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This is alist of the men's national basketball teams in the world. There are more than 200 nationalbasketball teams, the second sport with more national teams,[1] with teams representing allUN member states exceptLiechtenstein, as well as severaldependent territories, sub-national entities andstates who are not members of the United Nations.
This list excludes other teams, which generally play outsideFIBA's recognition. Excluded teams include those who representethnic groups, sub-national entities and dependent territories other than those recognized by FIBA or its confederations, competitors atthe Island Games, unrecognized states,separatist movements, and pseudo ormicronations.
This section lists the 213 men's national basketball teams affiliated to FIBA, through their national basketball associations. FIBA members are eligible to enter theFIBA Basketball World Cup and matches between them are recognized as official international matches.
The five confederations are:
FIBA runs theWorld Cup as a tournament for national teams to find theworld champion. Each confederation also runs its own championship to find the best team from among its members:
Members of FIBA include a majority ofUnited Nations member states, as well as one state that is an observer at the United Nations (Palestine). They also include several constituentcountries,autonomous areas,associated states,dependent territories, and two sovereign states who are neither UN members or observers (Kosovo and theRepublic of China). The team from the Republic of China is designated as "Chinese Taipei" by both FIBA and its affiliated continental confederations.
FIBA Africa, which has 54 national teams,[2] is divided into 7 zones.
Zone 1[edit]Zone 2[edit]
Zone 3[edit]
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Zone 5[edit] | Zone 6[edit]
Zone 7[edit]
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FIBA Americas (formerly the Pan-American Basketball Confederation), which controlsNorth America,Central America, theCaribbean, andSouth America, has 43 national teams, divided into three areas.[3] The Central American and Caribbean Confederations of Basketball (CONCECABA) is further divided into the Central America and Caribbean zone.[4]
Caribbean[edit]
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FIBA Asia (formerly the Asian Basketball Confederation) is divided into 6 zones and has 44 national teams.[5]
FIBA Europe has 50 member nations under it.[6]
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Great Britain, a combined team of England, Scotland and Wales, competed in Eurobasket 2009 and played at the 2012 Olympics. Starting September 30, 2016, England, Scotland and Wales rescinded their FIBA memberships and operate internationally as the British Basketball Federation.[9]FIBA Oceania has 22 member nations under it.[10]
Czechoslovakia – split into two teams; no team carried over the records of Czechoslovakia
East Germany – merged into
West Germany; West Germany assumes the records of a unified Germany team
South Vietnam – merged into
North Vietnam; North Vietnam assumes the records of a unified
Vietnam team
South Yemen – merged into
North Yemen; North Yemen assumes the records of a unified
Yemen team
Soviet Union – split into 15 different national teams; no team carried over the records of the Soviet Union. National teams descended from Soviet Union are:
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Soviet Union:
United Arab Republic – merger of two teams;
Syria retained its old records as Syria. United Arab Republic (later renamed as Egypt) retained the old records as Egypt
Yugoslavia – split into five teams; no team carried over the records of Yugoslavia. Other national teams descended from Yugoslavia are:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
North Macedonia
Slovenia
Serbia and Montenegro – split into two teams
Montenegro
Serbia; retained Serbia and Montenegro's records. A team later split from Serbia:
Netherlands Antilles – replaced by:FIBA usesIOC country codes for most countries which are IOC members. For non-IOC members and exceptions, FIBA uses the following codes:
England: ENG
Gibraltar: GIB
Marshall Islands: MIS (IOC: MHL)
Montserrat: MAT
New Caledonia: CAL
Norfolk Island: NIS
Northern Mariana Islands: SAI
Scotland: SCO
Tahiti: TAH
Turks and Caicos Islands: TCI
Wales: WAL| Basketball codes | |
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