Federación Internacional de Maxibasquetbol

Federación Internacional de Maxibasquetbol (FIMBA)
purpose	Planning, organization and implementation of your own maxi basketball events
Chair:	Ruben Rodriguez Lamas (President)
Establishment date:	August 1991
Seat :	Buenos Aires ( Argentina )
Website:	www.fimba.net

The Federación Internacional de Maxibasquetbol (FIMBA) is an association of basketball athletes based in Buenos Aires ( Argentina ). The operationally active organization supports and promotes the maxi basketball movement worldwide without being represented or recognized as a sports association of recreational sports among the members of the Olympic movement . A particular interest of the FIMBA lies in the awarding and realization of the national and international maxi basketball competitions it has designed, as well as in the organization of basketball trips for basketball players from the age of 27 or 30. The FIMBA is active worldwide without having a legal relationship with the “ Fédération Internationale de Basketball ” (FIBA) or, in the sense of a formally justified cooperation within the worldwide maxi basketball movement, following the influence of the umbrella organization of organized basketball on the continents can. FIMBA understands the maxi basketball sport it presents as 'media & entertainment sport' and operates a TV station for the presentation of its events . The official language of the 'Maxibasquetbol' organization, which is organized under Argentine law, is Spanish.

Maxi basketball

Basketball is played by players of all ages. From beginners and experienced league players. Maxi basketball refers to the basketball game played by adult basketball players who, due to their age, no longer take part in the regular games of their associations. The term ' maxi basketball ' has established itself internationally since the early 1990s . Maxi basketball players are recreational or health athletes and not league players in regular game operations.

Maxi basketball combines the lifelong game of basketball in the sporting leisure competition with the experience of camaraderie and understanding between amateur athletes, regardless of age , gender , origin , religion or status . Regular social contact with one another is important to many maxi basketball players. Always with respect for the motivation behind James Naismith in 1891 to develop the game under high hanging baskets.

In the area of DBB there are long established maxi basketball competitions: the German Championships ages UE35 and Ü40 and the age group tournaments of the Federal Best Games basketball with the lower age limit fünfundvierzigstes age - both competitions separately for women and men. The national best basketball games are assigned to the "Oldies" area at DBB. The German Basketball Federation does not appoint or send national or national teams for oldies of all ages.

In the member associations of FIBA, competitions for maxi basketball players are organized on a national level. FIBA does not organize any international competition tournaments for this age category, not even with festival character. In Europe, however, there are regular international invitation tournaments for top maxi basketball teams, in which the veteran teams of the best club and national team teams take part and thus numerous former 'stars' of the international basketball scene are always represented. Often the former top players are no longer active with the ball on the floor and are only there as very valued guests of honor in the stands. The variant that 'traditional teams' from top European clubs or basketball associations, the club teams usually without their former foreign 'stars', compete against each other before official league, cup or international matches in order to promote the sport of basketball is also frequently used. The association of the Liga ACB veterans of basketball players from ' Real Madrid Baloncesto ' ('Leyendas Blancas - Asociación de Jugadores del Real Madrid de Baloncesto'), who are not maxi basketball players in their role as former top players , is exemplary .

Foundation of FIMBA

The "Federación Argentina de Maxibásquetbol" was brought into being in 1985, the state of Argentina had been democratically constituted again since 1983. It developed from the "Unión Argentina de Veteranos de Básquetbol de la República", which has been active since 1969. In 1987 in Buenos Aires the discussion started to organize a tournament for former and older basketball players in Argentina - for the Seniors, the Masters, the Veterans, the Golden Oldies or the Legends of Basketball, from all countries of the world, aged about thirty to over seventy years. In 1991 in Buenos Aires the first global tournament in Argentina was organized by Argentinian organizers. Thirty-two teams, besides Argentina, from seven other countries ( Brazil , Estonia , Finland , Guatemala , Russia , Uruguay and USA ) took part. In 1991 the Argentine Federation aligned itself internationally by contracting appropriate agreements on the sidelines of the tournament, with the simultaneous formulation of global claims and objectives. The FIMBA - "Federación Internacional de Maxibasquetbol" was founded on August 21, 1991.

positioning

The "Federación Internacional de Maxibasquetbol" (FIMBA) is not a national or international sports association in the sense of the Olympic movement represented by the IOC , such as FIH - Fédération Internationale de Hockey , FIVB - Fédération Internationale de Volleyball or FIS - Fédération Internationale de Ski . Since the FIMBA is not recognized as a sports organization with special tasks , such as the FISU - Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire or the CISM - Conseil International du Sport Militaire , the FIMBA does not belong to the SportAccord (before April 2009 General Association of International Sports Federations ) or the IWGA - International World Games Association . There are also no legal or other formal relationships of any kind with FIBA ​​- Fédération Internationale de Basketball or FIBA America or one of the national member associations of the world-wide organized basketball sport, not even with the ' Confederación Argentina de Basquet ' (CABB).

No member associations

In its external communication presentation, FIMBA appears as a worldwide federation. The structure of the "Federación Internacional de Maxibasquetbol", like internationally active top sports associations, does not have any national associations as members. There is no recognizable legitimation to represent the large group of maxi basketball players in Europe or worldwide. As an independent organization, FIMBA makes maxi basketball players an offer to take part in their activities or events. For this purpose, FIMBA has created its own framework (rules and conditions of participation, adaptation of the FIBA ​​rules to the requirements of the FIMBA games, appointment of FIMBA referees, appointment of FIMBA representatives, etc.) that is constantly being developed.

No cooperation with FIBA

The existence of the “Federación Internacional de Maxibasquetbol” is ignored by FIBA ​​and its committees and responsible officials. The FIBA ​​Presidium does not see FIMBA as an international sports association , nor as a sports association with special tasks. The implementation of FIMBA events is not taken into account. Members of FIBA ​​committees are not active on the part of FIMBA. The FIMBA is not recognized by the FIBA ​​as a partner organization. FIBA is in no way involved in the realization of the FIMBA competitions.

It should be noted in this context that the voluntary association " National Collegiate Athletic Association " (NCAA), through which the major colleges and universities in the USA organize their sports programs, including their basketball competitions, as well as the men's basketball professional league " National Basketball Association ", which has existed since 1946 (NBA) and the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), founded in 1996, are not affiliated with FIBA. The three US sports organizations are not in competition with FIBA.

Range of services and business model

FIMBA, based in Argentina, has discovered a niche in the market, which is financially attractive, by establishing and regularly organizing competition events for national teams for maxi basketball players, with good acceptance by competitive amateur athletes. Likewise basketball trips. The participating teams are basically not national teams. The groups of participants are usually formed according to the principles according to which any 'street or pub teams for hobby tournaments' are formed.

Competitions

The "Federación Internacional de Maxibasquetbol" regularly offers maxi basketball players the following competitions for registration:

• Ligas Mundiales, de Campeones masculinas y femeninas (since 2005)
• Campeonatos Mundiales de Maxibásquetbol (since 1991)
• Campeonatos Europeos de Maxibásquetbol (since 2000)
• Campeonatos Panamericanos de Maxibásquetbol (since 2000)
• Campeonatos de Maxibásquetbol de Centroamérica y el Caribe (since 2005)
• Basketball on the Sea (on a cruise ship)

Participation in the tournaments or games never requires a qualification of the registered teams. It is always played in a single performance class in all age groups .

Regulations

The actions of the "Federación Internacional de Maxibasquetbol" or the acting personalities of the FIMBA are fundamentally determined by the following sets of rules:

• Reglamento de Normas Generales de Maxibásquet (Standards Maxibasketball)
• Reglamento de Normas Generales para Campeonatos Regionales y Mundiales de Maxibásquetbol (General Standards of the Championships)
• Reglamento de Réferis Internacionales FIMBA (Ordinance Referees)
• Código de Procedimientos y Penas de los Campeonatos FIMBA (Rules of Arbitration)
• Reglamento de Representantes FIMBA (regulation of country representatives)

Management structure

Upper governing bodies

The "Federación Internacional de Maxibasquetbol" is, according to its external representation, directed by an 'International Board' chaired by the President of FIMBA. The work of the International Board is supported by a 'Technical Committee' and supplemented by an 'International Disciplinary Board'. There are also three 'regional committees': 'FIMBA Europe', 'FIMBA America' and 'FIMBA Center-Caribbean', which do not have their own legal personality at a location in their region and are directly linked to FIMBA in Buenos Aires.

Represents

In order to meet the requirements of an international sports organization for recreational sports, the FIMBA works internationally with a group of personalities, usually former basketball players or former basketball referees, who represent the interests of the FIMBA as 'FIMBA representatives' in the countries where they live. As a rule, the representatives of the FIMBA in the individual countries are not democratically or otherwise legitimized as delegates by the community of the respective national maxi basketball players, as is generally usual in sports associations. They are determined by the FIMBA management committee. As a rule, national representatives of FIMBA cannot rely on separate maxi basketball associations whose interests would coincide with those of FIMBA. In their respective countries they act as representatives specifically commissioned by FIMBA to effectively promote their interests. The main tasks are to promote the participation of maxi basketball players or maxi basketball teams in the FIMBA events through suitable measures and to initiate and maintain contacts at all levels, including sponsors . At the national level, the representatives of the FIMBA are of particular importance for maxi basketball players who want to take part in an FIMBA event, as the registration of a national team for a competition event is only accepted by the FIMBA if the relevant national FIMBA representative has given its consent present. The representatives of the FIMBA bring national teams together to form delegations and lead them during an event. FIMBA representatives act completely independently and independently of the respective national basketball association. You are obliged to act in the interests of FIMBA.

Organization of the events

The "Federación Internacional de Maxibasquetbol" delegates the implementation of an event to a national host. For this purpose, an organizing committee is always formed, which is responsible for the correctness of the implementation and the success of the event.

The maxi basketball players play in FIMBA tournaments in the following age groups:

• Women: 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 and 65 years (minimum age 27)
• Men: 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70 and 75 years (minimum age 30)

Before the start of the FIMBA games, there is a compulsory meeting to brief the national delegations. The organizers undertake to take care of the translation into Spanish, English, Portuguese and Russian at this meeting.

At least four teams must be registered in an age group in order to be able to include the game in the group in the game plan. Several teams from one country in the same age group can compete. The FIMBA regulations prevent teams from one country from reaching first and second place in an age group. The individual teams can be composed of players of different nationalities without a common citizenship . Every player is able to play in more than one age group, in each case with a different team, provided they belong to the same nationality, provided the age limit is not violated.

Players do not have to be a member of a basketball club to be eligible to play for a national basketball federation to play FIMBA games. This means that there is no need to provide evidence of a license to play or a player's license. Furthermore, through unlimited participation in the leisure tournaments, it is possible for players banned by their basketball associations or FIBA ​​to actively participate in a FIMBA event. Doping controls are not carried out because it is always about any event outside of the Olympic movement. However, the 'anti-doping laws' applicable in the respective country may apply.

The players compete in a T-shirt with the FIMBA logo. It is not equipped with the emblems or symbols of the respective nation , as these are not teams or players who officially represent their country and basketball association as a national team or national player .

FIMBA events open with a ceremony and end with a closing ceremony. The social framework of the FIMBA events provides a comprehensive supporting program for the participants (players, team supervisors, referees, referees, etc.), the officials involved, the FIMBA officials present and for specially invited guests. All registered participants will be awarded a FIMBA medal. Age group winners and the three teams placed below will be awarded separately by FIMBA.

The participation of the teams or the players is chargeable to the FIMBA in full, in addition to the costs for travel, accommodation, food, etc. As a rule, all costs of participation are borne by the participants themselves. For example, one hundred and fifty-nine maxi basketball teams took part in the 2009 maxi basketball event in Prague, which was advertised worldwide by FIMBA; in 2010, ninety teams took part in the European leisure basketball event in Zagreb.

DBB, ÖBV as well as Swiss Basketball and FIMBA

Like all other FIBA ​​member sports associations, the German Basketball Federation is not a member of FIMBA and is not linked to it by any other formal relationship. DBB executive committee members or functionaries of the DBB and its regional associations do not work for the FIMBA. The FIMBA Representative appointed by FIMBA for the FIMBA region Germany does not work in this function on behalf of the DBB and does not belong to a DBB management committee or DBB coaching staff.

Freely compiled teams that have been registered as teams from Germany for international FIMBA championships by their respective initiators are not national or selection teams of the DBB. The DBB did not provide any coaches and supervisors or jerseys and tracksuits for these teams. The jerseys of these teams may not be marked with the official symbols with which the jerseys of the German national basketball teams are usually equipped. The regional associations of the DBB also do not send teams to FIMBA events. Financial and logistical support or assistance through the assignment of referees is not provided. The dates of the planned FIMBA events will not be included in the official schedule of the DBB. The official policy of the DBB and its regional associations towards the FIMBA, which has been active since 1991, is not communicated externally.

The two other national basketball associations in the German-speaking region of Europe, in Switzerland , in the country where the FIBA ​​headquarters are located, and in Austria , Swiss Basketball and the Austrian Basketball Association (ÖBV), do not indicate that they support FIMBA activities or that they have association cadres attend the events. Referees from Switzerland and Austria are not listed as 'International FIMBA Referees' at FIMBA. Both basketball associations do not give FIMBA any display or advertising opportunities on their websites.

Importance of the FIMBA tournaments

The maxi basketball tournaments and trips organized and advertised by FIMBA are leisure events with a supporting program for older basketball players. For the participating maxi basketball players, they are linked to a tourist experience, usually in a foreign country, at an attractive basketball location and an encounter, usually one week, with maxi basketball players from other or foreign countries. The FIMBA events are of particular importance for the locations and their hotels where the tournaments are held. With a participation of around one hundred teams, players, often with their partners, team supervisors, referees etc., based on experience, a volume of around 15,000 to 20,000 overnight stays, plus other expenses initiated by the FIMBA and by the participants themselves, including connecting trips to be expected for an event. Participants in FIMBA tournaments are maxi basketball players who want to take part. You want to take the ball on the floor yourself. As a rule, they are not fans who, for example, travel abroad to watch their national team's FIBA ​​tournaments.

Critical appraisal

External marketing communication

The work of FIMBA in its current conceptual design is not accepted by FIBA ​​or its responsible bodies. The fact that the FIMBA tries, albeit not without success, to establish itself independently or in a separate manner alongside the official global basketball organization is viewed critically. In its global structure, the FIMBA is more likely to be centrally determined and not classified as co-determined at the base of the maxi basketball players. It is also noticeable that the FIMBA has given itself a name that could suggest a proximity or connection to FIBA ​​or its committees and member associations. The overwhelming majority of knowledgeable basketball players complain that the FIMBA organizes world championships and European championships without making it clear, also to the often inexperienced media employees and, above all, to organizers, sponsors, etc., that there are basically no national teams of FIBA ​​at the championships Associations take part and FIMBA competitions are merely 'Everyman's Championships' for recreational athletes, as fee-based registration tournaments outside the Olympic movement, as any other natural or legal person could organize under a different logo. FIMBA acts like a sports agency that organizes a streetball tournament when it comes to organizing its maxi basketball events.

Health risk for maxi basketball players

It is viewed critically, not only by sports physicians or other medical professionals, that basketball players who are not sufficiently well trained, especially in the older age groups, or participants with 'hidden' health problems are no longer adequately protected when they are in the course of a tournament and then in a critical phase of a decisive game in which the players strive for victory without any consideration of their own constitution and condition and in which they exceed the limits of their physical performance with gross negligence. This applies to every maxi basketball tournament.

On July 31, 2006, at a FIMBA game in Hamburg , the Latvian basketball player Janis Aboltins died. He collapsed during a game of two maxi basketball teams from Latvia and Finland in a FIMBA tournament on the sidelines. The responsible organizing committee decided: “The games must go on.” The following day, the tournament schedule continued for all teams. A group of interested basketball players not only criticized the continuation of the tournament. It is criticized that players can take part in the competitive FIMBA games who are not used to it and who have not experienced it in their time as active players to cope with a very demanding tournament program within a few days and often not prepared by suitable training are able to cope with the demands of a demanding tournament. Serious health complications have been reported during other maxi basketball games. Since the final event in 2006, attempts have been made to always have a defibrillator ready at the edge of the field during FIMBA games , in order to be able to intervene immediately in the event of a corresponding incident.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} FIMBA Maxibasketball Website FIMBA. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} FIMBA - History of the Maxibasketball Movement Website FIMBA. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
3. ↑ ^{a b} FIMBA Events - On the Sea Website FIMBA. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} FIBA - International Basketball Federation Website FIBA. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
5. ↑ Announcement of the German championships 2011 of the age group 35 and 40 ( memento of the original from May 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website of the German Basketball Association. Retrieved April 28, 2011. 
6. ↑ Guidelines for National Best Games and National Mixed Oldies Tournament ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website of the German Basketball Association. Retrieved April 28, 2011. 
7. ↑ Leyendas Blancas - Asociación de Jugadores del Real Madrid de Baloncesto Website Leyendas Baloncesto Real Madrid. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
8. ↑ ^{a b} FIBA Americas website FIBA ​​Americas. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
9. ↑ Sportaccord website.Retrieved April 28, 2011.
10. ^ Website Confederacion Argentina de Basquetbol
11. ↑ ^{a b} FIMBA Referees Regulation Website FIMBA. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
12. ↑ ^{a b c} International FIMBA Referees Website FIMBA. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
13. ↑ ^{a b c d} FIMBA Representative Regulation Website FIMBA. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
14. ↑ Axel Riek and Niels Hennig in Puerto Rico ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - IGBS-Newsletter 02 2007. Website of the IG Basketball Bundesliga Referee. Retrieved April 28, 2011.  
15. ↑ FIBA Africa website FIBA ​​Africa. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
16. ↑ FIBA Asia website FIBA ​​Asia. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
17. ↑ FIBA Europe website FIBA ​​Europe. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
18. ^ FIBA Oceania website FIBA ​​Oceania. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
19. ↑ ^{a b c d} FIMBA Regulations for Maxibasketball Website FIMBA. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
20. ↑ ^{a b c} DBB - national teams women and men ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website of the German Basketball Association. Retrieved April 28, 2011. 
21. ↑ ^{a b} FIMBA Rules Website FIMBA. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
22. ↑ ^{a b c} FIMBA Representatives Website FIMBA. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
23. ↑ ^{a b} FIMBA International Board Website FIMBA. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
24. ↑ FIMBA Italia Maxibasketball ( Memento of the original of July 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. FIMBA Italia website. Retrieved April 28, 2011. 
25. ↑ FIMBA Basketball Veterans Foundation Russia Website FIMBA Russia. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
26. ↑ FIMBA Ukraine Foundation website FIMBA Ukraine. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
27. ↑ ^{a b c d} Basketball Championship Zagreb 2010 Website Croatia-go. Author Saskia Epler, July 7, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
28. ↑ ^{a b} Maxi-Basketball-Europaturnier Zagreb 2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Ranking lists age groups. Website masterbasket. Retrieved April 28, 2011.  
29. ↑ ^{a b} Schedule and results Maxibasketballturnier Zagreb 2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Maxibasketball Zagreb 2010 website. Accessed April 28, 2011.  
30. ↑ ^{a b} Review of the Maxi Basketball European Championship 2010 Zagreb ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website DBB - Oldies. Author FIMBA Represent H.-J. Duchstein. Retrieved April 28, 2011.  
31. ^ FIMBA Penalty and Procedure Rules Website FIMBA. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
32. ↑ National teams - national coach ( memento of the original from August 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website of the German Basketball Association. Retrieved April 28, 2011. 
33. ^ Website of the Swiss Basketball Association. Accessed April 28, 2011.
34. ↑ Website of the Austrian Basketball Association. Accessed April 28, 2011.
35. ↑ For Germany on basket hunt  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Janis Aboltins dies on the sidelines. Website Hamburger Abendblatt - Pinneberg Sport. Retrieved April 28, 2011.