FIBA

FIBA is the in Mies ( Switzerland ) -based International Basketball Federation. The acronym stands since 1935 for Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur, 1986, the word 'amateur' has been canceled at the 13th World Congress, FIBA now stands for Fédération Internationale de Basketball. When it was founded in 1932, the association FIBB (Fédération Internationale de Basket Ball), short 1935 even FIBBA said.

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History

Basketball was in 1930 recognized by the IOC as an Olympic sport. Two years later, on June 18, 1932, was founded in Geneva from eight national basketball federations, FIBA ​​: the associations of Argentina, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Czechoslovakia and Switzerland were the founding members. 1934 closed the FIBA in Stockholm an agreement with the World Handball Federation ( IAHF ) that the FIBA became the sole international representative of this sport. So far, the IAHF also had a idle but basketball Commission. The efforts undertaken since 1933, for admission to the program of the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936, were recognized by the IOC in 1935 in Oslo. Since 1936, Olympic champions are determined in basketball in the men and since 1976 with the ladies.

During the first tournament for the Olympic Games in 1936 was James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, was elected honorary president. The FIBA organized since 1950, the Basketball World Championships Men's and since 1953, the Basketball World Championships for Women.

The FIBA Central between 1932 and 1940 in Geneva from 1940 to 1956 in Bern, from 1956 to 2002 in Munich from 2002 to 2013 in Geneva since 2013 Mies.

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

Secretaries General

President

Tournaments

Current champions:

National

The World Federation is also setting up since 2000 FIBA Diamond Ball tournament as a preparation for the Olympic Games in the respective host country.