FIBA

International Basketball Federation
Fédération Internationale de Basketball; (FIBA)
	File:International Basketball Federation logo.svg
Abbreviation	FIBA
Predecessor	International Amateur Handball Federation
Formation	18 June 1932; 91 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; Manfred Ströher
Revenue (2018)	US$102.2 million
Expenses (2018)	US$107.74 million
Website	FIBA.basketball

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA /ˈfiːbə/ FEE-bə; French: Fédération internationale de basket-ball) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the Fédération internationale de basket-ball amateur (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word amateur from its name but retained the acronym.^[4]

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.^[5] 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

1932–49; founding and early years

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

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.

1950–2019; development

FIBA in Mies.

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.

2020–present; suspensions of Russia and Belarus

In February 2022, Russia and Belarus were suspended from international competitions until further notice due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.^[6]^[7] It also banned the two countries from hosting any competitions.^[7]

Presidents

Years	Name^[8]
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	Ching Men-ky
2006–2010	Robert Elphinston
2010–2014	Yvan Mainini
2014–2019	Horacio Muratore
2019–present	Hamane Niang

During the 1936 Summer Olympics the FIBA honored James A. Naismith, the founder of basketball, as their honorary President.^[4]

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 (11)	2022	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 (6)	2022	N/A^[a]
U-17 Women	United States (5)	2022

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

World club champions


Club competition		Year	Champion	Title	Runner-up		Next edition
Intercontinental Cup		2022	Flamengo	1st	San Pablo Burgos		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	Tunisia (3)	2021	2025	Argentina (3)	2022	2025	Australia (2)	2022	2025	Spain (4)	2022	2025	Australia (19)	2015	N/A^[a]
Women	Nigeria (5)	2021	2023	United States (4)	2021	2023	Japan (6)	2021	2023	Serbia (2)	2021	2023	Australia (15)	2015
U-18 Men	Egypt (6)	2022	2024	United States (10)	2022	2024	South Korea (4)	2022	2024	Spain (5)	2022	2023	New Zealand (1)	2016
U-18 Women	Mali (8)	2022	2024	United States (11)	2022	2024	Australia (1)	2022	2024	Lithuania (2)	2022	2023	Australia (7)	2016
U-16 Men	Egypt (5)	2021	2023	United States (7)	2021	2023	Australia (2)	2022	2024	Lithuania (2)	2022	2023	Australia (2)	2019	2022
U-16 Women	Mali (7)	2021	2023	United States (6)	2021	2023	Australia (2)	2022	2024	France (4)	2022	2023	Australia (2)	2019	2022

^ 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

Men's club competitions
Region	Competition	Year	Champion	Title	Runner-up	Next edition
Africa	Basketball Africa League	2022	US Monastir	1st	Petro de Luanda	2023
Americas	Basketball Champions League Americas	2021–22	São Paulo	1st	Biguá	2022–23
Asia	Asia Champions Cup	2019	Alvark Tokyo	1st	Al Riyadi Beirut	2021
Europe^[a]	Basketball Champions League	2021–22	Lenovo Tenerife	2nd	Baxi Manresa	2022–23
Europe^[a]	Europe Cup	2021–22	Bahçeşehir Koleji	1st	UnaHotels Reggio Emilia	2022–23
Women's club competitions
Africa	Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup	2018	Ferroviário de Maputo	1st	Interclube	2021
Europe	EuroLeague Women (1st-tier)	2020–21	UMMC Ekaterinburg	6th	Perfumerías Avenida	2021–22
	EuroCup Women (2nd-tier)	2020–21	Valencia Basket	1st	Reyer Venezia	2021–22
	SuperCup Women	2021	Valencia Basket	1st	UMMC Ekaterinburg	2022

^ The top-tier European professional basketball club competitions is complexe. The EuroLeague run by Euroleague Basketball and its EuroCup are competing with the FIBA Europe organized competitions. The best European clubs have joined the close league EuroLeague.

3x3 world champions

Tournament	FIBA 3x3 World Cup	Year	Olympics	Year
Men	Serbia (5)	2022	Latvia (1)	2020
Women	France (1)	2022	United States (1)	2020
U-23 Men	Poland (1)	2022	N/A
U-23 Women	France (1)	2022
U-18 Men	France (1)	2022
U-18 Women	United States (6)	2022

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Tournament	Most Recent Awardee	Team	Year
Men	Ricky Rubio	Spain	2019
Women	Breanna Stewart	United States	2018
U-19 Men	Chet Holmgren	United States	2021
U-19 Women	Caitlin Clark	United States	2021
U-17 Men	Izan Almansa	Spain	2022
U-17 Women	JuJu Watkins	United States	2022

FIBA World Rankings

Men's

The following table has the Top 32 men's basketball countries in the world.^[9] 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.^[10]

Top 20 Rankings as of 1 March 2022^[11]
Rank	Change	Team	Points
1		United States	763.4
2		Spain	724
3		Australia	691.9
4	1	France	673.4
5	1	Slovenia	671.2
6		Serbia	664.8
7		Argentina	654.1
8		Lithuania	651.4
9	1	Greece	650.9
10	1	Italy	645.1
11		Germany	603.9
12		Czech Republic	577.3
13		Poland	560.6
14	1	Brazil	553.6
15	1	Russia	551.7
16		Turkey	504.6
17		Venezuela	504.5
18		Canada	501.5
19		Puerto Rico	476.2
20		Dominican Republic	474.8
21		Croatia	469.8
22		Nigeria	458.7
23		Iran	448.8
24		Mexico	402.9
25		Montenegro	399.6
26		Latvia	391.3
27		New Zealand	383.9
28		Tunisia	377.2
29		China	359.2
30		South Korea	342
31		Angola	334.1
32		Ukraine	331.4
*Change from 9 August 2021

Women's

The following table has the Top 16 women's basketball countries in the world.^[12] 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.^[13]

Top 20 Rankings as of 15 February 2022^[14]
Rank	Change	Team	Points
1		United States	823.9
2		Spain	685.7
3		Australia	678
4		Canada	661.6
5	1	Belgium	651.2
6	1	France	637.7
7		China	631.8
8		Japan	606.1
9		Turkey	591.4
10		Serbia	589.5
11		Belarus	493.7
12		Russia	476.6
13	1	South Korea	431.3
14	1	Nigeria	421.4
15	2	Italy	397.5
16	1	Brazil	395.1
*Change from 9 August 2021

References

^ 2014 General Statutes of FIBA, Article 47.1
^ "FIBA Central Board appoints Andreas Zagklis as Secretary General". FIBA.basketball.
^ ^a ^b Perelman, Rich (24 May 2020). "Who's in the money? EXCLUSIVE analysis of our survey of International Federation finances". The Sports Examiner. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "History". FIBA. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
^ "Presentation". FIBA.basketball.
^ "FIBA suspends Russian teams, officials from international basketball competitions until further notice".
^ ^a ^b "FIBA bans Russia, Belarus from Upcoming National Basketball Team Competitions - KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice". KyivPost. 18 May 2022.
^ "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 Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
^ "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.
^ "FIBA Women's Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.

External links

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

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

[10] 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.

[11] The top-tier European professional basketball club competitions is complexe. The EuroLeague run by Euroleague Basketball and its EuroCup are competing with the FIBA Europe organized competitions. The best European clubs have joined the close league EuroLeague.

[1] 2014 General Statutes of FIBA, Article 47.1

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

[annualrev-3] Perelman, Rich (24 May 2020). "Who's in the money? EXCLUSIVE analysis of our survey of International Federation finances". The Sports Examiner. Retrieved 5 June 2022.

[:0-4] "History". FIBA. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

[5] "Presentation". FIBA.basketball.

[6] "FIBA suspends Russian teams, officials from international basketball competitions until further notice".

[auto-7] "FIBA bans Russia, Belarus from Upcoming National Basketball Team Competitions - KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice". KyivPost. 18 May 2022.

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

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

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

[FIBA_World_Rankings-14] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.

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

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

[FIBA_Women's_World_Rankings-17] "FIBA Women's Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.

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v t e 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 Basketball 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) Abdoulaye Seye Moreau (1998–2002) Carl Men-Ky Ching (2002–2006) Robert Elphinston (2006–2010) Yvan Mainini (2010–2014) Horacio Muratore (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

v t e 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-17 U-15 Pacific Games
Other tournaments	FIBA Intercontinental Cup Arab 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. '

v t e 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 U20 Centrobasket U17 Central American Championship U21 South American Championship 2nd tier U21 U17 U15
Asia	Asia Cup (includes Oceania) U20 U18 U16 Discovery Women's Basketball Invitational William Jones Cup
Europe	EuroBasket Women U-20 U-18 U-16 European Championship for Small Countries
Oceania	Oceania Championship (defunct) U17 U15 Melanesia Cup Polynesian Cup
Other tournaments	African Games Arab Championship ASEAN University Games Asian Games Bolivarian Games Central Asian Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games Commonwealth Games Mediterranean Games Micronesian Games European Games EYOF 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. • '

v t e 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	U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16
Americas	U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16
Asia	U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16
Europe	U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16
Oceania	U-20 (defunct) U-17 U-15
Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.

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