Russian Basketball Federation (russian: Российская Федерация Баскетбола, Rossiyskaya Federatsiya Basketbola), also known as RBF, is a national governing body of

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in Russia. It was founded in 1991, and is the successor to the Soviet Basketball Federation. After the

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, FIBA banned Russian teams and officials from participating in FIBA basketball and FIBA 3x3 Basketball competitions. In February 2022, Russia and Belarus were suspended from international competitions until further notice due to Russia's

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. It also banned Russia from hosting any competitions. In addition,

FIBA Europe FIBA Europe is the administrative body for basketball in Europe, within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which includes all 50 national European basketball federations. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIBA Euro ...

mandated that no official basketball competitions are to be held in Russia, while the teams of the Russian Basketball Federation were withdrawn from national team competitions and from the club competition season 2022-23.

Leagues

* * Russian Super League 1: Original premier men's basketball league, and current secondary men's basketball league. *

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: Premier women's basketball league.

Presidents

* Pavel Morozov – 1991 to 1994. *

Sergei Belov Sergei Alexandrovich Belov (russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Бело́в; 23 January 1944 – 3 October 2013) was a Russian professional basketball player, most noted for playing for CSKA Moscow and the senior Sovi ...

– 1995 to 1998. * V. Kuzin – 1998 to 2003. *

Sergey Chernov Sergei Anatolyevich Chernov (russian: Серге́й Анатольевич Чернов; born 2 November 1968) is a former Russian professional football player. Club career He played in the Russian Football National League for FC Metallurg No ...

– 2003 to 2011. * Alexander Krasnenkov – 2011 to 2013. *Yulia Anikeeva – 2013. *

Andrei Kirilenko Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenko (russian: Андрей Геннадьевич Кириленко; born February 18, 1981) is a Russian-American basketball executive and former professional basketball player, currently the commissioner of the Russ ...

– since 2015.

References

External links

Official Website

Russian Basketball Federation Federal Book
Basketball in Russia

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