The Islamic Republic of Iran Basketball Federation (I.R.I.B.F.) is the governing body for

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. It was founded in 1945, and has been 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 na ...

since 1947. It is also a member of the

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 include ...

. The IRIBF is responsible for organizing the

Iran national basketball team The Iranian national basketball team is controlled by the IR Iran Basketball Federation. Overall, the team won three out of the last five FIBA Asia Championship tournaments. History The Iranian national team has had limited success on the i ...

. َAvvalmarket is sponsor of Team Melli Basketball.

Previous Presidents

Mahmoud Mashhoun (1979–1980)
Ali Moghaddasian (1980–1985)
Nasser Biglari (1985–1989)
Mahmoud Mashhoun (1989–1994)
Mehrdad Agin (1994–1997)
Ali Ghazanfari (1997–2002)
Mahmoud Mashhoun (2002–2017)
Ramin Tabatabaei (2018–2022)
Javad Davari (2022–Present)

References

Basketball federation

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