FIBA Europe is the administrative body for

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, within the

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(FIBA), which includes all 50 national European basketball federations.

Structure

FIBA Europe is one of five Regions of FIBA and is responsible for controlling and developing the sport of basketball in

. Among many tasks, this includes promoting, supervising and directing international competition at the club and national team levels, as well as governing and appointing European international referees. FIBA Europe is an international federation whose membership consists of the national basketball federations of Europe, of which there are currently 50 members. The highest decision-making body is the Board of FIBA Europe which consists of 25 persons elected by the National Federations. The Board of FIBA Europe meets twice a year and is the executive body which represents all 50 Federations that make up the membership of FIBA Europe. All 50 federations meet once a year at the General Assembly of FIBA Europe.

The Board of FIBA Europe

The current board members are: *

Jorge Garbajosa Jorge Garbajosa Chaparro (born 19 December 1977) is a Spanish former professional basketball player, the outgoing president of the Spanish Basketball Federation, and the current President of FIBA Europe. Standing at 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in ...

, president * Grzegorz Bachanski, treasurer * Stefan Garaleas * Georgi Glouchkov * Athos Antoniou * Michal Konecny * Elisa Aguilar * Keio Kuhi * Wolfgang Brenscheidt * John Gonçalves * Asterios Zois * Ivan Bodrogvary * Bernard O'Byrne * Hannes S. Jonsson * Amiram Halevy * Maurizio Bertea * Arben Fetahu * Edgars Sneps * Maarten Hoffer * Manuel Fernandes * Carmen Tocală * Matej Erjavec * Giancarlo Sergi * Elisabeth Egnell * Hüseyin Beşok

Current Executive Committee

Presidents

Executive Directors

Until 1 January 2015, the position was titled as a Secretary General.

Competitions

FIBA Europe competitions

National teams

EuroBasket EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the European Basketball Championship, is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennially, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the E ...

: ** Men's, played every four years ** Women's, played biennially * FIBA European Championship for Small Countries ** Men's, played biennially ** Women's, played biennially * FIBA U20 EuroBasket, played annually * FIBA U18 EuroBasket, played annually * FIBA U16 EuroBasket, played annually * FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket, played annually * FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket, played annually * FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket, played annually ; 3x3 national teams * FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup, (men and women) * FIBA 3x3 U17 Europe Cup, (men and women)

Clubs

European professional club basketball system Professional men's basketball clubs in Europe can compete in a number of different competitions, including national leagues, regional (multi-national) leagues, and continental competitions. It is therefore possible for clubs from some countries to ...

Basketball Champions League The Basketball Champions League (BCL), also commonly known as the FIBA Champions League, is an annual professional basketball competition for European sports club, clubs, organised by FIBA. It is the European professional club basketball system ...

, first-tier men's continental tournament * FIBA Europe Cup, second-tier men's continental tournament * Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament * Youth Basketball Champions League * EuroLeague Women, first-tier women's continental tournament * EuroCup Women, second-tier women's continental tournament * FIBA Europe SuperCup Women, contested between the winners of EuroLeague and EuroCup ;Defunct *

FIBA EuroChallenge FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run by FIBA Europe. It is not to be confus ...

* FIBA EuroCup Challenge *

FIBA Korać Cup The FIBA Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA Europe between the 1971–72 and 2001–02 seasons. It was the European professional club basketball system, third-tier level club competition in European basketball, a ...

* Ronchetti Cup *

FIBA Saporta Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup, founded as ''FIBA European Cup Winners Cup'', was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against eac ...

2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague The 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague was FIBA Europe's professional club basketball tournament for the 2000–01 season. Up until that season, there was one cup, the FIBA European Champions' Cup (which is now called the EuroLeague), though in this se ...

* FIBA Europe All-Star Game * FIBA EuroStars * FIBA EuroCup All-Star Day

Title holders

Continental champions

Continental club champions

Titles by country

– 19 / – 9

Medals

Events

(1935–2022) – 41 Editions # FIBA U20 EuroBasket (1992–2024) – 25 Editions # FIBA U18 EuroBasket (1964–2024) – 39 Editions # FIBA U16 EuroBasket (1971–2024) – 36 Editions # EuroBasket Women (1938–2023) – 39 Editions # FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket (2000–2024) – 21 Editions # FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket (1965–2024) – 39 Editions # FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket (1976–2024) – 34 Editions # FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup (Men) (2014–2024) – 9 Editions # FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup (Women) (2014–2024) – 9 Editions # FIBA 3x3 U17 Europe Cup (Men) (2015–2023) – 8 Editions # FIBA 3x3 U17 Europe Cup (Women) (2015–2023) – 8 Editions

Without Precursors

* Former Countries (

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Former Member). * Exclude FIBA European Championship for Small Countries and FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries.

With Precursors

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FIBA World Rankings

Overview

Members

Defunct members

Notes

References

External links

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