FIBA Europe

FIBA Europe
Formation	1957; 67 years ago
Headquarters	Munich, Germany
Membership	50 full member associations
Official language	English
President	Jorge Garbajosa
Parent organization	FIBA
Website	fiba.basketball/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.

Structure

FIBA Europe is one of five Regions of FIBA and is responsible for controlling and developing the sport of basketball in Europe. 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.^[1]

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.^[1]

The Board of FIBA Europe

The current board members are:^[2]

Current Executive Committee

Office	Officeholders^[3]
President	Jorge Garbajosa
Treasurer	Grzegorz Bachanski
Ex-officio members	Andreas Zagklis

Presidents

#	Years	Name^[4]
1	2002–2010	George Vassilakopoulos
2	2010–2013	Olafur Rafnsson
3	2013–2014	Cyriel Coomas
4	2014–2023	Turgay Demirel
5	2023-present	Jorge Garbajosa

Executive Directors

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

#	Years	Name
1	2002–2012	Nar Zanolin
2	2012–present	Kamil Novak

Competitions

FIBA Europe competitions

National teams

EuroBasket:
- 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 European Championship, played annually
FIBA U18 European Championship, played annually
FIBA U16 European Championship, played annually
FIBA U20 Women's European Championship, played annually
FIBA U18 Women's European Championship, played annually
FIBA U16 Women's European Championship, played annually

3x3 national teams

FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup, (men and women)
FIBA Europe Under-18 3x3 Championships, (men and women)

Clubs

European professional club basketball system
Basketball Champions League, first-tier men's continental tournament
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
SuperCup Women, contested between the winners of EuroLeague and EuroCup

Defunct

Note: The men's EuroLeague and EuroCup are not operated by FIBA Europe, but rather by Euroleague Basketball. Both competitions are sanctioned by FIBA and play under FIBA rules.

Title holders

Continental champions

Competitions	Year	Champion	Title	Runners-up	Next edition
Men's competitions
EuroBasket	2022	Spain	4th	France	2025
U20 European Championship	2024	France	3rd	Slovenia	2025
U18 European Championship	2024	Germany	1st	Serbia	2025
U16 European Championship	2024	France	4th	Spain	2025
3x3 Europe Cup	2024	Austria	1st	Serbia	2025
3x3 U18 European Championship	2023	Croatia	1st	Spain	2024
Women's competitions
EuroBasket Women	2023	Belgium	1st	Spain	2025
U20 Women's European Championship	2024	France	5th	Spain	2025
U18 Women's European Championship	2024	France	3rd	Spain	2025
U16 Women's European Championship	2024	Finland	1st	France	2025
3x3 Women's Europe Cup	2024	Spain	2nd	France	2025
3x3 U18 Women's European Championship	2023	France	3rd	Spain	2024

Continental club champions

Competitions	Year	Champion	Title	Runners-up	Next edition
Men's competitions
Basketball Champions League	2023–24	Unicaja Málaga	1st	Lenovo Tenerife	2024–25
Europe Cup	2023–24	Niners Chemnitz	1st	Bahçeşehir Koleji	2024–25
Men's junior competitions
Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament	2023–24	Real Madrid	5st	INSEP	2024–25
Youth Basketball Champions League	2024	Rytas	1st	Galatasaray	2025
Women's competitions
EuroLeague Women	2023–24	Fenerbahçe	2nd	Villeneuve d'Ascq LM	2024–25
EuroCup Women	2023–24	London Lions	1st	Beşiktaş	2024–25
SuperCup Women	2024	Fenerbahçe	2nd	Beşiktaş	2025

Titles by country

*Updated through 25 August 2024

Yugoslavia - 19 / Serbia and Montenegro - 9

Country	Men				Women				3x3 Men		3x3 Women		Total
Country	Euro	U20	U18	U16	Euro	U20	U18	U16	Euro	U18	Euro	U18	Total
Soviet Union †	14	·	8	3	21	·	11	8	·	·	·	·	65
Spain	4	3	5	6	4	9	5	10	-	-	2	2	50
France	1	3	4	4	2	5	3	5	-	1	3	3	34
Russia	1	1	-	-	3	5	5	6	-	-	2	-	23
Yugoslavia †	8	1	5	8	-	·	1	-	·	·	·	·	23
Serbia	-	3	5	1	2	-	1	-	5	-	-	-	17
Lithuania	3	2	2	2	1	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	13
Italy	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	12
Greece	2	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
Croatia	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	8
Turkey	-	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	7
Slovenia	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	6
Belgium	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	1	-	1	5
Hungary	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	5
Serbia and Montenegro †	-	1	1	1	-	·	1	1	·	·	·	·	5
Czechoslovakia †	1	-	-	-	-	·	2	1	·	·	·	·	4
Germany	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	4
Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	3
Israel	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Latvia	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2
Austria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
Belarus	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
CIS †	·	-	-	·	·	·	1	·	·	·	·	·	1
Egypt	1	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	1
Finland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Netherlands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Poland	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Romania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
Ukraine	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

Note: Titles won by nation, as recognized by FIBA Europe, including defunct states and Egypt, current member of FIBA Africa. The FIBA European Championship for Small Countries is not included in this ranking.

Medals

As of 25 August 2024.

Events

FIBA EuroBasket (1935-2022) - 41 Editions
FIBA U20 European Championship (1992-2024) - 25 Editions
FIBA U18 European Championship (1964-2024) - 39 Editions
FIBA U16 European Championship (1971-2024) - 36 Editions
FIBA EuroBasket Women (1938-2023) - 39 Editions
FIBA U20 Women's European Championship (2000-2024) - 21 Editions
FIBA U18 Women's European Championship (1965-2024) - 39 Editions
FIBA U16 Women's European Championship (1976-2024) - 34 Editions
FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup (Men) (2014-2024) - 9 Editions
FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup (Women) (2014-2024) - 9 Editions
FIBA Europe Under-18 3x3 Championships (Men) (2015-2023) - 8 Editions
FIBA Europe Under-18 3x3 Championships (Women) (2015-2023) - 8 Editions

Without Precursors


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)*	65	9	10	84
2	Spain (ESP)	49	48	37	134
3	France (FRA)	30	36	35	101
4	Russia (RUS)	23	17	17	57
5	Yugoslavia (YUG)*	19	20	15	54
6	Serbia (SRB)	17	10	10	37
7	Lithuania (LTU)	13	19	9	41
8	Italy (ITA)	12	24	30	66
9	Greece (GRE)	9	8	8	25
10	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)*	9	3	4	16
11	Croatia (CRO)	8	6	6	20
12	Turkey (TUR)	7	9	16	32
13	Slovenia (SLO)	6	6	3	15
14	Hungary (HUN)	5	9	11	25
15	Belgium (BEL)	5	3	4	12
16	Czechoslovakia (TCH)*	4	17	18	39
17	Czech Republic (CZE)	3	11	6	20
18	Germany (GER)	3	5	8	16
19	Latvia (LAT)	2	8	7	17
20	Israel (ISR)	2	5	3	10
21	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	9	12	22
22	Poland (POL)	1	6	12	19
23	Netherlands (NED)	1	3	6	10
24	Belarus (BLR)	1	2	2	5
24	Romania (ROU)	1	2	2	5
26	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	3	5
27	CIS (CIS)*	1	0	1	2
27	Egypt (EGY)*	1	0	1	2
29	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	1	0	0	1
29	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
31	Slovakia (SVK)	0	3	1	4
32	Montenegro (MNE)	0	1	1	2
33	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
34	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
35	East Germany (GDR)*	0	0	1	1
Totals (35 entries)		301	301	301	903

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

With Precursors


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	89	26	28	143
2	Spain (ESP)	49	48	37	134
3	Serbia (SRB)	45	33	29	107
4	France (FRA)	30	36	35	101
5	Lithuania (LTU)	13	19	9	41
6	Italy (ITA)	12	24	30	66
7	Greece (GRE)	9	8	8	25
8	Croatia (CRO)	8	6	6	20
9	Czech Republic (CZE)	7	28	24	59
10	Turkey (TUR)	7	9	16	32
11	Slovenia (SLO)	6	6	3	15
12	Hungary (HUN)	5	9	11	25
13	Belgium (BEL)	5	3	4	12
14	Germany (GER)	3	5	9	17
15	Latvia (LAT)	2	8	7	17
16	Israel (ISR)	2	5	3	10
17	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	9	12	22
18	Poland (POL)	1	6	12	19
19	Netherlands (NED)	1	3	6	10
20	Belarus (BLR)	1	2	2	5
20	Romania (ROU)	1	2	2	5
22	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	3	5
23	Egypt (EGY)*	1	0	1	2
24	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	1	0	0	1
24	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
26	Slovakia (SVK)	0	3	1	4
27	Montenegro (MNE)	0	1	1	2
28	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
29	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
Totals (29 entries)		301	301	301	903

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

Russia + CIS + Soviet Union
Serbia + Serbia and Montenegro + Yugoslavia
Czech Republic + Czechoslovakia
Germany + East Germany

FIBA World Rankings

Overview

FIBA Men's Rankings (as of 15 August 2024)^[5]
Europe*	FIBA	+/-	National Team	Points
1	2	2	Serbia	758.9
2	3		Germany	755.3
3	4	5	France	753
4	6	4	Spain	746.7
5	9	3	Latvia	711.4
6	10		Lithuania	698.9
7	11		Slovenia	674.5
8	13	1	Greece	657.9
9	14	1	Italy	640.1
10	16	1	Poland	599.8
11	17		Montenegro	599
12	19	1	Czech Republic	544.2
13	20		Finland	542
14	24	1	Georgia	468.3
15	27	3	Turkey	429
16	33	3	Croatia	381.3
17	36		Ukraine	344.4
18	39		Belgium	326.4
19	40	1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	315.8
20	41	1	Israel	303.8
21	43		Hungary	294.3
22	44		Estonia	280.7
23	46	1	Bulgaria	270
24	48	1	Iceland	244.7
25	49	2	Sweden	243.5
26	50	2	Great Britain	242.7
27	51	2	Netherlands	239.8
28	55	1	Portugal	206.4
29	56	1	Denmark	200
30	57	1	North Macedonia	198.2
31	59	1	Slovakia	188
32	61	1	Switzerland	175.4
33	63		Romania	172.7
34	65	1	Austria	160.2
35	74	5	Kosovo	126.5
36	75	3	Luxembourg	124.3
37	79	5	Norway	121.7
38	82	5	Cyprus	118.9
39	90	2	Ireland	103.6
40	91	7	Armenia	103.5
41	94	6	Albania	96.7
42	96	2	Andorra	94.4
43	99	2	Malta	89.5
44	104	1	Azerbaijan	81.5
45	116	3	San Marino	74.1
46	117	4	San Marino	73
47	125	17	Gibraltar	66
48	155	11	Moldova	34.1
*Local rankings based on FIBA ranking points

FIBA Women's Rankings (as of 26 August 2024)^[6]
Europe*	FIBA	+/-	National Team	Points
1	3	4	France	706.4
2	5	1	Spain	694.9
3	6		Belgium	684.1
4	9	1	Serbia	627.1
5	13	8	Germany	493.8
6	15	1	Hungary	377.6
7	16	1	Italy	371.1
8	17	3	Turkey	345.6
9	18	1	Greece	333
10	19	1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	332.7
11	21	2	Czech Republic	324.9
12	22		Montenegro	321.5
13	23	2	Great Britain	314.9
14	25	1	Slovenia	291.1
15	27		Sweden	267
16	28	1	Latvia	262.2
17	29	1	Slovakia	256.4
18	33	1	Ukraine	206.9
19	34		Croatia	196.8
20	44		Poland	162.4
21	45	2	Lithuania	161.8
22	46		Portugal	158.3
23	47		Israel	154.5
24	50	1	Netherlands	140.1
25	51	1	Denmark	138.2
26	57	4	Luxembourg	123.3
27	58	1	Romania	123.3
28	59		Bulgaria	119.2
29	60		Finland	118.2
30	64	11	Norway	113
31	65	4	Switzerland	112.7
32	67	3	Iceland	107.1
33	72	4	Estonia	98.1
34	73	7	Malta	96.4
35	75	2	North Macedonia	94.5
36	76		Cyprus	91.4
37	80	2	Austria	82.3
38	81	5	Kosovo	81.2
39	84	8	Albania	78.6
40	85	4	Ireland	76.4
41	86		Armenia	75.9
42	102	9	Andorra	50.8
43	103	1	Andorra	50
44	104	10	Moldova	47.7
45	107	2	Azerbaijan	43.5
46	110	4	Gibraltar	39.3
47	116		Georgia	26
*Local rankings based on FIBA ranking points

Members

Code	Association	National teams	FIBA affiliation	IOC member
ALB	Albania	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1947	Yes
AND	Andorra	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1988	Yes
ARM	Armenia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes
AUT	Austria	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1934	Yes
AZE	Azerbaijan	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1994	Yes
BLR	Belarus	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes
BEL	Belgium	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1933	Yes
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes
BUL	Bulgaria	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1935	Yes
CRO	Croatia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes
CYP	Cyprus	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1974	Yes
CZE	Czech Republic	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1932	Yes
DEN	Denmark	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1951	Yes
EST	Estonia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1991	Yes
FIN	Finland	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1939	Yes
FRA	France	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1933	Yes
GEO	Georgia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes
GER	Germany	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1934	Yes
GIB	Gibraltar	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1985	No^{[n 1]}
GBR	Great Britain	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	2006	Yes
GRE	Greece	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1936	Yes
HUN	Hungary	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1935	Yes
ISL	Iceland	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1959	Yes
IRL	Ireland	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1947	Yes
ISR	Israel	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1939	Yes
ITA	Italy	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1932	Yes
KOS	Kosovo	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	2015	Yes
LAT	Latvia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes
LTU	Lithuania	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes
LUX	Luxembourg	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1946	Yes
MLT	Malta	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1967	Yes
MDA	Moldova	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes
MON	Monaco	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1987	Yes
MNE	Montenegro	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	2006	Yes
NED	Netherlands	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1946	Yes
MKD	North Macedonia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1993	Yes
NOR	Norway	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1968	Yes
POL	Poland	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1934	Yes
POR	Portugal	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1932	Yes
ROU	Romania	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1932	Yes
RUS	Russia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1947	Yes
SMR	San Marino	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1969	Yes
SRB	Serbia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1936	Yes
SVK	Slovakia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1993	Yes
SLO	Slovenia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes
ESP	Spain	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1934	Yes
SWE	Sweden	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1952	Yes
SUI	Switzerland	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1932	Yes
TUR	Turkey	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1936	Yes
UKR	Ukraine	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	Yes

Defunct members

Code	Association	National teams	FIBA affiliation	FIBA disaffiliation
TCH	Czechoslovakia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16		1992
GDR	East Germany	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1952	1990
ENG	England^{[n 2]}	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1937
SCG	Serbia and Montenegro	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1992	2006
SCO	Scotland^{[n 2]}	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1947
URS	Soviet Union	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16		1992
WAL	Wales^{[n 2]}	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1956
YUG	Yugoslavia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1949	1992

Notes

^ Part of the British Olympic Association.
^ ^a ^b ^c Integrated in the British Association.

References

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