FIBA Europe

FIBA Europe
Formation1957 (1957)
HeadquartersMunich, Germany
Membership50 full member associations
Official language
English
President
 Jorge Garbajosa
Parent organization
FIBA
Websitefiba.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 consisting of the national basketball federations of Europe. Currently 50 national federations are 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]

  • Jorge Garbajosa, 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

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 Ólafur 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

Note: The men's EuroLeague and EuroCup Basketball 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 2025  Germany 2nd  Turkey 2029
U20 EuroBasket 2025  Italy 3rd  Lithuania 2026
U18 EuroBasket 2025  Spain 6th  France 2026
U16 EuroBasket 2025  Serbia 2nd  Lithuania 2026
3x3 Europe Cup 2025  Lithuania 1st  Latvia 2026
3x3 U17 Europe Cup 2023  Croatia 1st  Spain 2024
Women's competitions
EuroBasket Women 2025  Belgium 2nd  Spain 2027
U20 Women's EuroBasket 2025  Spain 10th  Lithuania 2026
U18 Women's EuroBasket 2025  Spain 6th  Finland 2026
U16 Women's EuroBasket 2025  Spain 11th  Slovenia 2026
3x3 Women's Europe Cup 2025  Netherlands 2nd  Azerbaijan 2026
3x3 U17 Women's Europe Cup 2023  France 3rd  Spain 2024

Continental club champions

Competitions Year Champion Title Runners-up Next edition
Men's competitions
Basketball Champions League 2024–25 Unicaja Málaga 2nd Galatasaray 2025–26
Europe Cup 2024–25 Surne Bilbao Basket 1st PAOK mateco 2025–26
Men's junior competitions
Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament 2024–25 Žalgiris 3rd EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 2025–26
Youth Basketball Champions League 2025 Rytas 2nd Filou Oostende 2025
Women's competitions
EuroLeague Women 2024–25 ZVVZ USK Praha 2nd CBK Mersin 2025–26
EuroCup Women 2024–25 ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq 2nd Baxi Ferrol 2025–26
SuperCup Women 2025 ZVVZ USK Praha 2nd ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq 2026

Titles by country

As of 23 August 2025

 Yugoslavia – 19 /  Serbia and Montenegro – 9

Country Men Women 3x3 Men 3x3 Women Total
Euro U20 U18 U16 Euro U20 U18 U16 Euro U17 Euro U17
 Soviet Union † 14 · 8 3 21 · 11 8 · · · · 65
 Spain 4 3 6 6 4 10 6 11 - - 2 2 54
 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 2 2 - 1 - 5 - - - 18
 Lithuania 3 2 2 2 1 - 2 - - 1 - - 13
 Italy 2 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 - - - - 13
 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 - - - - 2 - 2 - - 1 - 1 6
 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 1 August 2025 (After 310 Events - Only A Divisions)

Events

  1. FIBA EuroBasket (1935-2022) - 41 Editions
  2. FIBA U20 European Championship (1992-2025) - 25 Editions
  3. FIBA U18 European Championship (1964-2024) - 39 Editions
  4. FIBA U16 European Championship (1971-2025) - 36 Editions
  5. FIBA EuroBasket Women (1938-2025) - 40 Editions
  6. FIBA U20 Women's European Championship (2000-2025) - 21 Editions
  7. FIBA U18 Women's European Championship (1965-2025) - 40 Editions
  8. FIBA U16 Women's European Championship (1976-2024) - 34 Editions
  9. FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup (Men) (2014-2024) - 9 Editions
  10. FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup (Women) (2014-2024) - 9 Editions
  11. FIBA Europe Under-18 3x3 Championships (Men) (2015-2023) - 8 Editions
  12. FIBA Europe Under-18 3x3 Championships (Women) (2015-2023) - 8 Editions

Without Precursors

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)*6591084
2 Spain (ESP)515237140
3 France (FRA)333737107
4 Russia (RUS)23171757
5 Yugoslavia (YUG)*19201554
6 Serbia (SRB)17121241
7 Italy (ITA)13243269
8 Lithuania (LTU)13201043
9 Greece (GRE)98825
10 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)*93416
11 Croatia (CRO)86620
12 Turkey (TUR)791632
13 Slovenia (SLO)66416
14 Belgium (BEL)63413
15 Hungary (HUN)591125
16 Czechoslovakia (TCH)*4171839
17 Germany (GER)45817
18 Czech Republic (CZE)311620
19 Latvia (LAT)28717
20 Israel (ISR)25310
21 Bulgaria (BUL)191222
22 Poland (POL)161219
23 Netherlands (NED)13711
24 Belarus (BLR)1225
 Romania (ROU)1225
26 Ukraine (UKR)1135
27 Finland (FIN)1102
28 CIS (CIS)*1012
 Egypt (EGY)*1012
30 Austria (AUT)1001
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)1001
32 Slovakia (SVK)0314
33 Montenegro (MNE)0112
34 Portugal (POR)0101
35 Sweden (SWE)0022
36 East Germany (GDR)*0011
Totals (36 entries)310310310930

With Precursors

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)892628143
2 Spain (ESP)515237140
3 Serbia (SRB)453531111
4 France (FRA)333737107
5 Italy (ITA)13243269
6 Lithuania (LTU)13201043
7 Greece (GRE)98825
8 Croatia (CRO)86620
9 Czech Republic (CZE)7282459
10 Turkey (TUR)791632
11 Slovenia (SLO)66416
12 Belgium (BEL)63413
13 Hungary (HUN)591125
14 Germany (GER)45918
15 Latvia (LAT)28717
16 Israel (ISR)25310
17 Bulgaria (BUL)191222
18 Poland (POL)161219
19 Netherlands (NED)13711
20 Belarus (BLR)1225
 Romania (ROU)1225
22 Ukraine (UKR)1135
23 Finland (FIN)1102
24 Egypt (EGY)*1012
25 Austria (AUT)1001
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)1001
27 Slovakia (SVK)0314
28 Montenegro (MNE)0112
29 Portugal (POR)0101
30 Sweden (SWE)0022
Totals (30 entries)310310310930
  1.  Russia +  CIS +  Soviet Union
  2.  Serbia +  Serbia and Montenegro +  Yugoslavia
  3.  Czech Republic +  Czechoslovakia
  4.  Germany +  East Germany

FIBA World Rankings

Overview

Members

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

Defunct members

Code Association National teams FIBA
affiliation		 FIBA
disaffiliation
TCH Czechoslovakia
1992
GDR East Germany
1952 1990
ENG England[n 2]
1937
SCG Serbia and Montenegro
1992 2006
SCO Scotland[n 2]
1947
URS Soviet Union
1992
WAL Wales[n 2]
1956
YUG Yugoslavia
1949 1992

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Organisation of FIBA Europe". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Board of FIBA Europe". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  3. ^ "FIBA Europe Executive Committee". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  4. ^ "President". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  5. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  6. ^ "FIBA Women's Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.

See also

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