FIBA 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.

FIBA Europe

Formation	1957; 68 years ago (1957)
Headquarters	Munich, Germany
Membership	50 full member associations
Official language	English
President	Jorge Garbajosa
Parent organization	FIBA
Website	fiba.basketball/europe

Structure

Headquarters of FIBA Europe, in Munich, Germany

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

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 EuroBasket, played annually FIBA U18 EuroBasket, played annually FIBA U16 EuroBasket, played annually FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket, played annually FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket, played annually FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket, played annually 3x3 national teams FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup, (men and women) FIBA 3x3 U17 Europe Cup, (men and women)

Clubs European professional club basketball system Basketball Champions League, first-tier men's continental tournament FIBA 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 FIBA Europe SuperCup Women, contested between the winners of EuroLeague and EuroCup Defunct FIBA EuroChallenge FIBA EuroCup Challenge FIBA Korać Cup Ronchetti Cup FIBA Saporta Cup 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague FIBA Europe All-Star Game FIBA EuroStars FIBA EuroCup All-Star Day

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)*	65	9	10	84
2	Spain (ESP)	51	52	37	140
3	France (FRA)	33	37	37	107
4	Russia (RUS)	23	17	17	57
5	Yugoslavia (YUG)*	19	20	15	54
6	Serbia (SRB)	17	12	12	41
7	Italy (ITA)	13	24	32	69
8	Lithuania (LTU)	13	20	10	43
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	4	16
14	Belgium (BEL)	6	3	4	13
15	Hungary (HUN)	5	9	11	25
16	Czechoslovakia (TCH)*	4	17	18	39
17	Germany (GER)	4	5	8	17
18	Czech Republic (CZE)	3	11	6	20
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	7	11
24	Belarus (BLR)	1	2	2	5
	Romania (ROU)	1	2	2	5
26	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	3	5
27	Finland (FIN)	1	1	0	2
28	CIS (CIS)*	1	0	1	2
	Egypt (EGY)*	1	0	1	2
30	Austria (AUT)	1	0	0	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	1	0	0	1
32	Slovakia (SVK)	0	3	1	4
33	Montenegro (MNE)	0	1	1	2
34	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
35	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
36	East Germany (GDR)*	0	0	1	1
Totals (36 entries)		310	310	310	930

•     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)	51	52	37	140
3	Serbia (SRB)	45	35	31	111
4	France (FRA)	33	37	37	107
5	Italy (ITA)	13	24	32	69
6	Lithuania (LTU)	13	20	10	43
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	4	16
12	Belgium (BEL)	6	3	4	13
13	Hungary (HUN)	5	9	11	25
14	Germany (GER)	4	5	9	18
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	7	11
20	Belarus (BLR)	1	2	2	5
	Romania (ROU)	1	2	2	5
22	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	3	5
23	Finland (FIN)	1	1	0	2
24	Egypt (EGY)*	1	0	1	2
25	Austria (AUT)	1	0	0	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	1	0	0	1
27	Slovakia (SVK)	0	3	1	4
28	Montenegro (MNE)	0	1	1	2
29	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
30	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
Totals (30 entries)		310	310	310	930

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

1.  Russia +  CIS +  Soviet Union
2.  Serbia +  Serbia and Montenegro +  Yugoslavia
3.  Czech Republic +  Czechoslovakia
4.  Germany +  East Germany

FIBA World Rankings

Overview

FIBA Men's Rankings (as of 2 December 2025)[5] Europe* FIBA +/- National Team Points 1 2  Germany 794.2 2 3  Serbia 788.8 3 4  France 780.1 4 7  Spain 748.2 5 9  Lithuania 726.6 6 11 1  Turkey 714.5 7 12 1  Latvia 711.9 8 13  Greece 711.6 9 14  Slovenia 679.8 10 15  Italy 665.3 11 17  Finland 625.9 12 18  Montenegro 595.5 13 19  Poland 566.3 14 20  Georgia 529.2 15 23 4  Czech Republic 451.2 16 32 7  Israel 378.5 17 33 8  Bosnia and Herzegovina 369.5 18 34 2  Croatia 350.5 19 35 5  Belgium 346.7 20 39 4  Estonia 313.4 21 40 9  Sweden 303.8 22 41 4  Ukraine 300.4 23 43 5  Great Britain 275.1 24 46 4  Iceland 270.5 25 47 9  Portugal 268.1 26 48 4  Hungary 262.3 27 52 6  Bulgaria 249 28 54  Netherlands 230.1 29 59 1  North Macedonia 198.6 30 60 1  Denmark 195.4 31 61 1   Switzerland 187 32 63 3  Slovakia 183.6 33 66 3  Romania 177.1 34 68 1  Austria 162.4 35 71 13  Cyprus 147.3 36 80 2  Norway 124.7 37 82 1  Ireland 118.1 38 85 8  Kosovo 116 39 88 2  Luxembourg 109 40 93 2  Armenia 103.5 41 94 2  Andorra 94.4 42 97 2  Albania 91 43 99  Malta 89.5 44 107 3  Azerbaijan 75.9 45 111 2  San Marino 74.1 46 125 1  Gibraltar 66 47 151  Moldova 34.1 *Local rankings based on FIBA ranking points

FIBA Women's Rankings (as of 8 August 2025)[6] Europe* FIBA +/- National Team Points 1 3  France 719.2 2 5 1  Belgium 702.1 3 6 1  Spain 698.2 4 10 2  Serbia 615.2 5 12 1  Germany 602.4 6 14 2  Italy 477.6 7 16 1  Turkey 392 8 17 1  Czech Republic 389.2 9 20 5  Hungary 325.2 10 22 2  Great Britain 306.4 11 23 1  Slovenia 304.4 12 24 5  Montenegro 303 13 26 5  Greece 293.7 14 28 3  Sweden 286.3 15 29 6  Bosnia and Herzegovina 270.5 16 31 14  Lithuania 244.8 17 34 6  Slovakia 229 18 37 8  Latvia 214.6 19 38 2  Portugal 210.7 20 40 7  Croatia 204.2 21 42 7  Ukraine 188 22 45 2  Poland 177.4 23 49   Switzerland 166.8 24 52 5  Israel 157.5 25 54 4  Luxembourg 151.6 26 56 5  Netherlands 145.4 27 59 4  Denmark 139.1 28 61 3  Bulgaria 134.1 29 63 3  Romania 125 30 64 3  Finland 123.8 31 66 4  Iceland 120.2 32 68 1  Norway 113 33 71 2  Estonia 108.7 34 77 3  North Macedonia 98 35 79 3  Malta 96.4 36 81 3  Cyprus 91.4 37 82 2  Austria 89.7 38 83 2  Ireland 87.3 39 85 3  Kosovo 81.2 40 88 1  Armenia 75.9 41 90 2  Albania 74 42 103  Azerbaijan 55.4 43 106 2  Andorra 50.8 44 107 1  Moldova 47.7 45 111  Gibraltar 39.3 46 120 2  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

1. Part of the British Olympic Association.
2. Integrated in the British Association.