FIBA

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA /ˈfiːbə/ FEE-bə; French: Fédération internationale de basket-ball)[lower-alpha 1] is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. 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 212 national federations are now members, organized since 1989 into five zones: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.

This article is about the basketball organization. For other uses, see Fiba.
For the international governing body that oversees association football, see FIFA.

International Basketball Federation
Fédération Internationale de Basketball
(FIBA)
AbbreviationFIBA
PredecessorInternational Amateur Handball Federation
Formation18 June 1932 (1932-06-18)
Founded atGeneva, Switzerland
TypeSports federation
HeadquartersMies, Switzerland
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
212 national federations
Official languages
English, French[1]
President
Hamane Niang
Secretary General
Andreas Zagklis[2]
Key people
Borislav Stanković
George Vassilakopoulos
Manfred Ströher
Revenue (2018)
US$102.2 million[3]
Expenses (2018)US$107.74 million[3]
WebsiteFIBA.basketball
FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland

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
Presidents of FIBA
Years Name[8]
1932–1948 Switzerland Leon Bouffard
1948–1960 United States Willard Greim
1960–1968 Brazil Antonio dos Reis Carneiro
1968–1976 Egypt Abdel Moneim Wahby
1976–1984 Philippines Gonzalo Puyat II
1984–1990 France Robert Busnel
1990–1998 United States George E. Killian
1998–2002 Senegal Abdoulaye Seye Moreau
2002–2006 China Ching Men-ky
2006–2010 Australia Robert Elphinston
2010–2014 France Yvan Mainini
2014–2019 Argentina Horacio Muratore
2019–present Mali Hamane Niang

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

Secretaries General
Secretaries General of FIBA
Years Name
1932–1976 United Kingdom Renato William Jones
1976–2003 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro Borislav Stanković
2003–2018 Switzerland Patrick Baumann
2018–present Greece 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

^ A: 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 2023 Spain Lenovo Tenerife 3rd Brazil São Paulo 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[B]
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 (6) 2022 2024
U-16 Women  Mali (7) 2021 2023  United States (6) 2021 2023  Australia (2) 2022 2024  France (4) 2022 2023  Australia (6) 2022 2024

^ B: 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 2022 Tunisia US Monastir 1st Angola Petro de Luanda 2023
Americas Basketball Champions League Americas 2021–22 Brazil São Paulo 1st Uruguay Biguá 2022–23
Asia Asia Champions Cup 2019 Japan Alvark Tokyo 1st Lebanon Al Riyadi Beirut 2023
Europe[C] Basketball Champions League 2021–22 Spain Lenovo Tenerife 2nd Spain Baxi Manresa 2022–23
Europe Cup 2022–23 Poland Anwil Włocławek 1st France Cholet 2023–24
Women's club competitions
Africa Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup 2022 Egypt Sporting Alexandria 1st Mozambique Costa do Sol 2023
Europe EuroLeague Women (1st-tier) 2022–23 Turkey Fenerbahçe 1st Turkey ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 2023–24
EuroCup Women (2nd-tier) 2022–23 France ASVEL Féminin 1st Turkey Galatasaray 2023–24
SuperCup Women 2022 France Tango Bourges Basket 1st Hungary Sopron Basket 2023

^ C: The top-tier European professional basketball club competitions are complex. The EuroLeague run by Euroleague Basketball and its EuroCup are competing with the FIBA Europe organized competitions. The best European clubs have joined the closed 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
Main article: FIBA Awards

Most Valuable Player
Tournament Most Recent Awardee Team Year
Men Ricky Rubio  Spain 2019
Women A'ja Wilson  United States 2022
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
Further information: FIBA Men's World Ranking

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 27 February 2023[11]
Rank Change Team Points
1Steady  Spain758.3
2Steady  United States757.2
3Steady  Australia740.2
4Steady  Argentina733.6
5Steady  France715.9
6Steady  Serbia710.2
7Steady  Slovenia701.9
8Steady  Lithuania670.4
9Steady  Greece665.1
10Steady  Italy650.4
11Steady  Germany643.5
12Steady  Czech Republic593.8
13Steady  Brazil593.6
14Steady  Poland591.1
15Steady  Canada577.8
16Steady  Turkey537
17Steady  Venezuela523
18Steady  Montenegro517
19Steady  Nigeria461.4
20Increase 1  Puerto Rico455.4
21Decrease 2  Tunisia447.5
22Increase 1  Iran452.5
23Steady  Croatia445.1
24Increase 1  Finland440.6
25Increase 1  Dominican Republic438.3
26Decrease 2  New Zealand431.5
27Steady  China407.7
28Steady  Ukraine406.7
29Increase 1  Latvia397
30Decrease 1  Belgium385.5
31Steady  Mexico363.5
32Steady  Georgia351.9
*Change from 9 August 2021

Women's
Further information: FIBA Women's World Ranking

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 28 February 2023[14]
Rank Change Team Points
1Steady  United States848.8
2Steady  China676.5
3Steady  Australia668.3
4Steady  Spain665.4
5Steady  Canada648.9
6Steady  France635.2
7Steady  Belgium632.7
8Steady  Serbia582.9
9Steady  Japan578.9
10Steady  Puerto Rico487.4
11Steady  Turkey467
12Steady  South Korea436.7
13Steady  Brazil408.7
14Increase 2  Italy396.8
15Decrease 1  Bosnia and Herzegovina386.3
16Decrease 1  Nigeria378.3
*Change from 9 August 2021

Notes
  1. 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]

References
  1. 2014 General Statutes of FIBA, Article 47.1
  2. "FIBA Central Board appoints Andreas Zagklis as Secretary General". FIBA.basketball.
  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.
  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".
  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.
  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 Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  12. "FIBA Rankings – Women's basketball". International Basketball Federation. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  13. "How to Qualify for the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup". International Basketball Federation. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  14. "FIBA Women's Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
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