FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe is the administrative body for basketball in Europe, within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which includes all 50 national European basketball federations.
Formation | 1957 |
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Headquarters | Munich, Germany |
Region served | Europe |
Membership | 50 full member associations |
Official language | English |
President | Turgay Demirel [1] |
Parent organization | FIBA |
Website | FIBA.basketball/Europe |
Structure
FIBA Europe is one of five Regions of FIBA and is responsible for controlling and developing the sport of basketball in Europe. Among many tasks, this includes promoting, supervising and directing international competition at the club and national team levels, as well as governing and appointing European international referees. FIBA Europe is an international federation whose membership consists of the national basketball federations of Europe, of which there are currently 50 members.[2]
The highest decision making body is the Board of FIBA Europe which consists of 25 persons elected by the National Federations. The Board of FIBA Europe meets twice a year and is the executive body which represents all 50 Federations that make up the membership of FIBA Europe. All 50 federations meet once a year at the General Assembly of FIBA Europe.[2]
The Board of FIBA Europe
The current Board members are:[3][4]
- Turgay Demirel, president
- Karl Thaller, treasurer
- Athos Antoniou
- Maurizio Bertea
- Iván Bodrogváry
- Wolfgang Brenscheidt
- Matej Erjavec
- Manuel Fernandes
- Natalia Galkina
- Jorge Garbajosa
- Georgi Glouchkov
- John Goncalves
- Amiram Halevy
- George Kartvelishvili
- Michal Konecny
- Keio Kuhi
- Nastassia Marynina
- Bernard O'Byrne
- Giancarlo Sergi
- Jean-Pierre Siutat
- Edgars Šneps
- Mindaugas Spokas
- Carmen Tocala
- Stojan Vranković
- Asterios Zois
Current Executive Committee members
Office | Officeholders[5] |
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President | Turgay Demirel |
Treasurer | Karl Thaller |
Members | Iván Bodrogváry Natalia Galkina Jorge Garbajosa John Goncalves Jean-Pierre Siutat Carmen Tocala Asterios Zois |
Presidents
# | Years | Name |
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1 | 2002–2010 | George Vassilakopoulos |
2 | 2010–2013 | Olafur Rafnsson |
3 | 2013–2014 | Cyriel Coomas |
4 | 2014–present | Turgay Demirel |
Competitions
FIBA Europe competitions
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Note: The men's EuroLeague and EuroCup are not operated by FIBA Europe, but rather by Euroleague Basketball. Both competitions are sanctioned by FIBA and play under FIBA rules.
Title holders
Competitions | Last edition | Champion | Title | Runners-up | Next edition |
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FIBA EuroBasket Men's | 2017 | Slovenia | 1st | Serbia | 2022 (September) |
FIBA Europe U-20 Men's | 2019 | Israel | 2nd | Spain | 2021 |
FIBA Europe U-18 Men's | 2019 | Spain | 4th | Turkey | 2021 |
FIBA Europe U-16 Men's | 2019 | Spain | 5th | France | 2021 |
FIBA EuroBasket Women's | 2019 | Spain | 4th | France | 2021 |
FIBA Europe U-20 Women's | 2019 | Italy | 1st | Russia | 2021 |
FIBA Europe U-18 Women's | 2019 | Italy | 3rd | Hungary | 2021 |
FIBA Europe U-16 Women's | 2019 | Russia | 6th | Lithuania | 2021 |
Competitions (clubs) | Last edition | Champion | Title | Runners-up | Next edition |
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EuroLeague[lower-alpha 1] | 2019–20 | Suspended | 2020–21 | ||
EuroCup[lower-alpha 1] | 2019–20 | Suspended | 2020–21 | ||
Champions League | 2019–20 | San Pablo Burgos | 1st | AEK | 2020–21 |
FIBA Europe Cup | 2019–20 | Suspended | 2020–21 | ||
EuroLeague Women | 2019–20 | Suspended | 2020–21 | ||
EuroCup Women | 2019–20 | Suspended | 2020–21 |
- EuroLeague and EuroCup are run by Euroleague Basketball and not by FIBA Europe.
Titles by nation
*Updated through 8 September 2019
Nation | Men | Women | 3x3 Men | 3x3 Women | Total | ||||||||
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Euro | U20 | U18 | U16 | Euro | U20 | U18 | U16 | Euro | U18 | Euro | U18 | ||
Soviet Union † | 14 | · | 8 | 3 | 21 | · | 11 | 8 | · | · | · | · | 65 |
Spain | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 10 | - | - | - | 1 | 42 |
France | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
Russia | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | - | - | 2 | - | 23 |
Yugoslavia † | 8 | · | 5 | 5 | - | · | 1 | - | · | · | · | · | 19 |
Italy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 12 |
Serbia | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 12 |
Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 11 |
Greece | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
Serbia and Montenegro † | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 9 |
Croatia | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
Turkey | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 6 |
Belgium | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 |
Czechoslovakia † | 1 | - | - | - | - | · | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 4 |
Hungary | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Slovenia | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
Czech Republic | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Germany | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Israel | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Latvia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
Belarus | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Bulgaria | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
CIS † | · | - | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
Hungary | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Poland | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Romania | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Ukraine | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Egypt | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
Note: Titles won by nation, as recognized by FIBA Europe, including defunct states and Egypt, current member of FIBA Africa. The FIBA European Championship for Small Countries is not included in this ranking.
Ranking
Men's ranking
This section shows the position of the men's national team of the FIBA Europe members, as of 3 March 2020.[6] Monaco is the only member that is not ranked as they did not play any FIBA competition in the last eight years.
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Women's ranking
This section shows the position of the women's national team of the FIBA Europe members, as of 12 February 2020.[7]
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Members
Code | Association | National teams | FIBA affiliation | IOC member |
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ALB | Albania | 1947 | Yes | |
AND | Andorra[n 1] | 1988 | Yes | |
ARM | Armenia[n 1] | 1991 | Yes | |
AUT | Austria | 1934 | Yes | |
AZE | Azerbaijan[n 1] | 1991 | Yes | |
BLR | Belarus | 1992 | Yes | |
BEL | Belgium | 1933 | Yes | |
BIH | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1992 | Yes | |
BUL | Bulgaria | 1935 | Yes | |
CRO | Croatia | 1992 | Yes | |
CYP | Cyprus | 1972 | Yes | |
CZE | Czech Republic | 1932 | Yes | |
DEN | Denmark | 1951 | Yes | |
EST | Estonia | 1991 | Yes | |
FIN | Finland | 1939 | Yes | |
FRA | France | 1933 | Yes | |
GEO | Georgia | 1992 | Yes | |
GER | Germany | 1934 | Yes | |
GIB | Gibraltar[n 1] | 1985 | No[n 2] | |
GBR | Great Britain | 2005 | Yes | |
GRE | Greece | 1936 | Yes | |
HUN | Hungary | 1935 | Yes | |
ISL | Iceland | 1959 | Yes | |
IRL | Ireland[n 1] | 1947 | Yes | |
ISR | Israel | 1939 | Yes | |
ITA | Italy | 1932 | Yes | |
KOS | Kosovo | 2015 | Yes | |
LAT | Latvia | 1992 | Yes | |
LTU | Lithuania | 1992 | Yes | |
LUX | Luxembourg | 1946 | Yes | |
MLT | Malta[n 1] | 1967 | Yes | |
MDA | Moldova[n 3] | 1985 | Yes | |
MON | Monaco[n 3] | 1987 | Yes | |
MNE | Montenegro | 2006 | Yes | |
NED | Netherlands | 1946 | Yes | |
MKD | North Macedonia | 1993 | Yes | |
NOR | Norway[n 3] | 1968 | Yes | |
POL | Poland | 1934 | Yes | |
POR | Portugal | 1932 | Yes | |
ROU | Romania | 1932 | Yes | |
RUS | Russia | 1947 | Yes | |
SMR | San Marino[n 1] | 1969 | Yes | |
SRB | Serbia | 2006 | Yes | |
SVK | Slovakia | 1993 | Yes | |
SLO | Slovenia | 1992 | Yes | |
ESP | Spain | 1934 | Yes | |
SWE | Sweden | 1952 | Yes | |
SUI | Switzerland | 1932 | Yes | |
TUR | Turkey | 1936 | Yes | |
UKR | Ukraine | 1992 | Yes |
Defunct members
Code | Association | National teams | FIBA affiliation | FIBA disaffiliation |
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TCH | Czechoslovakia | 1992 | ||
GDR | East Germany | 1992 | ||
ENG | England[n 4] | 1937 | ||
SCG | Serbia and Montenegro | 1992 | 2006 | |
SCO | Scotland[n 4] | 1947 | ||
URS | Soviet Union | 1992 | ||
WAL | Wales[n 4] | 1956 | ||
YUG | Yugoslavia | 1949 | 1992 |
Notes
- Member with team participating in the 2018 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries.
- Part of the British Olympic Association.
- Member with team currently not participating in FIBA Europe-sanctioned tournaments.
- Integrated in the British Association.
See also
References
- FIBA Europe President
- "Organisation of FIBA Europe". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- "Board of FIBA Europe". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- "Turgay Demirel re-elected as FIBA Europe President". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- "FIBA Europe Executive Committee". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- "FIBA World Ranking presented by Nike". FIBA. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- "FIBA Ranking for Women". FIBA. Retrieved 21 November 2019.