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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.

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.

Structure

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, including one representative each from the National Basketball Association of the United States and the players association.

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

• President
• Secretary-General
• Treasurer
• FIBA Africa: one vice-president and two members
• FIBA Americas: four members
• FIBA Asia: three members
• FIBA Europe: one vice-president and four members
• FIBA Oceania: one vice-president and two members
• Up to six co-opted members
• NBA representative
• Players representative

Membership

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
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		Sonja Vasić  Serbia
NBA representative			Players representative
Mark Tatum  United States			Dirk Nowitzki  Germany

Notes

1. For the 2023–2027 term, the Central Board co-opted five members.
2. Andrei Kirilenko of Russia was also co-opted, but the appointment will be subject to decisions by FIBA and the International Olympic Committee in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.

References

1. ^ "FIBA General Statutes (2021 edition)". 3 June 2021. pp. 13–15.
2. "PR N°14 - Extraordinary World Congress unanimously adopts new FIBA General Statutes". 16 March 2014.

External links

• FIBA Central Board

• FIBA