What is the Fiba Standard?

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FIBA regulates international basketball law, specifies the necessary equipment and facilities, regulates the transfer of athletes across countries, and controls the appointment of international referees.

There are a total of 215 member national federations, organized since 1989, divided into five regions: Asia, Europe, Oceania, the Americas and Africa. The Basketball World Championship is a world-class tournament for men's national teams held every four years. Teams will compete in the Naismith Trophy, named after Canadian basketball founder James Naismith. The tournament has a similar structure but not the same as the FIFA World Cup of football; The tournament was played in the same year from 1970 to 2014, but starting in 2019, the Basketball World Cup will be moved to one year after the FIFA World Cup. A parallel event for women's teams, the Women's Basketball World Championship, is also held every four years; from 1986 to 2014, held in the same year as the men's event but in a different country. The women's tournament will continue to take place in the same year as the FIFA World Cup. In 2009 FIBA announced three new tournaments: two world U-17 championships with 12 teams (for men and women) to be held in July 2010, and a world club championship with 8 teams. The team was held in October 2010. However, the Club World Championship did not take place. Instead, FIBA reorganized the original club world championship, the FIBA Intercontinental Cup, in 2013 The latest FIBA Global Tournament for National Teams is a 3x3 (three-match) half-court tournament. father). The 3x3 Basketball World Championship U-18 was launched in 2011, and the 3x3 Basketball World Championship the following year. All include separate tournaments for men, women, and mixed teams. Under-18 tournament, held annually, with 32 teams in each tournament. World Championships with 24 teams each held in even years.

The association was founded in Geneva in 1932, two years later officially recognized by the IOC. The original name was called the Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur. The eight founding members are: Argentina, Portugal, Greece, Latvia, Romania, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia and Italy. At the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, the Federation appointed James Naismith (1861–1939), the founder of basketball, as Honorary President. FIBA hosted a world championship, now known as the World Cup, for men since 1950 and a women's world championship, now known as the Women's World Cup, from 1953. From 1986 to 2014, both They take place every four years, in between the Olympics. As mentioned above, the Men's World Cup will move to a new four-year cycle with tournaments taking place one year before the Summer Olympics starting after 2014. In 1989, FIBA allowed professional athletes to participate. attend the Olympics as players from the NBA of the United States. At that time, the Fédération Internationale de Basket-ball Amateur became the Fédération Internationale de Basket-ball, but kept the initials FIBA. The federation headquarters moved to Munich in 1956, but returned to Geneva in 2002. Patrick Baumann is currently FIBA Secretary General. In 1991, the FIBA Hall of Fame was established; The first ceremony was held on September 12, 2007 during EuroBasket 2007. In celebration of its 81st anniversary, FIBA moved to its new headquarters, “The House of Basketball”, in Mies.

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