FIBA World cup

FIBA was established in 1932 in Geneva Switzerland and is the governing body of Basketball around the world. FIBA has helped in the awareness and popularity of the game of basketball. FIBA has been running basketball competition around the world and the winners are given a slot to compete in the Olympics. This is the chance where national teams compete for the glory to represent their country in the Olympics. Winning FIBA tournaments is always a dream worth fighting for by players and coaches. This also a good venue to play against foreign countries that have different basketball styles and plays.   FIBA hold tournaments in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Each tournament has their own websites to help the fans track and monitor the performance of their basketball team.

One of the famous FIBA competitions is the tournament held by FIBA America. FIBA America is representing the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) in the American continent that includes countries from Canada to Argentina.  The organization was established in October of 1975 in Mexico City. FIBA America is divided into three zones:

• •    North Area which is composed of Canada and the United States.
• •    Central America area and the Caribbean which is composed by countries such as:

Belize                                Grenada
Costa Rica                        Guyana
El Salvador                        Haiti
Guatemala                         Jamaica
Honduras                          Montserrat
Mexico                              Antillas Holandesas
Nicaragua                          Puerto Rico
Panama                             Dominican Republic
Antigua & Barbuda            Saint Vincent & Grenadines
Aruba                                St.Kitts
Bahamas                            Nevis
Barbados                            St.Marteen
Belize                                 St.Lucia
British Virgin Islands         Suriname
Cayman Islands                 Trinidad & Tobago
Cuba                                 Turks & Caicos
Dominique                        U.S. Virgin Islands

• •    South American Zone that include countries such as Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Equator, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

There are other FIBA basketball tournaments held around the world and handled by individual FIBA organization families:

• •   FIBA Europe – Responsible in promoting and running tournaments around European countries. There are around 51 country members in this organization which regularly held to determine who will represent in the Olympic competition.
• •    FIBA Asia – Responsible in holding tournaments around Asia that include countries such as China, South Korea, Philippines, Malaysia, Oman and India.
• •    FIBA Oceania – Responsible for holding tournaments in regions where countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Guam and Fiji belong. The organization has been established as part of the FIBA organization in 1968. The first Oceania basketball competition was held in 1981 in the Fiji Islands.
• •    FIBA Africa – Representing FIBA in African Nations.

Their official website is www.fiba.com which has the complete information that you need to know about the FIBA organization and Tournaments. The site has several features including FIBA inside information, FIBA news, Events, Basketball Basics, Expert corners and Blogs. You can view from their websites several press releases, interviews and press clippings. You can also see the FIBA basketball world ranking in their website.

The top 5 countries in their ranking are as Follows:

1.    United States of America
2.    Argentina
3.    Spain
4.    Serbia
5.    Lithuania

The ranking goes all the way to rank no. 73 which is currently held by the Democratic Republic of Congo. If you want to know all about FIBA, this website is for you.

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