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now that we have got the history of basketball out of the way both men and women it's time to
go international that's right fiba but just call it fiba now as you may know dr james nay smith
is recognized for inventing the game of basketball in 1891 but it wasn't until june 18 1932
in geneva switzerland that an international federation concern which is basketball
was formed less than three years later on february 28 1935 the international basketball federation
known as fibb was officially recognized by the international olympic committee known as the ioc
helping cleared away from men's basketball to become part of the 1936 berlin soccer olympic
games actually the first international body to claim jurisdiction over the sport of basketball
was the international amateur athletic federation known as iaaf
which in 1926 formed a special commission to govern all ball games played with the hands
such as field handball court handball volleyball and basketball
two years later during the games of the ninth olympiad held in amsterdam netherlands the iaaf
invited representatives from various national associations to consider the forming of an
independent body to govern all ball games played with hands the representatives from 10 countries
met in amsterdam on august 4th 1928 and decided to form the international amateur handball federation
known as iahf although the iahf technical commission for basketball was created to direct
and control the game basketball it never once met six years after being formed the iahf
technical commission for basketball was dissolved and on september 1st 1934 the iahf re-announced
its international control over basketball to the international basketball federation the forefather
of today's fiba the establishment and recognition of the fibb was no easy task after several
failed attempts to establish an independent international federation for just basketball
the first international basketball conference was held june 18 1932 it was at this conference that
fibb was formed with eight national basketball associations among the original founders of fibb
argentina czechoslovakia greece italy latvia portugal romania and switzerland
as the popularity of basketball grew so did the number of fibbs member nations by the end of 1934
austria belgium egypt estonia france germany poland spain and the united states had joined
raising fibbs membership number to 17 nations by the time of the 1936 olympics in berlin
fibb's membership had expanded to include 32 nations 23 of which sent basketball teams to the
first olympic basketball competition in berlin while fiba's membership and its international
rules have changed over the years perhaps the biggest change within fiba occurred april 8
1989. at an extraordinary fiba world congress in munich west germany fiba's membership voted
overwhelmingly 56-13 in favor of open competition eliminating the distinction between amateur and
professional and making all players eligible for fiba competitions including players competing in
the nba consequently for the 1992 summer olympic games in barcelona usa basketball assembled a
men's olympic team of monumental abilities tagged the dream team the usa olympic team consisted of
11 nba players and one college player the u.s squad not only grabbed the world's attention but
the olympic gold medal as well the abbreviation fiba was originally derived from the french term
federation internationale the basketball amateur the word amateur was dropped in 1989. after the
distinction between amateurs and professionals was eliminated the a in fiba was however left
on there and fiba is now recognized as standing for international basketball federation
the federation headquarters moved to munich in 1956 then returned to geneva switzerland in 2002.
in june of 2013 fiba moved into its new headquarters the house of basketball in mice
switzerland the growth of international basketball has continued and in 2020 fiba now boasts of 213
member nations hamani nyong president of fiba africa since 2014 was anonymously elected as the
13th fiba president on august 29 2019 during the elective congress in beijing china andreas zach
lee serves as fiba's secretary general zach klies joined fiba in 2016 as legal director after having
acted for nine years as his external legal advisor fiba itself is divided into five regional zones
fiba africa consisting of 54 national federations fiba america
consisting of 43 national federations fiba asia consisting of 44 national federations fiba europe
consisting of 50 national federations and fiba oceania consisting of 22 national federations
usa basketball is a member of fiba americans zone formerly known as the confederation of
pan-american basketball association known as cop aba founded october 11 1975 usa basketball women's
national team director carol callan is the current president of fiba american and carlos alves
serves as fiba americans executive director usa basketball ceo jim thule serves as fiba americans
member board fiba americas is divided into three sub-zones north america canada united states
central america and the caribbean which is divided in two sub-zones which are antigua aruba bahamas
barbados bermuda british virgin islands cayman islands cuba dominica dominican republic granada
guyana haiti jamaica montserrat puerto rico saint vincent and grenadines
saint kitts st lucia suriname trinidad and tobago turks and caicos virgin islands
and central america belize costa rica el salvador guatemala honduras mexico nicaragua and panama
these in turn are members of the central american and caribbean confederations of basketball that's
c-o-n-c-e-n-c-a-b-a south america consists of 10 countries
argentina bolivia brazil chile colombia ecuador paraguay peru uruguay and venezuela
they are members of the south american basketball confederation that's c-o-n-s-u-b-a-s-q-u-e-t
that was a quick overview of fiba history feva is just as important to the american culture
as it is international because it provides so many opportunities for american players to play
a professional sport be sure to check out all the information on the different histories of the game
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