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.

FIBA Europe

Formation	1957; 66 years ago (1957)
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

In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIBA Europe mandated that no official basketball competitions are to be held in either Russia or Belarus, while the teams of the Russian Basketball Federation and of the Belarusian Basketball Federation are being withdrawn from national team competitions and from the club competition season 2022–23.^[2]

Structure

 

Headquarters of FIBA Europe, in Munich, Germany.

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.^[3]

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.^[3]

The Board of FIBA Europe

The current board members are:^[4][5]

•   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^[6]
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
1	2002–2010	George Vassilakopoulos
2	2010–2013	Olafur Rafnsson
3	2013–2014	Cyriel Coomas
4	2014–present	Turgay Demirel

Executive Directors

Until 1 January 2015, the position was titled as a Secretary General.

#	Years	Name
1	2002–2012	Nar Zanolin
2	2012–present	Kamil Novak

Competitions

FIBA Europe competitions

National teams EuroBasket: Men's, played every four years Women's, played biennially FIBA European Championship for Small Countries Men's, played biennially Women's, played biennially FIBA U20 European Championship, played annually FIBA U18 European Championship, played annually FIBA U16 European Championship, played annually FIBA U20 Women's European Championship, played annually FIBA U18 Women's European Championship, played annually FIBA U16 Women's European Championship, played annually 3x3 national teams FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup, (men and women) FIBA Europe Under-18 3x3 Championships, (men and women)

Clubs Basketball Champions League, first-tier men's continental tournament Europe Cup, second-tier men's continental tournament EuroLeague Women, first-tier women's continental tournament EuroCup Women, second-tier women's continental tournament SuperCup Women, contested between the winners of EuroLeague and EuroCup Defunct EuroChallenge EuroCup Challenge Korać Cup Ronchetti Cup Saporta Cup SuproLeague

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

Continental champions

Competitions	Year	Champion	Title	Runners-up	Next edition
Men's competitions
EuroBasket	2022	Spain	4th	France	2025
U20 European Championship	2022	Spain	3rd	Lithuania	2023
U18 European Championship	2022	Spain	5th	Turkey	2023
U16 European Championship	2022	Lithuania	2nd	Spain	2023
3x3 Europe Cup	2022	Serbia	4th	Latvia	2023
3x3 U18 European Championship	2022	Germany	1st	Latvia	2023
Women's competitions
EuroBasket Women	2021	Serbia	2nd	France	2023
U20 Women's European Championship	2022	Spain	9th	Czech Republic	2023
U18 Women's European Championship	2022	Lithuania	2nd	Spain	2023
U16 Women's European Championship	2022	France	4th	Spain	2023
3x3 Women's Europe Cup	2022	France	3rd	Netherlands	2023
3x3 U18 Women's European Championship	2022	France	2nd	Spain	2023

Continental club champions

Competitions	Year	Champion	Title	Runners-up	Next edition
Men's competitions
Basketball Champions League	2021–22	Lenovo Tenerife	2nd	Baxi Manresa	2022–23
Europe Cup	2022–23	Anwil Włocławek	1st	Cholet	2023–24
Women's competitions
EuroLeague Women	2022–23	Fenerbahçe	1st	ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.	2023–24
EuroCup Women	2022–23	ASVEL Féminin	1st	Galatasaray	2023–24
SuperCup Women	2022	Tango Bourges Basket	1st	Sopron Basket	2023

Titles by country

*Updated through 19 September 2022

Country	Men				Women				3x3 Men		3x3 Women		Total
	Euro	U20	U18	U16	Euro	U20	U18	U16	Euro	U18	Euro	U18
Soviet Union †	14	·	8	3	21	·	11	8	·	·	·	·	65
Spain	4	3	5	5	4	9	5	10	-	-	1	2	48
France	1	1	4	3	2	3	2	4	-	1	3	2	26
Russia	1	1	-	-	3	5	5	6	-	-	2	-	23
Yugoslavia †	8	1	5	8	-	·	1	-	·	·	·	·	23
Serbia	-	3	4	1	2	-	1	-	4	-	-	-	15
Lithuania	3	2	2	2	1	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	13
Italy	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	12
Greece	2	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
Croatia	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
Turkey	-	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	7
Hungary	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	5
Serbia and Montenegro †	-	1	1	1	-	·	1	1	·	·	·	·	5
Slovenia	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	5
Belgium	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	1	4
Czechoslovakia †	1	-	-	-	-	·	2	1	·	·	·	·	4
Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	3
Germany	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	3
Israel	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Latvia	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2
Belarus	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
CIS †	·	-	·	·	·	·	1	·	·	·	·	·	1
Egypt	1	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	1
Poland	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Romania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
Ukraine	-	-	-	-	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.

FIBA World Rankings

Overview

FIBA Men's Rankings (as of 27 February 2023)^[7] Europe* FIBA +/- National Team Points 1 1     Spain 758.3 2 5     France 715.9 3 6     Serbia 710.2 4 7     Slovenia 701.9 5 8     Lithuania 670.4 6 9     Greece 665.1 7 10     Italy 650.4 8 11     Germany 643.5 9 12     Czech Republic 593.8 10 14     Poland 591.1 11 16     Turkey 537 12 18     Montenegro 517 13 23     Croatia 445.1 14 24   1   Finland 440.6 15 28     Ukraine 406.7 16 29   1   Latvia 397 17 30   1   Belgium 385.5 18 32     Georgia 351.9 19 33     Israel 342.4 20 35   2   Bosnia and Herzegovina 337.5 21 39   1   Hungary 326.5 22 44     Estonia 290.1 23 46     Netherlands 285.3 24 47   1   Great Britain 276.1 25 48   1   Bulgaria 276 26 49     Iceland 260.1 27 50     Sweden 252.4 28 53   1   Portugal 204.9 29 54   1   North Macedonia 204.3 30 58   1   Switzerland 188.5 31 59     Romania 186 32 60   2   Denmark 185.7 33 61   1   Slovakia 171.2 34 62   1   Austria 169.6 35 76     Luxembourg 131.3 36 79     Kosovo 123.6 37 80   2   Cyprus 122.4 38 87   1   Armenia 115.2 39 90   6   Norway 110.6 40 95     Ireland 97.3 41 98     Andorra 92.8 42 99     Albania 91.9 43 103   1   Malta 88 44 124   1   San Marino 67.5 45 146   1   Gibraltar 47.5 46 147   1   Moldova 47.5 *Local rankings based on FIBA ranking points

FIBA Women's Rankings (as of 28 February 2023)^[8] Europe* FIBA +/- National Team Points 1 4     Spain 665.4 2 6     France 635.2 3 7     Belgium 632.7 4 8     Serbia 582.9 5 11     Turkey 467 6 14   2   Italy 396.8 7 15   1   Bosnia and Herzegovina 386.3 8 17     Greece 355 9 18     Sweden 332.5 10 19     Slovenia 309 11 20   1   Great Britain 302.5 12 21   1   Montenegro 290.6 12 21   2   Great Britain 278.2 14 22   2   Czech Republic 266 15 23     Slovakia 263.6 16 24   2   Latvia 263.1 17 25     Ukraine 254.8 18 27   1   Hungary 253.9 19 28   1   Croatia 234 20 34   2   Lithuania 181 21 37     Germany 157.8 22 43   2   Netherlands 142.1 23 44   4   Poland 138.6 24 45   1   Romania 136.1 25 49     Bulgaria 131.3 26 51   3   Portugal 128.7 27 53   2   Switzerland 119.8 28 54   2   Israel 119.6 29 56   2   Denmark 112.7 30 59   2   Finland 103.7 31 60   2   Estonia 103.1 32 62     Iceland 95.7 33 64   30   Norway 94.2 34 66   16   Cyprus 93 35 67   10   Luxembourg 91.3 36 69   4   Malta 86 37 78   14   Ireland 79.8 38 80   2   North Macedonia 76.9 39 86   9   Kosovo 72.3 40 92     Albania 66.4 41 96   8   Moldova 61.4 42 104   8   Austria 50 43 110   2   Gibraltar 42.2 44 114   9   Andorra 39.8 *Local rankings based on FIBA ranking points

Members

Code	Association	National teams	FIBA affiliation	IOC member
ALB	Albania	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1947	Yes
AND	Andorra	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1988	Yes
ARM	Armenia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes
AUT	Austria	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1934	Yes
AZE	Azerbaijan	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1994	Yes
BLR	Belarus	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes
BEL	Belgium	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1933	Yes
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes
BUL	Bulgaria	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1935	Yes
CRO	Croatia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes
CYP	Cyprus	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1974	Yes
CZE	Czech Republic	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1932	Yes
DEN	Denmark	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1951	Yes
EST	Estonia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1991	Yes
FIN	Finland	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1939	Yes
FRA	France	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1933	Yes
GEO	Georgia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes
GER	Germany	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1934	Yes
GIB	Gibraltar	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1985	No^[n 1]
GBR	Great Britain	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	2006	Yes
GRE	Greece	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1936	Yes
HUN	Hungary	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1935	Yes
ISL	Iceland	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1959	Yes
IRL	Ireland	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1947	Yes
ISR	Israel	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1939	Yes
ITA	Italy	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1932	Yes
KOS	Kosovo	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	2015	Yes
LAT	Latvia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes
LTU	Lithuania	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes
LUX	Luxembourg	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1946	Yes
MLT	Malta	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1967	Yes
MDA	Moldova	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes
MON	Monaco	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1987	Yes
MNE	Montenegro	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	2006	Yes
NED	Netherlands	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1946	Yes
MKD	North Macedonia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1993	Yes
NOR	Norway	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1968	Yes
POL	Poland	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1934	Yes
POR	Portugal	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1932	Yes
ROU	Romania	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1932	Yes
RUS	Russia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1947	Yes
SMR	San Marino	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1969	Yes
SRB	Serbia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	2006	Yes
SVK	Slovakia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1993	Yes
SLO	Slovenia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes
ESP	Spain	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1934	Yes
SWE	Sweden	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1952	Yes
SUI	Switzerland	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1932	Yes
TUR	Turkey	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1936	Yes
UKR	Ukraine	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes

Defunct members

Code	Association	National teams	FIBA affiliation	FIBA disaffiliation
TCH	Czechoslovakia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16		1992
GDR	East Germany	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1952	1990
ENG	England^[n 2]	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1937
SCG	Serbia and Montenegro	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	2006
SCO	Scotland^[n 2]	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1947
URS	Soviet Union	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16		1992
WAL	Wales^[n 2]	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1956
YUG	Yugoslavia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1949	1992

Notes

1. Part of the British Olympic Association.
2. Integrated in the British Association.

See also

•  Sports portal

• FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year Award
• FIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year Award
• FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year Award
• FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year Award

References

1. "President". FIBA.basketball.
2. "Russia and Belarus withdrawn from FIBA's European national team and club competitions". FIBA.basketball.
3. "Organisation of FIBA Europe". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
4. "Board of FIBA Europe". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
5. "Turgay Demirel re-elected as FIBA Europe President". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
6. "FIBA Europe Executive Committee". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
7. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
8. "FIBA Women's Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

External links

• Official website