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49-661: Yuta Miyanaga Tatsuya Takahashi Satoshi Ishitani Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. This article related to sports in Japan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a basketball team in Asia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . FIBA The International Basketball Federation ( FIBA / ˈ f iː b ə / FEE -bə ; French : Fédération Internationale de Basketball )

98-512: A FIBA competition or qualification window and are based on their performance, particularly in games, in those events. The men's ranking was updated on 10 September 2023 after the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup , while the latest women's ranking was updated on 21 August 2023 after the FIBA Women's Continental Cups, which took place in all FIBA zones. FIBA's headquarters is located in Mies, Switzerland and

147-597: A bronze medal match (71–63). Next year the Soviet Union and Hungary boycotted 1984 Olympic tournament which was held in Los Angeles , United States thus allowing the hosts to win their maiden Olympic title. South Korea and China took silver and bronze Olympic medals respectively. Fortunately, all the world's top teams were able to partake in the next World Championship, which was held in 1986 in Soviet Union . One month before start of tournament, United States won

196-559: A bronze medal match (95–65) and thus reached podium for third time in a row. For the 2026 edition of the tournament in Germany, 16 teams will participate. Confederations and years italicized and in bold have an upcoming competition. ( squads ) ( squads ) ( squads ) ( squads ) ( squads ) ( squads ) ( squads ) ( squads ) ( squads ) ( squads ) ( squads ) ( squads ) ( squads ) ( squads ) ( squads ) ( squads ) ( squads ) ( squads ) Note: From 1953 through 1979

245-523: A change that had come to the men's tournament in 1970 . Formerly known as the FIBA World Championship for Women , the name changed shortly after its 2014 edition. From 1986 through 2014, the tournament was held in the same year as the men's FIBA Basketball World Cup , though in different countries. After the 2014 editions of both championships, the men's event was rescheduled on a new four-year cycle (the latest in 2019 ) to avoid conflict with

294-551: A final match (73–56). The home team, Spain reached podium for third time in a row after victory over Belgium in a bronze medal match (67–60). The number of participants of the 2022 World Cup was reduced from 16 to 12 teams. United States won gold medals for fourth time in a row by beating China in a final match (83–61). Therefore, US team won eight of last ten World tournaments, captured their 11th World title and extended own winning streak at these competitions to 30 consecutive matches. The home team, Australia defeated Canada in

343-577: A row by winning all their 40 matches with margin of 10 points and more. Therefore, it was not surprising when the Soviet Union won the inaugural women's Olympic tournament which was held in 1976 in Montreal , Canada (by winning all five matches). Despite losing to the Japan and Soviet Union, the United States managed to finish second and capture silver medals while Bulgaria took Olympic bronze. Unfortunately,

392-459: A row with remarkable winning streak of 55 consecutive matches at Olympic tournaments. The 13th World Championship took place in 1998 in Germany . Russian team participated at this tournament for first time after dissolution of Soviet Union . In the second group round, they lost to United States with great margin of 36 points (60–96) but then managed to reach final where met with US team again. In

441-729: A row, Czechoslovakia won silver medals, Bulgaria took bronze while United States finished only at fourth place. This tournament marked the beginning of the era of dominance of the Soviet Union in world women's basketball, which lasted for next two decades. Under leadership of head coach Lidiya Alekseyeva , Soviet team won three next World Championships held in 1967 ( Czechoslovakia ), 1971 ( Brazil ) and 1975 ( Colombia ). The vast majority of medals at these tournaments were won by Eastern European and East Asian teams while United States even failed to qualify into final round. In general, from 1959 to 1975 Soviet team won record five titles in

490-499: Is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. FIBA defines the rules of basketball , specifies the equipment and facilities required, organizes international competitions, regulates the transfer of athletes across countries, and controls the appointment of international referees . A total of 212 national federations are members, organized since 1989 into five zones: Africa , Americas , Asia , Europe , and Oceania . FIBA organizes both

539-598: Is assigned to a zone by the Central Board. FIBA recognizes 212 national federations; see the list of men's national basketball teams and the list of women's national basketball teams . Unlike other sports organizations, FIBA recognizes the British Basketball Federation as the lone governing body for basketball in Great Britain, as a result of a merger in 2016 between the basketball federations of two of

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588-559: Is known as the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball, named after the organization's former Secretary-General. FIBA's supreme body is the FIBA Congress, an assembly of representatives from each affiliated national federation, with each having one vote. The Congress assembles every two years, either an elective or mid-term congress, and is the only body that can make modifications to FIBA's General Statutes. An elective congress elects

637-579: The FIBA Europe organized competitions. The best European clubs have joined the closed league EuroLeague . The following table has the Top 32 men's basketball countries in the world. 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

686-665: The FIFA World Cup in association football ; these tournaments occurred in the same year from 1970 through 2014, but starting in 2019 , the Basketball World Cup will move to the year following the FIFA World Cup. A parallel event for women's teams, the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup , is also held quadrennial; from 1986 through 2014, it was held in the same year as the men's event but in a different country. The association

735-608: The Olympics . The men's World Cup was moved to a new four-year cycle, with tournaments in the year before the Summer Olympics, after 2014. On 7 April 1989, at a special congress in Munich following the conclusion of the 1988–89 FIBA European Cup , FIBA member nations voted, by a margin of 56 to 13, to allow NBA players to participate in its international events, including the World Cup and

784-762: The Protocol of Stockholm was passed and the FIBA became the only recognized authority responsible for basketball. During the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, the Federation named James Naismith (1861–1939), the founder of basketball, as its Honorary President. FIBA has organized a world championship, known as World Cup , for men since 1950 and a women's world championship, known as the Women's World Cup , since 1953. From 1986 through 2014, both events were held every four years, alternating with

833-676: The United States and its allies didn't participate at this tournament, thus only eight Eastern Bloc countries were able to play at the championship. In the absence of the US team , the Soviet team won their maiden World title while Bulgaria took silver medals and Czechoslovakia finished third. But at the next World Championship, which was held in 1964 in Peru , all these Eastern European teams also occupied whole podium – Soviet Union won their second title in

882-569: The 5 presidents of each FIBA zone; up to six co-opted members; a representative each from the National Basketball Association and the players. The Board is the body that decides which countries will host the FIBA Basketball World Cup and the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup . The Central Board for the term 2023-2027 comprises 27 members. The president and the secretary general are the main office holders of FIBA and are in charge of its daily administration. Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani

931-530: The FIBA President, Treasurer, and members of the FIBA Central Board , and appoints members of their Ethics and Nominations Panels. Two extraordinary congresses have been held since 1989, with the most recent held in 2014. The FIBA Central Board is the organization's highest executive body. It comprises 29 people: the president; the secretary-general; the treasurer; 13 members elected by the FIBA Congress;

980-720: The Olympics. The change also intended to ward off competition from the Goodwill Games , which was rivaling the Olympics at the time and also seeking to bring NBA players into its basketball events. 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

1029-518: The Secretary-General of FIBA on 7 December 2018. In February 2022, Russia and Belarus were provisionally suspended from international competitions until further notice due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine . It also suspended the two countries from hosting any competitions. During the 1936 Summer Olympics , the FIBA honored James A. Naismith , the founder of basketball, as their honorary President. There are five zones, in which FIBA oversees

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1078-503: The Soviet team failed to reach the final and unexpectively finished only in third place for the first time in their history. At the next World Championship which was held in 1990 in Malaysia , Soviet Union lost in the second group round to Czechoslovakia (79–82) and Yugoslavia (63–64) and finished only at fifth place. It was the first and only time the Soviet women's team had failed to reach

1127-618: The Top 3 teams. It was the third World title for the US team and the first since 1957. The next year the United States boycotted 1980 Olympic tournament which was held in Moscow , Soviet Union . In their absence, Soviet team captured their second Olympic title by winning all 6 matches while the Bulgaria and the Yugoslavia took silver and bronze medals respectively. Therefore, the next World Championship which

1176-568: The Unified Team ceased to exist after that. The 12th World Championship was held in Australia in 1994 , after the dissolution of Soviet Union , SFR Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia . Slovakia became only newly formed national team who managed to qualify to this World Championship. In such situation, United States aimed to return at first position. However, they surprisingly lost semifinal match to Brazil (107–110) and once again finished only at

1225-421: The basketball tournament at the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow by beating Soviet Union with great margin of 23 points (83–60). Both reigning Olympic Champions (United States) and World Champions (Soviet Union) won all their group and semifinal matches, and then met in the final match in Moscow . In this final, US team once again proved their superiority by winning with a margin of 20 points (108–88) thus ending

1274-493: The end of first half. Later in the final match between these two teams the Soviets lost the first half with a score of 37–40, but also managed to achieve victory with a margin of only two points (84–82). Both of those matches had provided other teams with the knowledge that the Soviet Union wasn't as overwhelming a force as it was years prior. The China won their first World Championship medal after their victory over South Korea in

1323-495: The final match, United States faced with much stronger resistance – Russia led with margin of 9 points after first half (28–37), but in the second half US team managed to reach advantage and achieved final victory (71–65). Australia won World Championship bronze medals for first time in their history. The similar story took place at the next World Championship which took place in 2002 in China – United States defeated Russian team at

1372-575: The former Soviet players who competed for the Unified Team , as a result of Soviet Union's dissolution in December 1991, managed to achieve surprising success after a shocking victory over United States in the semifinals (79–73) and managed a victory over the China in the final match (76–66). The US team finished in third place. This was the last victory of Soviet-born players at the World level competitions, and

1421-515: The four Home Nations within the United Kingdom (England and Scotland). Wales had rejected the proposed merger in 2012 but agreed in 2015. Several members of FIBA Oceania, notably Australia and New Zealand, also compete in Asian tournaments. In 2021, Peru was disaffiliated from FIBA after being suspended in 2018. The FIBA Men's World Ranking and FIBA Women's World Ranking are both updated after

1470-450: The game in the different continents and regions of the world through its regional offices under its new governance structure, which was approved by the 2014 FIBA Extraordinary Congress in Istanbul . National federations are members of FIBA and are provided for in FIBA's General Statutes with their assigned zones. The Statutes also state that upon a national federation's admission into FIBA, it

1519-576: The group stage. But after group stage, Russia achieved remarkable victory by beating US team in semifinals (75–68). It was only first defeat of United States for 12 years at the either Olympic Games or World Championships (and the last till nowadays). They finished only at third place after beating hosts in a bronze medal match (99–59). After this success, Russia was unable to show the same resistance to Australian team who won final match with margin of 17 points (91–74). Therefore, Australia became only fourth national team to win either Olympic or World title in

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1568-658: The history of the Women's World Cup. The first tournament was held in 1953 in Chile , with the participation of ten national teams. Despite losing to Brazil in the final round, the United States won the inaugural title. The next tournament which was held in 1957 in Brazil , marked the beginning of the long-time rivalry between the US team and Soviet team , who debuted at the World Championship. The first official match between these teams

1617-491: The history of women's basketball. The next World Championship took place in 2010 in the Czech Republic . Many people waited for another match between United States and Russia in playoffs. Both teams won all their group matches but then Russia suffered shocking defeat to Belarus in the quarterfinals (53–70). The defending champions, Australia also surprisingly lost quarterfinal match to hosts - Czech team (68–79). In

1666-509: The men's FIFA World Cup , but the Women's World Cup remains on the same four-year cycle, with editions held in the same years as the men's FIFA World Cup and the finals tournament played a few months after it. The 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup was held in Sydney , Australia . The 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup will be held in Berlin , Germany . Only four nations have won titles in

1715-615: The men's and women's FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament and the Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament , which are sanctioned by the IOC . The FIBA Basketball World Cup is a world tournament for men's national teams held every four years. Teams compete for the Naismith Trophy , named in honor of basketball's Canadian-American creator James Naismith . The tournament structure is similar but not identical to that of

1764-437: 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. The following table has the Top 16 women's basketball countries in the world. 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

1813-539: The next world women's basketball major tournaments were clouded by a series of political boycotts caused by the Cold War . Firstly, the Soviet Union and four other Eastern Bloc countries withdrew from next World Championships which was held in 1979 in South Korea . In spite of losing to the hosts (82–94), United States won all other matches and captured a gold medal thanks to a better head-to-head point difference among

1862-561: The podium at the international level competition. Like two years prior, the United States and Yugoslavia once more met in the final match, and US team achieved victory again (88–78) by winning their sixth World title. Two years later, the United States went to 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , Spain in the status of favorites to win - especially after the Yugoslavian team was banned from competition due to United Nations sanctions . However,

1911-455: The preliminary round with margin of 34 points (89–55) but later they faced with stronger resistance from Russian side in the final. Despite this, US team won final match with margin of 5 points (79–74) and captured seventh World title while Australia took bronze medals for second time in a row. At the next 2006 World Championship in Brazil , Russian team lost to United States at the preliminary round (80–90) and then lost two more matches at

1960-506: 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. FIBA Women%27s Basketball World Cup The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup , also known as the Basketball World Cup for Women or simply the FIBA Women's World Cup , is an international basketball tournament for women's national teams held quadrennially. It

2009-517: The remarkable winning streak of the Soviet team at the World Championships which lasted 56 consecutive matches. This victory became the turning point which marked beginning of the era of dominance of the United States in world women's basketball. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , South Korea , the US team defended their Olympic title by beating the Yugoslavia in the final match (77–70) while

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2058-538: The semifinals, Czech Republic beat Belarus in overtime (81–77) and reach final match for the first time after dissolution of Czechoslovakia. However, in the final match United States looked stronger and managed to return World title after victory with margin of 20 points (89–69). Spain won World Championship medals for first time in their history after beating Belarus in a bronze medal match (77–68). The next three edition were held without participation of Russian team who failed to qualify to 2014 and 2018 tournaments and

2107-490: The third place. In the final match, Brazil beat China (96–87) thus breaking US-Soviet duopoly on World Championship which lasted for 41 years. Two years later United States took revenge at the home 1996 Olympic tournament at Atlanta by beating Brazil in the final match with margin of 24 points (111–87). This victory marked beginning of US dominance at the Olympic Games – from 1996 to 2021, they won seven Olympic titles in

2156-493: Was banned from participation in the 2022 World Cup due to the invasion of Ukraine . In 2014 US team repeated their success by beating Spain in the final match (77–64). The home team, Turkey managed to reach semifinals for first time in history but failed to win medals after losing to Australia in a bronze medal match (44–74). At the next 2018 World Cup in Spain , United States captured gold again after victory over Australia in

2205-531: Was created by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). Its inaugural game was in 1953 in Chile , three years after the first men's World Championship. For most of its early history, it was not held in the same year as the men's championship, and was not granted a consistent quadrennial cycle until 1967 . After the 1983 event, FIBA changed the scheduling so that the women's tournament would be held in even-numbered non- Olympic years,

2254-826: Was elected president on 23 August 2023 at the FIBA Congress. Andreas Zagklis was appointed secretary-general on 8 December 2018 following the death of Patrick Baumann . Men (3x3 men) Women (3x3 women) - Esports ^   A:  The Youth Olympic Games are a U-19 event played in FIBA 3x3 format. ^   B:  FIBA Oceania no longer conducts senior-level championships for either sex. Since 2017, that region's members have competed for FIBA Asia senior championships. FIBA Oceania continues to hold age-grade championships. ^   C:  The top-tier European professional basketball club competitions are complex. The EuroLeague run by Euroleague Basketball and its EuroCup are competing with

2303-614: 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 , Czechoslovakia , Greece , Italy , Latvia , Portugal , Romania , and Switzerland . In September 1934

2352-413: Was held in 1983 in Brazil became the first international major competition for seven years with participation of all the world's top teams. Soviet Union captured their sixth World title by winning all 10 of their matches, but this victory was the most difficult one. In the final group round, the Soviet team won the match against United States with a margin of only one point (85–84) after losing 40–49 at

2401-451: Was played on the last day of the tournament, it was also the decisive match of the championship. Soviet players led after the first half (27–24), but in the second half the Americans managed to achieve victory (51–48) and won their second World title. The third World Championship was held in 1959 in Moscow , Soviet Union . Due to international political tensions, caused by the Cold War ,

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