This list excludes other teams, which generally play outside FIBA's recognition. Excluded teams include those who represent ethnic groups, sub-national entities and dependent territories other than those recognized by FIBA or its confederations, competitors at the Island Games, unrecognized states, separatist movements, and pseudo or micronations.
This section lists the current 213 men's national basketball teams affiliated to FIBA, through their national basketball associations. FIBA members are eligible to enter the FIBA Basketball World Cup and matches between them are recognized as official international matches.
FIBA runs the World Cup as a tournament for national teams to find the world champion. Each confederation also runs its own championship to find the best team from among its members:
FIBA Americas (formerly the Pan-American Basketball Confederation), which controls North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America, has 43 national teams, divided into three areas.[3] The Central American and Caribbean Confederations of Basketball (CONCECABA) is further divided into the Central America and Caribbean zone.[4]
Great Britain, a combined team of England, Scotland and Wales, competed in Eurobasket 2009 and played at the 2012 Olympics. Starting September 30, 2016, England, Scotland and Wales rescinded their FIBA memberships and operate internationally as the British Basketball Federation.[9]
North Vietnam; North Vietnam assumes the records of a unified Vietnam team
South Yemen - merged into
North Yemen; North Yemen assumes the records of a unified Yemen team
Soviet Union - split into 15 different national teams; no team carried over the records of the Soviet Union. National teams descended from Soviet Union are:
The three Baltic states and Russia which played international basketball prior to 1945 inherited their old records prior to being merged with Soviet Union:
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources List of men s national basketball teams news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message This is a list of the men s national basketball teams in the world There are more than 200 national basketball teams the second sport with more national teams 1 with teams representing all UN member states except Liechtenstein as well as several dependent territories sub national entities and states who are not members of the United Nations This list excludes other teams which generally play outside FIBA s recognition Excluded teams include those who represent ethnic groups sub national entities and dependent territories other than those recognized by FIBA or its confederations competitors at the Island Games unrecognized states separatist movements and pseudo or micronations Contents 1 Members of FIBA affiliated confederations 1 1 FIBA Africa 1 1 1 Zone 1 1 1 2 Zone 2 1 1 3 Zone 3 1 1 4 Zone 4 1 1 5 Zone 5 1 1 6 Zone 6 1 1 7 Zone 7 1 2 FIBA Americas 1 2 1 Caribbean 1 2 2 Central America 1 2 3 North America 1 2 4 South America 1 3 FIBA Asia 1 3 1 Central Asia 1 3 2 East Asia 1 3 3 Gulf 1 3 4 South Asia 1 3 5 Southeast Asia 1 3 6 West Asia 1 4 FIBA Europe 1 5 FIBA Oceania 2 Non affiliated teams 3 Former teams 4 FIBA country codes 5 See also 6 ReferencesMembers of FIBA affiliated confederations edit nbsp Map of the World with the five confederations Africa Americas Asia Europe OceaniaThis section lists the current 213 men s national basketball teams affiliated to FIBA through their national basketball associations FIBA members are eligible to enter the FIBA Basketball World Cup and matches between them are recognized as official international matches The five confederations are Africa FIBA Africa Americas FIBA Americas Asia FIBA Asia Europe FIBA Europe Oceania FIBA OceaniaFIBA runs the World Cup as a tournament for national teams to find the world champion Each confederation also runs its own championship to find the best team from among its members Africa AfroBasket Americas FIBA AmeriCup Asia FIBA Asia Cup Oceania FIBA Oceania Championship Europe EuroBasketMembers of FIBA include a majority of United Nations member states as well as one state that is an observer at the United Nations Palestine They also include several constituent countries autonomous areas associated states dependent territories and two sovereign states who are neither UN members or observers Kosovo and the Republic of China The team from the Republic of China is designated as Chinese Taipei by both FIBA and its affiliated continental confederations FIBA Africa edit nbsp FIBA Africa subzones FIBA Africa which has 54 national teams 2 is divided into 7 zones Zone 1 edit nbsp Algeria 1963 nbsp Libya 1961 nbsp Morocco 1936 nbsp Tunisia 1956 Zone 2 edit nbsp Cape Verde 1988 nbsp Gambia 1972 nbsp Guinea 1962 nbsp Guinea Bissau 1994 nbsp Mali 1961 nbsp Mauritania 1964 nbsp Senegal 1962 nbsp Sierra Leone 1991 Zone 3 edit nbsp Benin 1962 nbsp Burkina Faso 1964 nbsp Ivory Coast 1962 nbsp Ghana 1962 nbsp Liberia 1964 nbsp Niger 1963 nbsp Nigeria 1964 nbsp Togo 1963 Zone 4 edit nbsp Cameroon 1965 nbsp Central African Republic 1963 nbsp Chad 1963 nbsp Congo 1962 nbsp DR Congo 1963 nbsp Equatorial Guinea 1994 nbsp Gabon 1965 nbsp Sao Tome and Principe 1983 Zone 5 edit nbsp Burundi 1994 nbsp Egypt 1934 nbsp Eritrea 1997 nbsp Ethiopia 1949 nbsp Kenya 1965 nbsp Rwanda 1977 nbsp Somalia 1960 nbsp South Sudan 2013 nbsp Sudan 1953 nbsp Tanzania 1963 nbsp Uganda 1963 Zone 6 edit nbsp Angola 1979 nbsp Botswana 1997 nbsp Eswatini 2000 nbsp Lesotho 1997 nbsp Malawi 1988 nbsp Mozambique 1978 nbsp Namibia 1995 nbsp South Africa 1992 nbsp Zambia 1962 nbsp Zimbabwe 1962 Zone 7 edit nbsp Comoros 1995 nbsp Djibouti 1979 nbsp Madagascar 1963 nbsp Mauritius 1959 nbsp Seychelles 1979 FIBA Americas edit nbsp FIBA Americas subzones FIBA Americas formerly the Pan American Basketball Confederation which controls North America Central America the Caribbean and South America has 43 national teams divided into three areas 3 The Central American and Caribbean Confederations of Basketball CONCECABA is further divided into the Central America and Caribbean zone 4 Caribbean edit nbsp Antigua and Barbuda nbsp Aruba nbsp Bahamas nbsp Barbados nbsp Bermuda nbsp British Virgin Islands nbsp Cayman Islands nbsp Cuba nbsp Dominica nbsp Dominican Republic nbsp Grenada nbsp Guyana nbsp Haiti nbsp Jamaica nbsp Montserrat nbsp Puerto Rico nbsp Saint Kitts and Nevis nbsp Saint Lucia nbsp Saint Vincent and the Grenadines nbsp Suriname nbsp Trinidad and Tobago nbsp Turks and Caicos Islands nbsp Virgin Islands Central America edit nbsp Belize nbsp Costa Rica nbsp El Salvador nbsp Guatemala nbsp Honduras nbsp Mexico nbsp Nicaragua nbsp PanamaNorth America edit nbsp Canada nbsp United States South America edit nbsp Argentina nbsp Bolivia nbsp Brazil nbsp Chile nbsp Colombia nbsp Ecuador nbsp Paraguay nbsp Peru nbsp Uruguay nbsp Venezuela FIBA Asia edit nbsp FIBA Asia subzones FIBA Asia formerly the Asian Basketball Confederation is divided into 6 zones and has 44 national teams 5 Central Asia edit nbsp Kazakhstan nbsp Kyrgyzstan nbsp Tajikistan nbsp Turkmenistan nbsp UzbekistanEast Asia edit nbsp China nbsp Chinese Taipei nbsp Hong Kong nbsp Japan nbsp Macau nbsp Mongolia nbsp North Korea nbsp South Korea Gulf edit nbsp Bahrain nbsp Kuwait nbsp Oman nbsp Qatar nbsp Saudi Arabia nbsp United Arab EmiratesSouth Asia edit nbsp Afghanistan nbsp Bangladesh nbsp Bhutan nbsp India nbsp Maldives nbsp Nepal nbsp Pakistan nbsp Sri Lanka Southeast Asia edit nbsp Brunei nbsp Cambodia nbsp Indonesia nbsp Laos nbsp Malaysia nbsp Myanmar nbsp Philippines nbsp Singapore nbsp Thailand nbsp VietnamWest Asia edit nbsp Iran nbsp Iraq nbsp Jordan nbsp Lebanon nbsp Palestine nbsp Syria nbsp Yemen FIBA Europe edit nbsp FIBA Europe subzones FIBA Europe has 50 member nations under it 6 nbsp Albania nbsp Andorra nbsp Armenia nbsp Austria nbsp Azerbaijan nbsp Belarus nbsp Belgium nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp Bulgaria nbsp Croatia nbsp Cyprus nbsp Czech Republic nbsp Denmark nbsp Estonia nbsp Finland nbsp France nbsp Georgia nbsp Germany nbsp Gibraltar nbsp Great Britain nbsp Greece nbsp Hungary nbsp Iceland nbsp Ireland 7 nbsp Israel nbsp Italy nbsp Kosovo 8 nbsp Latvia nbsp Lithuania nbsp Luxembourg nbsp Malta nbsp Moldova nbsp Monaco nbsp Montenegro nbsp Netherlands nbsp North Macedonia nbsp Norway nbsp Poland nbsp Portugal nbsp Romania nbsp Russia nbsp San Marino nbsp Serbia nbsp Slovakia nbsp Slovenia nbsp Spain nbsp Sweden nbsp Switzerland nbsp Turkey nbsp Ukraine nbsp Great Britain a combined team of England Scotland and Wales competed in Eurobasket 2009 and played at the 2012 Olympics Starting September 30 2016 England Scotland and Wales rescinded their FIBA memberships and operate internationally as the British Basketball Federation 9 FIBA Oceania edit FIBA Oceania has 22 member nations under it 10 nbsp American Samoa nbsp Australia nbsp Cook Islands nbsp Micronesia nbsp Fiji nbsp Guam nbsp Kiribati nbsp Marshall Islands nbsp Nauru nbsp New Caledonia nbsp New Zealand nbsp Norfolk Island nbsp Northern Mariana Islands nbsp Palau nbsp Papua New Guinea nbsp Samoa nbsp Solomon Islands nbsp Tahiti nbsp East Timor nbsp Tonga nbsp Tuvalu nbsp VanuatuNon affiliated teams edit nbsp Liechtenstein nbsp Niue nbsp Vatican CityFormer teams edit nbsp Czechoslovakia split into two teams no team carried over the records of Czechoslovakia nbsp Czech Republic nbsp Slovakia nbsp East Germany merged into nbsp West Germany West Germany assumes the records of a unified nbsp Germany team nbsp South Vietnam merged into nbsp North Vietnam North Vietnam assumes the records of a unified nbsp Vietnam team nbsp South Yemen merged into nbsp North Yemen North Yemen assumes the records of a unified nbsp Yemen team nbsp Soviet Union split into 15 different national teams no team carried over the records of the Soviet Union National teams descended from nbsp Soviet Union are nbsp Armenia nbsp Azerbaijan nbsp Belarus nbsp Georgia nbsp Kazakhstan nbsp Kyrgyzstan nbsp Moldova nbsp Tajikistan nbsp Turkmenistan nbsp Ukraine nbsp Uzbekistan The three Baltic states and Russia which played international basketball prior to 1945 inherited their old records prior to being merged with nbsp Soviet Union nbsp Estonia nbsp Latvia nbsp Lithuania nbsp Russia The Unified Team a k a the Commonwealth of Independent States CIS team for the 1992 Summer Olympics was a one off team nbsp United Arab Republic merger of two teams nbsp Egypt nbsp SyriaLater split into two teams nbsp Syria retained its old records as Syria nbsp United Arab Republic later renamed as Egypt retained the old records as Egypt nbsp Yugoslavia split into five teams no team carried over the records of Yugoslavia Other national teams descended from nbsp Yugoslavia are nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp Croatia nbsp North Macedonia nbsp Slovenia nbsp Serbia and Montenegro split into two teams nbsp Montenegro nbsp Serbia retained Serbia and Montenegro s records A team later split from Serbia nbsp Kosovo nbsp Netherlands Antilles replaced by nbsp ArubaFIBA country codes editFIBA uses IOC country codes for most countries which are IOC members For non IOC members and exceptions FIBA uses the following codes nbsp England ENG nbsp Gibraltar GIB nbsp Marshall Islands MIS IOC MHL nbsp Montserrat MAT nbsp New Caledonia CAL nbsp Norfolk Island NIS nbsp Northern Mariana Islands SAI nbsp Scotland SCO nbsp Tahiti TAH nbsp Turks and Caicos Islands TCI nbsp Wales WALSee also editList of women s national basketball teams nbsp Basketball portalReferences edit Brown Michael Biggest Global Sports Retrieved 11 September 2015 FIBA com Zones FIBA Africa FIBA com Zones FIBA Americas About FIBA Americas Archived 2007 08 19 at the Wayback Machine FIBA com Zones FIBA Asia FIBA com Zones FIBA Europe FIBA Europe Retrieved 4 August 2010 Kosovo becomes 215th National Member Federation of FIBA FIBA Archived from the original on August 17 2017 Retrieved 13 March 2015 PR N 36 Decisions aplenty as FIBA Central Board concludes FIBA Archived from the original on March 12 2018 Retrieved 12 August 2015 FIBA com Zones FIBA Oceania Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of men 27s national basketball teams amp oldid 1178008265, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
