| FIBA Europe | |
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| Founded | 1921; 104 years ago (1921) |
| FIBA affiliation | 1932; 93 years ago (1932) |
| FIBA Europe affiliation | 1958; 67 years ago (1958) |
| President | Gianni Petrucci |
| Website | www |
TheItalian Basketball Federation (Italian:Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro; FIP) is the governing body of basketball inItaly. It is based inRome.
It organises national competitions in Italy and the Italian basketball leagues, which operate the country's two professional leagues,Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) andSerie A2 Basket.
It is also responsible for appointing the management of theItalian national basketball team (men's) andwomen's. But also youth men's (under-19 andunder-17), women's (under-19 andunder-17), 3x3men's andwomen's basketball teams.
It is a member of theInternational Basketball Federation (FIBA) as one of the founding member, and has one of the world's longest basketball traditions.[1]
The FIP also organizes several competitions:
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Source:FIP.it