History & Formation of FIBA
The International Federation
of National Basketball, better known under the name of FIBA, FIBA or FIBA World
FIBA International is an association of national organizations that means international basketball rules
are regulates in basketball international competition. Originally known as
International de Basketball Amateur Fédération (hence FIBA), in 1989 it fell
the word amateur from its official name, but retained the acronym; The
"BA" now represents the first two letters of the basketball.
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FIBA defines the
international rules of basketball, provides the equipment and
facilities,regulates the transfer of athletes across the country for fiba basketball rules and
controls the appointment of international referees. A total of 215 national
associations are now members of FIBA , since 1989 organized in five zones or
"commissions": Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
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The association was founded
in 1932 in Geneva, two years after the sport was officially recognized by the
IOC. His original name was the International Amateur Basketball Federation.
Eight nations were founders: Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Italy, Latvia,
Portugal, Romania and Switzerland. During the Summer Olympics 1936 in Berlin,
with the name of the Federation James Naismith (1861-1939), the founder of
basketball, to the honorary president.
FIBA has been organizing a
World Championship since 1953 , now known as the World Cup, for men, and a
world championship of women, known today as the Women's World Cup. From 1986 to
2014 both events were held every four years of the what year was basketball invented after this
also. Olympic Games. As mentioned above, the Men's World Cup will be moved to a
new four-year cycle, with tournaments taking place in the year after 2014 the
Olympic Summer Games preceding.
The Federal Central Office
moved to Munich in 1956, then returned to Geneva in 2002. In 1991 he founded
the Hall of Fame FIBA; The first introductory ceremony took place on 12
September 2007 during the European Championship 2007. On its 81st birthday in
2013, FIBA moved to its new headquarters, "The House of Basketball"
in Mies. Patrick Baumann is the current Secretary General of FIBA.
Amateur to full-professional status in the NBA
In April 1989, under the
auspices of the Secretary General of FIBA Borislav Stankovic, FIBA paved
the way for participation in the Olympic Games for NBA players in the US, but
as a player leagues amateur, semi-professional, NBA It had been the case until
then. Up to this point, even the players had some profiles fully registered and
admitted to qualify for the Olympics, provided they did not play in the NBA.
According to these monumental rules to change, the Federation International de
Basketball Amateur became the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, but
retained FIBA as an abbreviation.
The first time that the
current NBA players, who participated in an official game of the regular season
in the NBA, were allowed to participate in the three major competitions
basketball national teams in international (Basketball European Championship,
FIBA World Cup and Olympic Summer Games) (Now FIBA World Championship)
where only non-American NBA players were allowed to play the 1991 European
Basketball Championship and the 1992 Summer Olympics the FIBA World
Championship 1994 was the first time the FIBA World Championship US current
NBA players allowed to play in a mandatory game of the season have already
played regular NBA. Fiba
meaning Basketball European
Championship then the FIBA officially became a professional tournament in
1991, and the same for the Olympic Games 1992 and the FIBA World Championship
in 1994. All editions of these tournaments counted under the status of
"amateur"
Presidents:
1932–1948: Leon Bouffard
1932–1939: James A. Naismith
(honorary)
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: Dr. Carl Men Ky
Ching
2006–2010: Bob Elphinston
2010–2014: Yvan Mainini
2014–present: Horacio
Muratore
Secretaries General:
1932–1976: Renato William
Jones
1976–2002: Borislav
Stanković
2002–present: Patrick
Baumann
