List of men's national basketball teams

This is a list of the men's national basketball teams in the world.

Current FIBA zones: red-Americas, blue-Europe, dark gray-Africa, yellow-Asia, green-Oceania, black-unclassified, light gray-not a FIBA member

Active teams

The International Basketball Federation, or FIBA recognizes 215 national teams divided into 5 zones, each roughly corresponding to a continent (North America and South America are grouped under the Americas.)

The newest national team are Kosovo which were recognized in 2015.

It is interesting to note that there are more FIBA-recognized teams than FIFA-recognized teams (209).

FIBA Africa

FIBA Africa subzones.

FIBA Africa, which has 54 national teams,^[1] is divided into 7 zones.

FIBA Americas

FIBA Americas subzones.

FIBA Americas (formerly the Pan-American Basketball Confederation), which controls North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America, has 43 national teams, divided into three areas.^[2] The Central American and Caribbean Confederations of Basketball (CONCECABA) is further divided into the Central America and Caribbean zone.^[3]

FIBA Asia

FIBA Asia subzones.

FIBA Asia (formerly the Asian Basketball Confederation) is divided into 6 zones.^[4]

FIBA Europe

FIBA Europe subzones.

FIBA Europe has 52 member nations under it.^[5]

 Great Britain, a combined team of England, Scotland and Wales, competed in Eurobasket 2009 and played at the 2012 Olympics.

FIBA Oceania

FIBA Oceania has 21 member nations under it.^[8]

Non-FIBA eligible members

Autonomous communities of Spain

•  Aragon
•  Andalucia
•  Asturias
•  Balearic Islands
•  Basque Country
•  Canarias
•  Cantabria
•  Castilla-La Mancha
•  Castilla y León
•  Catalonia
•  Ceuta
•  Comunidad Valenciana
•  Galicia
•  La Rioja (Spain)
•  Madrid
•  Melilla
•  Murcia
•  Navarra
•  Extremadura

Non-member have at least recognize by one of a sport federation

•  Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Region teams

•  Aceh
•  Somaliland
•  Wallonia
•  Flanders
•  Transnistria
•  Guangxi
•  Gotland

Island Games team

•  Rhodes
•  Menorca
•  Saaremaa

Defunct teams

•  Czechoslovakia - split into  Czech Republic and  Slovakia, no team carried over the records of the Czechoslovakia.
•  East Germany - merged into  West Germany; West Germany assumes the records of a unified  Germany team
•  Serbia and Montenegro - split into  Serbia and  Montenegro; FIBA considers Serbia as the successor of the results of Serbia and Montenegro.
•  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:

The three Baltic states and Russia which played international basketball prior to 1945 inherited their old records prior to being merged with  Soviet Union:

•  Estonia
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Russia

The Unified Team (a.k.a. the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) team) for the 1992 Summer Olympics was a one-off team.

•  United Arab Republic - merged from  Egypt and  Syria; FIBA recognizes  Egypt as the sole successor when Syria seceded;  Syria retained their old records.
•  Yugoslavia - No team carried over the records of the Yugoslavia. Other national teams descended from  Yugoslavia are:
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  •  Croatia
  •  Macedonia
  •  Slovenia
    •  Montenegro - from  Serbia and Montenegro
    •  Serbia - from  Serbia and Montenegro
      •  Kosovo - from  Serbia
•  Netherlands Antilles

FIBA country codes

FIBA uses IOC 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

See also

• List of women's national basketball teams

References

International men's basketball FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship World Rankings Africa FIBA Africa – FIBA Africa Championship U-18 U-16 Americas FIBA Americas – FIBA Americas Championship U-18 U-16 Asia FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Championship U-18 U-16 Europe FIBA Europe – FIBA EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16 Oceania FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-18 U-16 Other tournaments Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Albert Schweitzer Tournament All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Diamond Ball FIBA Asia Cup FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games TBF International Under-16 Tournament William Jones Cup World Cup (Turkey) Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.