FIBA

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.

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.

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]

Years	Name[8]
1932–1948	Leon Bouffard
1948–1960	Willard Greim
1960–1968	Antonio dos Reis Carneiro
1968–1976	Abdel Moneim Wahby
1976–1984	Gonzalo Puyat II
1984–1990	Robert Busnel
1990–1998	George E. Killian
1998–2002	Abdoulaye Seye Moreau
2002–2006	Ching Men-ky
2006–2010	Robert Elphinston
2010–2014	Yvan Mainini
2014–2019	Horacio Muratore
2019–present	Hamane Niang

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

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 18 November 2022[11]

Rank	Change	Team	Points
1	1	Spain	758.6
2	1	United States	757.5
3		Australia	740.3
4		Argentina	734.3
5		France	715
6		Serbia	710.9
7		Slovenia	704.3
8		Lithuania	669.5
9		Greece	665.9
10		Italy	646.6
11		Germany	640.8
12		Czech Republic	594.5
13	1	Brazil	593.6
14	1	Poland	591.3
15		Canada	575.5
16		Turkey	533.9
17		Venezuela	524.8
18		Montenegro	515.6
19		Nigeria	460.1
20	1	Iran	452.5
21	1	Puerto Rico	451.7
22	2	Tunisia	447.5
23		Croatia	445.1
24	1	Finland	440.6
25	1	Dominican Republic	438.3
26	2	New Zealand	431.5
27		China	407.7
28		Ukraine	406.7
29	1	Latvia	397
30	1	Belgium	385.5
31		Mexico	363.5
32		Georgia	351.9
*Change from 9 August 2021

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 1 October 2022[14]

Rank	Change	Team	Points
1		United States	848.8
2	5	China	676.5
3		Australia	668.3
4	2	Spain	661
5	1	Canada	648.9
6		France	632.8
7	2	Belgium	628.8
8	2	Serbia	579.2
9	1	Japan	578.9
10	6	Puerto Rico	476.6
11	4	Turkey	445.4
12	1	South Korea	436.7
13	1	Brazil	408.7
14	10	Bosnia and Herzegovina	390.1
15	3	Nigeria	378.3
16	3	Italy	373.8
*Change from 9 August 2021