List of men's national basketball teams
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This is a list of the men's national basketball teams in the world. There are more than 200 national
This list excludes other teams, which generally play outside
Members of FIBA affiliated confederations
This section lists the 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 Oceania
FIBA runs the
- Africa – AfroBasket
- Americas – FIBA AmeriCup
- Asia – FIBA Asia Cup
- Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship
- Europe – EuroBasket
Members of FIBA include a majority of
FIBA Africa
FIBA Africa, which has 54 national teams,[2] is divided into 7 zones.
Zone 1Zone 2
Zone 3
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Zone 4
Zone 5 |
Zone 6
Zone 7
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FIBA Americas
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
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Central AmericaNorth America |
South America
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FIBA Asia
FIBA Asia (formerly the Asian Basketball Confederation) is divided into 6 zones and has 44 national teams.[5]
Central AsiaEast Asia |
GulfSouth Asia |
Southeast AsiaWest Asia |
FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe has 50 member nations under it.[6]
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- 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 Starting September 30, 2016, England, Scotland and Wales rescinded their FIBA memberships and operate internationally as the British Basketball Federation.[9]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
FIBA Oceania has 22 member nations under it.[10]
Countries not affiliated with FIBA
Former teams
- Czechoslovakia – split into two teams; no team carried over the records of Czechoslovakia
- East Germany – merged into
- West Germany; West Germany assumes the records of a unified Germany team
- South Vietnam– merged into
- 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 Yementeam
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- 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:
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- The three Baltic states and Russia which played international basketball prior to 1945 inherited their old records prior to being merged with Soviet Union:
- The Unified Team (a.k.a. the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) team) for the 1992 Summer Olympics was a one-off team.
- United Arab Republic – merger of two teams;
- Later split into two teams:
- Syria retained its old records as Syria.
- United Arab Republic (later renamed as Egypt) retained the old records as Egypt
- Yugoslavia – split into five teams; no team carried over the records of Yugoslavia. Other national teams descended from Yugoslavia are:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- North Macedonia
- Slovenia
- Serbia and Montenegro – split into two teams
- Montenegro
- Serbia; retained Serbia and Montenegro's records. A team later split from Serbia:
- Netherlands Antilles – replaced by:
FIBA country codes
FIBA uses IOC country codes for most countries which are IOC members. For non-IOC members and exceptions, FIBA uses the following codes:
- England: ENG
- Gibraltar: GIB
- Marshall Islands: MIS (IOC: MHL)
- Montserrat: MAT
- New Caledonia: CAL
- Norfolk Island: NIS
- Northern Mariana Islands: SAI
- Scotland: SCO
- Tahiti: TAH
- Turks and Caicos Islands: TCI
- Wales: WAL
See also
References
- ^ 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