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International Basketball Federation

an international body that brings together all national basketball federations, in charge of deciding basketball rules, disseminating basketball and organising international competitions
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International Basketball Federation

Summary

International Basketball Federation is a basketball association[1]. It draws 787 Wikipedia views per month (basketball_association category, ranking #5 of 25).[2]

Key Facts

  • International Basketball Federation was a member of Global Association of International Sports Federations[3].
  • International Basketball Federation was a member of Association of Summer Olympic International Federations[4].
  • International Basketball Federation is located in Mies[5].
  • International Basketball Federation is in the country of Switzerland[6].
  • International Basketball Federation's image is recorded as FIBA headquarter.JPG[7].
  • International Basketball Federation's instance of is recorded as basketball association[8].
  • International Basketball Federation's instance of is recorded as international sport governing body[9].
  • International Basketball Federation's founder is recorded as Argentine Basketball Confederation[10].
  • International Basketball Federation's founder is recorded as Czechoslovak Basketball Federation[11].
  • International Basketball Federation's founder is recorded as Hellenic Basketball Federation[12].
  • International Basketball Federation's founder is recorded as Italian Basketball Federation[13].
  • International Basketball Federation's founder is recorded as Latvia Basketball Association[14].
  • International Basketball Federation's founder is recorded as Portuguese Basketball Federation[15].
  • International Basketball Federation's founder is recorded as Romanian Basketball Federation[16].
  • International Basketball Federation's founder is recorded as Swiss Basketball[17].
  • International Basketball Federation's logo image is recorded as FIBA logo.svg[18].
  • International Basketball Federation's headquarters location is recorded as Mies[19].
  • International Basketball Federation's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121960391[20].
  • International Basketball Federation's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 159560862[21].
  • International Basketball Federation's GND ID is recorded as 5063508-6[22].
  • International Basketball Federation's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no92005536[23].
  • International Basketball Federation's IdRef ID is recorded as 112133908[24].
  • International Basketball Federation's postal code is recorded as 1295[25].
  • International Basketball Federation's Commons category is recorded as FIBA[26].
  • +1932-06-18T00:00:00Z marks the founding of International Basketball Federation[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Argentine Basketball Confederation[10], Czechoslovak Basketball Federation[11], Hellenic Basketball Federation[12], Italian Basketball Federation[13], Latvia Basketball Association[14], and Portuguese Basketball Federation[15]. +1932-06-18T00:00:00Z marks the founding of International Basketball Federation[27].

Leadership

International Basketball Federation's director / manager is recorded as Sheikh Saud Ali Al-Thani[28].

Operations

International Basketball Federation's headquarters location is recorded as Mies[19].

Why It Matters

International Basketball Federation draws 787 Wikipedia views per month (basketball_association category, ranking #5 of 25).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Global Association of International Sports Federations Hirosaki University Switzerland

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . OpenStreetMap. wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . fiba.basketball. Retrieved . fiba.basketball. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [25] ↑ . fiba.basketball. Retrieved . fiba.basketball. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . about.fiba.basketball. Retrieved . about.fiba.basketball. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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