Egyptian Basketball Federation

Federation logo.

The Egyptian Basketball Federation is the governing body of the sport of basketball in Egypt. It joined International Basketball Federation FIBA in 1934.

History

It was founded in 1934, and was a member of FIBA Europe, as the FIBA Africa zone was not founded until 1961.^[1]

Offices

The Egyptian Basketball Federation offices are located in Cairo.

Men's teams

The Egyptian Basketball Federation originally focused on the men's Egyptian national basketball team, with their achievements including 9th place at the 1952 Summer Olympics, as well as its 5th place at the 1950 FIBA World Championship. Which both remain the best results ever of an African nation at each tournament. Further, the title of the 1949 EuroBasket is the most prestigious basketball title of an African nation as well. At the FIBA Africa Championships, Egypt holds a records number of 16 medals. Egypt's men's team participated in the Summer Olympic Games seven times. In 1984 and 1988, Egypt came in the 12th on both occasions.^[2]

Women's team

The Egyptian women's national basketball team won the FIBA Africa Championship for Women in 1966 and 1968, and came second in 1970, as the United Arab Republic.

References

External links

Basketball Egypt

International men's basketball

FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U-21 World Championship U-19 World Championship U-17 World Championship World Rankings

Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16

Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA Americas Championship U-18 U-16

Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Cup U-18 U-16

Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16

Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-20 U-18 U-16

Other tournaments	Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Albert Schweitzer Tournament African Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Belgrade Trophy Diamond Ball FIBA Asia Challenge FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games MVP Cup Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games South American Championship South Asian Games TBF International Under-16 Tournament William Jones Cup World Cup (Turkey)

Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.

National members of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA)

FIBA Africa	ALG ANG BEN BOT BUR BDI CMR CPV CAF CHA COM CGO COD CIV DJI EGY GEQ ERI ETH GAB GAM GHA GUI GBA KEN LES LBR LBA MAD MAW MLI MTN MRI MAR MOZ NAM NIG NGR RWA RSA STP SENl SEY SLE SOM SSD SUD SWZ TAN TGA TUN UGA ZAM ZIM

FIBA Americas	ANT ARG AUR BAH BAR BER BIZ BOL BRA BVI CAN CAY CHI COL CRC CUB DMA DOM ECU ESA GRN GUA GUY HAI HON JAM MEX MSR AHO NCA PAN PAR PER PUR MSR SKN VIN SUR TCA TRI URU USA ISV VEN

FIBA Asia	AFG BRN BAN BHU BRN CAM CHN PRK HKG IND INA IRI IRQ JPN JOR KAZ KGZ KOR KUW LAO LIB MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP OMA PAK PLE PHI QAT KSA SIN SRI SYR TJK THA TKM TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM

FIBA Europe	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BLR BEL BIH BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ENG EST ESP FIN FRA GEO GER GIB GBR GRE HUN ISL IRL ISR ITA KOS LAT LTU LUX MKD MLT MDA MON MNE NED NOR POL POR ROM RUS SMR SCO SRB SVK SLO SWE SUI TUR UKR WAL

FIBA Oceania	ASA AUS COK FIJ FSM GUM KIR MHL NRU NCL NZL NMI PLW PNG SAM SOL TAH TGA TUV VAN Wallis & Futuna

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