FIBA

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governing body international sports federation

FIBA is the international governing body for basketball, responsible for overseeing global competitions, setting the rules of the game, and organizing major tournaments such as the Basketball World Cup and Olympic qualifying events.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
International Basketball Federation	6
FIBA Basketball World Cup	2
FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments	2
FIBA Communications Department	1
FIBA basketball	1
FIBA member federations	1
Fédération Internationale de Basketball	1
Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur	1
affects FIBA women's world rankings	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governing body ⓘ international sports federation ⓘ
abbreviation	FIBA self-link ⓘ
acronymOrigin	French name Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
formerName	FIBA self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur
founded	1932 ⓘ
foundingDate	1932-06-18 ⓘ
foundingLocation	Geneva ⓘ surface form: Geneva, Switzerland
fullName	FIBA self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fédération Internationale de Basketball FIBA self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: International Basketball Federation
governs	international basketball ⓘ
governsDiscipline	3x3 basketball ⓘ 5x5 basketball ⓘ
hasRegion	FIBA Africa ⓘ FIBA Americas ⓘ FIBA Asia ⓘ FIBA Europe ⓘ FIBA Oceania ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Gland, Switzerland ⓘ surface form: Mies, Switzerland
memberOf	Association of Summer Olympic International Federations ⓘ
movedHeadquartersToMies	2002 ⓘ
numberOfNationalFederations	over 200 ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
organizes	FIBA 3x3 World Cup ⓘ FIBA Basketball World Cup ⓘ FIBA Continental Championships ⓘ FIBA Intercontinental Cup ⓘ FIBA self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup ⓘ FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup ⓘ FIBA Women’s World Championship ⓘ surface form: FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup
oversees	global basketball competitions ⓘ
president	Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani ⓘ
publishes	Official Basketball Rules ⓘ
recognizedBy	International Olympic Committee ⓘ
secretaryGeneral	Andreas Zagklis ⓘ
setsRulesFor	basketball ⓘ
sport	basketball ⓘ
type	non-profit organization ⓘ
website	https://www.fiba.basketball ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

FIBA → abbreviation → FIBA self-link ⓘ

FIBA Hall of Fame → administeredBy → FIBA ⓘ

this entity surface form: International Basketball Federation

Japan Basketball Association → affiliation → FIBA ⓘ

USA Basketball → affiliation → FIBA ⓘ

Canada men’s national basketball team → competition → FIBA ⓘ

this entity surface form: FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

NCAA basketball → differsFrom → FIBA ⓘ

this entity surface form: FIBA basketball

International Sports Federations → example → FIBA ⓘ

subject surface form: International Sports Federation

this entity surface form: International Basketball Federation

United States men's national basketball team → federationMembership → FIBA ⓘ

New Zealand national basketball team → fibaMember → FIBA ⓘ

FIBA → formerName → FIBA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur

FIBA → fullName → FIBA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fédération Internationale de Basketball

FIBA → fullName → FIBA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: International Basketball Federation

FIBA Women’s World Championship → globalGoverningBody → FIBA ⓘ

this entity surface form: International Basketball Federation

1950 FIBA World Championship → governingBody → FIBA ⓘ

2012 Summer Olympics basketball tournament → governingBody → FIBA ⓘ

2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup → governingBody → FIBA ⓘ

FIBA Hall of Fame → governingBody → FIBA ⓘ

FIBA Women’s World Championship → governingBody → FIBA ⓘ

basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics → governingBody → FIBA ⓘ

Elam Ending → governingBodyExperiments → FIBA ⓘ

Association of Summer Olympic International Federations → hasMember → FIBA ⓘ

this entity surface form: International Basketball Federation

Canada men’s national basketball team → homeConfederation → FIBA ⓘ

United States women's national basketball team → internationalFederation → FIBA ⓘ

FIBA Hall of Fame → maintainedBy → FIBA ⓘ

this entity surface form: FIBA Communications Department

FIBA Hall of Fame → namedAfter → FIBA ⓘ

1950 FIBA World Championship → organizer → FIBA ⓘ

2010 FIBA World Championship → organizer → FIBA ⓘ

2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup → organizer → FIBA ⓘ

FIBA Women’s World Championship → organizer → FIBA ⓘ

FIBA → organizes → FIBA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

FIBA Americas → parentOrganization → FIBA ⓘ

FIBA Hall of Fame → parentOrganization → FIBA ⓘ

1950 FIBA World Championship → partOfSeries → FIBA ⓘ

this entity surface form: FIBA Basketball World Cup

FIBA Women’s World Championship → participantType → FIBA ⓘ

this entity surface form: FIBA member federations

United States women's national basketball team → playsUnderRulesOf → FIBA ⓘ

United States men's national basketball team → primaryCompetition → FIBA ⓘ

this entity surface form: FIBA Basketball World Cup

EuroBasket Women championship → rankingImpact → FIBA ⓘ

this entity surface form: affects FIBA women's world rankings

United States men's national under-17 basketball team → sportGoverningBody → FIBA ⓘ

this entity surface form: International Basketball Federation

United States men's national under-17 basketball team → sportGoverningBodyAbbreviation → FIBA ⓘ

FIBA Americas → zoneOf → FIBA ⓘ