Fédération Internationale de Basketball

FIBA is a redirect to this article. Further meanings are listed under FIBA (disambiguation) .

FIBA
Founded	1932
Place of foundation	Geneva , Switzerland
president	Hamane Niang
societies	213 National Associations
Association headquarters	Mies VD , Switzerland
Official languages)	English , French , German , Spanish , Russian
Homepage	www.fiba.basketball

The Fédération Internationale de Basketball ( FIBA ) is the world basketball association based in Mies ( Switzerland ), which was called the Fédération Internationale de Basket Ball ( FIBB ) when it was founded in 1932 . Between 1935 and 1986 the association was called Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur , at the 13th World Congress in 1986 the word “amateur” was deleted, but the abbreviation FIBA was retained. In 1935, the association used the abbreviation FIBBA for a short time .

history

Basketball was recognized as an Olympic sport by the IOC in 1930 . Two years later, on June 18, 1932 , the FIBA ​​was founded in Geneva by eight national basketball associations: the associations of Argentina , Greece , Italy , Lithuania , Portugal , Romania , Czechoslovakia and Switzerland were the founding members. In 1934, FIBA ​​concluded an agreement with the World Handball Federation (IAHF) in Stockholm , according to which FIBA ​​became the sole international representative of this sport. Up until this point in time, the IAHF also had an - albeit inactive - basketball commission. The efforts made since 1933 to be included in the program of the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 were recognized by the IOC in Oslo in 1935 . Olympic champions in basketball have been determined for men since 1936 and for women since 1976.

During the first tournament for the 1936 Olympic Games , James Naismith , the inventor of basketball, was elected Honorary President. FIBA organized since 1950, the basketball world championships men and since 1953 the World Basketball Championship the ladies .

FIBA headquarters in Mies 2013

The FIBA ​​headquarters were in Geneva from 1932 to 1940, in Bern from 1940 to 1956 , in Munich from 1956 to 2002 , again in Geneva from 2002 to 2013 and have been in Mies since 2013 .

Since 1989 there are five zones: FIBA Africa , FIBA America , FIBA Asia , FIBA Europe and FIBA Oceania .

General Secretaries

• 1932–1976: Renato William Jones ( ENG )
• 1976-2002: Borislav Stanković ( SRB )
• 2002–2018: Patrick Baumann ( SUI )
• since 2018: Andreas Zagklis ( GRE )

President

• 1932–1948: Leon Bouffard ( SUI )
• 1948–1960: Willard Greim ( USA )
• 1960–1968: Antonio dos Reis Carneiro ( BRA )
• 1968–1976: Abdel Moneim Wahby ( EGY )
• 1976–1984: Gonzalo Puyat ( PHI )
• 1984–1990: Robert Busnel ( FRA )
• 1990–1998: George E. Killian ( USA )
• 1998–2002: Abdoulaye Seye Moreau ( SEN )
• 2002–2006: Carl Men Ky Ching ( CHN )
• 2006–2010: Bob Elphinston ( AUS )
• 2010–2014: Yvan Mainini ( FRA )
• 2014–2019: Horacio Muratore ( ARG )
• since 2019: Hamane Niang ( MLI )

Tournaments

Current Masters:

National teams

competition	Men	Women	U-19 men	U-19 women	U-17 men	U-17 women
Olympia	United States	United States	N / A
World Championship	Spain	United States	Canada	Russia	United States	United States
Commission	Men	Women	U-18 men	U-18 women	U-16 men	U-16 women
FIBA Africa	Tunisia	Nigeria	Mali	Mali	Mali	Mali
FIBA America	United States	Canada	United States	United States	United States	United States
FIBA Asia	Australia	Japan	Australia	People's Republic of China	Australia	Australia
FIBA Europe	Slovenia	Spain	Serbia	Germany	Croatia	Italy

The world association has also been hosting the FIBA Diamond Ball as a preparatory tournament for the Olympic Games in the host country since 2000 .

FIBA Asia and FIBA ​​Oceania have been holding joint championships since 2017.

See also

• FIBA world rankings

Web links

Commons : FIBA  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIBA Regulations