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In which year was the International Amateur basketbal Fedration ( FIBA ) founded ?
In which year was the International Amateur basketbal Fedration ( FIBA ) founded ?
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The International
Basketball Federation is the sport's governing organization. Originally known as the
Fédération Internationale de
Basketball Amateur, the Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur eliminated the word
amateur from its name in 1989, but preserved the acronym; the 'BA' now stands for the first two letters of
basketball.
FIBA establishes basketball standards, such as what equipment and facilities to use, organizes international events, governs the selection of international referees, and regulates the transfer of athletes between nations. There are presently
213 national federations in the organization, which has been divided into five zones since 1989:
Africa, the
Americas,
Asia,
Europe, and Oceania.
The FIBA Basketball World Cup is a four-year international championship for men's national teams. Teams play for the
Naismith Trophy, which is named after basketball's originator, James Naismith, a Canadian.
From 1970 through 2014, the Basketball World Cup was held in the same year as the FIFA World Cup, but starting in 2019, it will be held the year after the
FIFA World Cup. On June 18, 1932, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) was founded.
Among the founding members were
Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Romania, and
Switzerland. Professional athletes from the NBA in the United States were allowed to compete in the Olympics by
FIBA in 1989. The Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur became the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, although the abbreviation FIBA remained the same.
The Federation's headquarters were moved to Munich in 1956, before returning to
Geneva in 2002.
