The Chinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA; ) is the governing body of basketball in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

(Republic of China). Its official name in Chinese is Republic of China Basketball Association (). The CTBA is a member of

FIBA The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word ''amateur'' from its nam ...

and

FIBA Asia FIBA Asia is a zone within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) which contains all 44 Asian FIBA federations. Member associations Tournaments Organized by FIBA Asia National teams * FIBA Asia Cup – since 2017, also inclu ...

. The federation is responsible for the Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team and the

Chinese Taipei women's national basketball team Chinese Taipei women's national basketball team is a national women's basketball team of Chinese Taipei (previously referred to as Taiwan or Formosa). Asia Cup record * 1965 – 3rd place * 1968 – 3rd place * 1970 – 3rd place * 1972 – 2 ...

and their Under-age teams.

History

* 1954: Founded as Republic of China Basketball Committee (). * 1973: Changed to Republic of China Basketball Association. * 1974: Suspended from the

due to naming problems. * 1977: Held the first William Jones Cup. * 1981: Re-admitted to FIBA.

References

Basketball in Taiwan Basketball governing bodies in Asia

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1954 establishments in Taiwan Sports organizations established in 1954 {{Taiwan-org-stub