Headquarters | Mies, Switzerland |
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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 |
Website | www |
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]
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.
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:
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.
FIBA Central Board composition | |||||
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President | |||||
Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani![]() | |||||
Secretary-General | |||||
Andreas Zagklis ![]() | |||||
Treasurer | |||||
Ingo Weiss![]() | |||||
First Vice-President | |||||
David Reid![]() (President of FIBA Oceania) | |||||
Vice Presidents | |||||
Jorge Garbajosa ![]() (President of FIBA Europe) | Anibal Manave![]() (President of FIBA Africa) | ||||
Members | |||||
FIBA Africa | FIBA Americas | FIBA Asia | FIBA Europe | FIBA Oceania | Co-opted members [lower-alpha 2] |
Jean-Michel Ramaroson![]() | Fabián Borro![]() (President of FIBA Americas) | Yao Ming ![]() | Asterios Zois![]() | Burton Ross Shipley ![]() | Erick Thohir ![]() |
Pascale Mugwaneza![]() | Yamil Alejandro Bukele Perez![]() | Kempareddy Govindaraj![]() (President of FIBA Asia) | Tor Christian Bakken![]() | Jubilee Kuartei![]() | Richard Carrión ![]() |
Carol Callan ![]() | Yuko Mitsuya ![]() | Carmen Tocală![]() | Alfredo Panlilio ![]() | ||
Usie Richards![]() | Matej Erjavec![]() | Sonja Vasić ![]() | |||
NBA representative | Players representative | ||||
Mark Tatum ![]() | Dirk Nowitzki ![]() |
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