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FIBA Central Board

The FIBA Central Board is an institution of FIBA (the governing body of basketball). It is the highest executive body of the organization, with the role of overseeing basketball globally. A majority of its members are elected by the FIBA Congress, while up to six members may be co-opted.[1]

FIBA Central Board
HeadquartersMies, Switzerland
Official language
English, French
Secretary General
Andreas Zagklis
President
Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani
First Vice President
David Reid
Vice President
Jorge Garbajosa
Vice President
Anibal Manave
Websiteabout.fiba.basketball/en/organization/structure/central-board

In addition to presenting reports to the Congress, the Board also appoints the host countries of the FIBA Basketball World Cup and the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, and is in charge of appointing the Secretary General, members of the Executive Committee and the different FIBA Commissions.

Structure

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Following the 2014 FIBA Extraordinary Congress in Istanbul, FIBA announced a new set of statues that would come into force. These include the increase of Central Board membership from 23 to up to 29 members,[2] including one representative each from the National Basketball Association of the United States and the players association.[1]

The Central Board is currently made up of the following individuals:

Membership

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The Central Board of the 2023–2027 term was elected during the 22nd FIBA Congress in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines before the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Other members were appointed on 9 September 2023 during the Board's first meeting.[3]

FIBA Central Board composition
President
Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani
  Qatar
Secretary-General
Andreas Zagklis
  Greece
Treasurer
Ingo Weiss
  Germany
First Vice-President
David Reid
  Australia
(President of FIBA Oceania)
Vice Presidents
Jorge Garbajosa
  Spain
(President of FIBA Europe) 		Anibal Manave
  Mozambique
(President of FIBA Africa)
Members
FIBA Africa FIBA Americas FIBA Asia FIBA Europe FIBA Oceania Co-opted members
Jean-Michel Ramaroson
  Madagascar 		Fabián Borro
  Argentina
(President of FIBA Americas) 		Yao Ming
  China 		Asterios Zois
  Greece 		Burton Ross Shipley
  New Zealand 		Erick Thohir
  Indonesia
Pascale Mugwaneza
  Rwanda 		Yamil Alejandro Bukele Perez
  El Salvador 		Kempareddy Govindaraj
  India
(President of FIBA Asia) 		Tor Christian Bakken
  Norway 		Jubilee Kuartei
  Palau 		Richard Carrión
  Puerto Rico
Carol Callan
  United States 		Yuko Mitsuya
  Japan 		Carmen Tocală
  Romania 		Alfredo Panlilio
  Philippines
Usie Richards
  U.S. Virgin Islands 		Matej Erjavec
  Slovenia 		Andrei Kirilenko
  Russia[b]
Sonja Vasić
  Serbia
NBA representative Players representative
Mark Tatum
  United States 		Dirk Nowitzki
  Germany

Past Central Boards

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FIBA Executive Committee

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FIBA Executive Committee
HeadquartersMies, Switzerland
Official language
English, French
Secretary General
Andreas Zagklis
Chair
Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani (President of FIBA)
Treasurer
Ingo Weiss
Websiteabout.fiba.basketball/en/organization/structure/executive-committee

The FIBA Executive Committee is a body that exercises the powers of the FIBA Central Board, with roles including the development of strategies in widening basketball's global reach, approving annual budgets and receiving financial updates, and the appointment of host countries for FIBA's international competitions (except the FIBA Basketball World Cup and the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup). Any decision taken by the committee are to be relayed to the Central Board, as per FIBA's General Statutes.[1]

Members of the Executive Committee are appointed by the Central Board amongst its own members, with the President of FIBA serving as the Chair of the committee. Both the Secretary-General and Treasurer are also members of the body. According to the organization's statutes, six members are to be appointed, with up to two additional individuals appointed upon proposal by the President and the Secretary General.[1]

FIBA's Executive Committee for the 2023–2027 term comprises of the following members

Notes

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  1. ^ For the 2023–2027 term, the Central Board co-opted five members.
  2. ^ Kirilenko's appointment will be subject to decisions by FIBA and the International Olympic Committee in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.
  3. ^ Kirilenko was co-opted in March 2020.[6]
  4. ^ Garbajosa was co-opted in November 2020.[7]
  5. ^ Xiao was suspended by FIBA in 2015 due to an investigation by China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection implicating him of corrpution.[10] He was replaced by Yuko Mitsuya of Japan during the FIBA Mid-Term Congress in 2017.[11]
  6. ^ Following the death of Patrick Baumann, Zagklis was appointed Secretary-General of FIBA on 7 December 2018.[12]
  7. ^ Baumann died on 13 October 2018 while attending the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[13]
  8. ^ Following her removal from her position as President of the Russian Basketball Federation in 2015 due to corruption allegations which she would eventually be sentenced to jail for,[14] FIBA's Executive Committee decided on 7 June 2016 that there would be a process to replace Anikeeva.[15] She was eventually replaced by Asterios Zois of Greece during the FIBA Mid-Term Congress in 2017.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "FIBA General Statutes (2021 edition)" (PDF). 3 June 2021. pp. 13–17.
  2. ^ "PR N°14 - Extraordinary World Congress unanimously adopts new FIBA General Statutes". 16 March 2014.
  3. ^ "First FIBA Central Board meeting for new term convenes in Manila on eve of World Cup Final".
  4. ^ "Hamane Niang elected FIBA President for 2019-2023 term of office along with new Central Board members". 29 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Newly appointed Central Board convene for the first time in Beijing". 13 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Host announcement of FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 highlights first FIBA Central Board meeting of 2020". 27 March 2020.
  7. ^ "FIBA's Central Board meeting looks ahead to upcoming window of Continental Cup Qualifiers". 6 November 2020.
  8. ^ "PR N°47 - Horacio Muratore elected FIBA President for 2014-2019 term of office; 13 members of Central Board known". 29 August 2014.
  9. ^ "PR N°56 - Key appointments headline first meeting of newly-elected Central Board". 17 September 2014.
  10. ^ Butler, Nick (24 September 2015). "Suspended International Basketball Federation vice-president charged for corruption in China". Inside the Games. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  11. ^ a b Pavitt, Michael (6 May 2017). "FIBA claim Mid-Term Congress shows governing body is on the right track". Inside the Games. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  12. ^ "FIBA Central Board appoints Andreas Zagklis as Secretary General". fiba.basketball. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  13. ^ "IOC member and FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann passes away". ESPN.com. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  14. ^ Butler, Nick (24 October 2017). "Former Russian Basketball Federation President given four-and-a-half year prison sentence for embezzling funds". Inside the Games. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  15. ^ "Executive Committee approves bidding process for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023". 9 June 2016.
  16. ^ "PR N°27 – Mainini unanimously elected 11th FIBA President; World Congress ratifies 2010-2014 Central Board". 7 September 2010.
  17. ^ "PR no. 23 - Bob Elphinston elected new FIBA President". 29 August 2006.
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