |
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| 1932–1976 |  Renato William Jones
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| 1976–2003 |  /Template:Country data SCGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Borislav Stanković
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| 2003–2018 | Template:Country data SUITemplate:Namespace detect showall Patrick Baumann |
| 2018–present |  Andreas Zagklis
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Tournaments[]
World champions[]
| Tournament | FIBA World Cup | Year | Olympics | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men |  Spain (2)
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2019 | USA (16)
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2020 | ||
| Women | USA (11)
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2022 | USA (9)
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2020 | ||
| U-19 Men | Template:Bku (8) | 2021 | Template:Bku (1) | 2018 | ||
| U-19 Women | Template:Bkwu (9) | 2021 | Template:Bkwu (2) | 2018 | ||
| U-17 Men | Template:Bku (6) | 2022 | N/ATemplate:Efn | |||
| U-17 Women | Template:Bkwu (5) | 2022 | ||||
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World club champions[]
| Club competition | Year | Champion | Title | Runner-up | Next edition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intercontinental Cup | 2022 |  Flamengo
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1st | San Pablo Burgos
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2023 |
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 | File:Flag of Tunisia.png Tunisia (3) | 2021 | 2025 | Argentina (3)
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2022 | 2025 | Australia (2)
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2022 | 2025 | Spain (4)
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2022 | 2025 | Australia (19)
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2015 | N/ATemplate:Efn | |||||
| Women | Template:Country data NGR (5) | 2021 | 2023 | USA (4)
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2021 | 2023 |  Japan (6)
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2021 | 2023 |  Serbia (2)
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2021 | 2023 | Australia (15)
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2015 | ||||||
| U-18 Men | Template:Bku (6) | 2022 | 2024 | Template:Bku (10) | 2022 | 2024 | Template:Bku (4) | 2022 | 2024 | Template:Bku (5) | 2022 | 2023 | Template:Bku (1) | 2016 | ||||||
| U-18 Women | Template:Bkwu (8) | 2022 | 2024 | Template:Bkwu (11) | 2022 | 2024 | Template:Bkwu (1) | 2022 | 2024 | Template:Bkwu (2) | 2022 | 2023 | Template:Bkwu (7) | 2016 | ||||||
| U-16 Men | Template:Bku (5) | 2021 | 2023 | Template:Bku (7) | 2021 | 2023 | Template:Bku (2) | 2022 | 2024 | Template:Bku (2) | 2022 | 2023 | Template:Bku (2) | 2019 | 2022 | |||||
| U-16 Women | Template:Bkwu (7) | 2021 | 2023 | Template:Bkwu (6) | 2021 | 2023 | Template:Bkwu (2) | 2022 | 2024 | Template:Bkwu (4) | 2022 | 2023 | Template:Bkwu (2) | 2019 | 2022 |
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Continental club champions[]
| Region | Competition | Year | Champion | Title | Runner-up | Next edition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's club competitions | ||||||||
| Africa | Basketball Africa League | 2022 | File:Flag of Tunisia.png US Monastir | 1st |  Petro de Luanda
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2023 | ||
| Americas | Basketball Champions League Americas | 2021–22 | São Paulo
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1st | Template:Country data URUTemplate:Namespace detect showall Biguá | 2022–23 | ||
| Asia | Asia Champions Cup | 2019 | Alvark Tokyo
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1st |  Al Riyadi Beirut
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2021 | ||
| EuropeTemplate:Efn | Basketball Champions League | 2021–22 | Lenovo Tenerife
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2nd | Baxi Manresa
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2022–23 | ||
| Europe Cup | 2021–22 | Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Bahçeşehir Koleji | 1st |  UnaHotels Reggio Emilia
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2022–23 | |||
| Women's club competitions | ||||||||
| Africa | Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup | 2018 | Template:Country data MOZTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ferroviário de Maputo | 1st | Interclube
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2021 | ||
| Europe | EuroLeague Women (1st-tier) | 2020–21 |  UMMC Ekaterinburg
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6th | Perfumerías Avenida
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2021–22 | ||
| EuroCup Women (2nd-tier) | 2020–21 | Valencia Basket
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1st | Reyer Venezia
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2021–22 | |||
| SuperCup Women | 2021 | Valencia Basket
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1st | UMMC Ekaterinburg
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2022 | |||
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3x3 world champions[]
| Tournament | FIBA 3x3 World Cup | Year | Olympics | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Template:3x3 (5) | 2022 | Template:3x3 (1) | 2020 | ||
| Women | Template:3x3w (1) | 2022 | Template:3x3w (1) | 2020 | ||
| U-23 Men | Template:3x3 (1) | 2022 | N/A | |||
| U-23 Women | Template:3x3 (1) | 2022 | ||||
| U-18 Men | Template:3x3 (1) | 2022 | ||||
| U-18 Women | Template:3x3w (6) | 2022 | ||||
Awards[]
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Most Valuable Player[]
| Tournament | Most Recent Awardee | Team | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Ricky Rubio | Spain
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2019 |
| Women | Breanna Stewart | USA
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2018 |
| U-19 Men | Chet Holmgren | Template:Bku | 2021 |
| U-19 Women | Caitlin Clark | Template:Bkwu | 2021 |
| U-17 Men | Izan Almansa | Template:Bku | 2022 |
| U-17 Women | JuJu Watkins | Template:Bkwu | 2022 |
FIBA World Rankings[]
Men's[]
The following table has the Top 32 men's basketball countries in the world.[2] 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.[3] Script error: No such module "SportsRankings".
Women's[]
The following table has the Top 16 women's basketball countries in the world.[4] 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.[5] Script error: No such module "SportsRankings".
References[]
- ↑ "President of FIBA". http://www.fiba.basketball/president.
- ↑ "FIBA Rankings – Men's basketball". International Basketball Federation. https://www.fiba.basketball/rankingmen.
- ↑ "How to Qualify for the 2023 FIBA World Cup". International Basketball Federation. http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/how-to-qualify.
- ↑ "FIBA Rankings – Women's basketball". International Basketball Federation. https://www.fiba.basketball/rankingwomen.
- ↑ "How to Qualify for the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup". International Basketball Federation. https://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2022/how-to-qualify.
External links[]
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- InterBasket – International Basketball News, Blog and Forum, covering FIBA, Euroleague, NBA
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- International Basketball News
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