FIBA Asia

FIBA Asia
Formation	1960
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Beirut, Lebanon
Membership	44 member associations
Official language	English
President	Kempa Govindaraj
Website	fiba.basketball/asia

FIBA Asia is a zone within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) which contains Asian FIBA member associations.

Sub-zones

44 member associations in 6 sub-zones:

Central Asia Basketball Association (CABA) – 5 member associations
East Asia Basketball Association (EABA) – 8 member associations
Gulf Basketball Association (GBA) – 6 member associations
South Asia Basketball Association (SABA) – 8 member associations
Southeast Asia Basketball Association (SEABA) – 10 member associations
West Asia Basketball Association (WABA) – 7 member associations

Board

Bold indicates members of the FIBA Central Board.

FIBA Asia President^[1]
Kempa Govindaraj
Chairman^[1]
Yao Ming
Vice Presidents^[1]
Akram Halabi (1st Vice President) Alfredo Panlilio (2nd Vice President)
Treasurer^[1]
Abdullatif Al Fardan Al Uaimi
Member of Gender in Minority^[1]
Xu Lan
Sub-zone Representatives^[1]
Arbhijit Sarker (SABA) Yuko Mitsuya (EABA) Abay Alpamyssov (CABA) Ghassan Tashkandi (GBA) Tarif Koutrach (WABA) Vacant (SEABA)^[a]
FIBA Executive Director for Asia
Hagop Khajirian

Members

Country	Association	National teams	FIBA affiliation
Central Asia (CABA)
Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan Basketball Federation	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1992
Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyz Basketball Federation	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1992
Tajikistan	Tajikistan Basketball Federation	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1994
Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan Basketball Federation	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1998
Uzbekistan	Basketball Federation of Uzbekistan	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1992
East Asia (EABA)
China	Chinese Basketball Association	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1974
Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei Basketball Association	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1981
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Basketball Association	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1957
Japan	Japan Basketball Association	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1936
Macau	Macau–China Basketball Association	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1979
Mongolia	Mongolian Basketball Association	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	2000
North Korea	Amateur Basketball Association of DPR of Korea	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1947
South Korea	Korea Basketball Association	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1947
Persian Gulf (GBA)
Bahrain	Bahrain Basketball Association	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1975
Kuwait	Kuwait Basketball Association	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1959
Oman	Oman Basketball Association	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1987
Qatar	Qatar Basketball Federation	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1977
Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabian Basketball Federation	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1964
United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates Basketball Association	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1976
South Asia (SABA)
Afghanistan	Afghanistan National Basketball Federation (ANBF)	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1968
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Basketball Federation	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1978
Bhutan	Bhutan Basketball Federation	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1983
India	Basketball Federation of India	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1936
Maldives	Maldives Basketball Association	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1997
Nepal	Nepal Basketball Association	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	2000
Pakistan	Pakistan Basketball Federation	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1958
Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka Basketball Federation	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1959
Southeast Asia (SEABA)
Brunei	Brunei Basketball Association	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1970
Cambodia	Cambodia Basketball Federation	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1958
Indonesia	Indonesian Basketball Association (PERBASI)	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1954
Laos	Fédération de Basketball du Laos	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1965
Malaysia	Malaysia Basketball Association	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1957
Myanmar	Myanmar Basketball Federation	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1949
Philippines	Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1936
Singapore	Basketball Association of Singapore	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1954
Thailand	Basketball Sport Association of Thailand	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1953
Vietnam	Vietnam Basketball Federation	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1952
West Asia (WABA)
Iran	Iran Basketball Federation	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1947
Iraq	Iraqi Basketball Association	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1948
Jordan	Jordan Basketball Federation	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1957
Lebanon	Fédération Libanaise de Basketball	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1947
Palestine	Palestinian Basketball Federation	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1963
Syria	Syrian Basketball Federation	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1947
Yemen	Yemen Basketball Association (YBA)	Men's U18/19 U16/17 Women's U18/19 U16/17	1971

Tournaments

FIBA Asia

FIBA Asia Cup – since 2017, also includes FIBA Oceania members
FIBA Women's Asia Cup – since 2017, also includes FIBA Oceania members
FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup
FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup Women
FIBA Asia Challenge
FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship - since 2018, also includes FIBA Oceania members
FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women - since 2018, also includes FIBA Oceania members
FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship - since 2018, also includes FIBA Oceania members
FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women - since 2017, also includes FIBA Oceania members
FIBA 3x3 Under-18 Asia Cup
FIBA 3x3 Under-18 Asia Cup for Women
FIBA Asia Under-20 Championship
FIBA Asia Under-20 Championship for Women
Basketball Champions League Asia
Women's Basketball League Asia
East Asia Super League
West Asia Super League

FIBA Asia members

Multi-sport events

Title holder

Men

Tournament	Year	Champion	Title	Runner-up	Next edition
National teams
FIBA Asia Cup	2025	Australia	3rd	China	2029
FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup	2024	Australia	2nd	New Zealand	2026
FIBA Under-16 Asia Cup	2023	Australia	3rd	New Zealand	2025
FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup	2024	Australia	4th	Iran	2025
FIBA 3x3 Under-18 Asia Cup	2022	Japan	2nd	India	TBD
Club teams
Basketball Champions League Asia	2025	Utsunomiya Brex	1st	Al Riyadi	2026
East Asia Super League	2024–25	Hiroshima Dragonflies	1st	Taoyuan Pauian Pilots	2025–26
West Asia Super League	2024–25	Al Riyadi	2nd	Tabiat	2025–26

Women

Tournament	Division	Year	Champion	Title	Runner-up	Next edition
National teams
FIBA Women's Asia Cup	Division A	2025	Australia	1st	Japan	2027
FIBA Women's Asia Cup	Division B	2025	Chinese Taipei	1st	Iran	2027
FIBA Under-18 Women's Asia Cup	Division A	2024	Australia	2nd	China	2026
FIBA Under-18 Women's Asia Cup	Division B	2024	Philippines	1st	Lebanon	2026
FIBA Under-16 Women's Asia Cup	Division A	2023	Australia	3rd	Japan	2025
FIBA Under-16 Women's Asia Cup	Division B	2023	Philippines	1st	Iran	2025
FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup (women)		2024	Australia	4th	New Zealand	2025
FIBA 3x3 Under-18 Asia Cup (women)		2022	Japan	1st	Malaysia	TBD
Club teams
Women's Basketball League Asia		2024	Sichuan Yuanda Meile	1st	Cathay Life Tigers	2025

World rankings

Men's rankings (as of 28 March 2025)^[3]
Asia*	FIBA	+/-	National team	Points
1	7		Australia	733.1
2	21		Japan	528.5
3	22		New Zealand	491.4
4	28		Iran	414.1
5	29		Lebanon	408.9
6	30		China	397.4
7	34		Philippines	376.6
8	35		Jordan	372.1
9	53		South Korea	235.6
10	65		Saudi Arabia	164.1
11	66		Brunei	158.7
12	70		Kazakhstan	143.4
13	71		Syria	139.5
14	73	2	Chinese Taipei	136.1
15	76	5	India	127.3
16	79	1	Indonesia	124.2
17	87		Qatar	111.5
18	88	3	Guam	111.4
19	90	1	Thailand	109.9
20	92	1	Iraq	107.6
21	98		Palestine	92.6
22	101	1	Mongolia	86.2
23	103	1	United Arab Emirates	83.4
24	108	3	Malaysia	76.5
25	112	3	Kuwait	74.4
26	125	1	Samoa	64.4
27	129		Singapore	60.8
28	132	2	Sri Lanka	56.5
29	134	2	Maldives	55.9
30	135	2	Vietnam	55.9
31	137	1	Tahiti	53.4
32	139	2	Tonga	52.2
33	140	2	Bangladesh	51.4
34	142	2	American Samoa	49.1
35	144	2	Bhutan	46.4
36	145	2	Brunei	45.8
37	147	3	Oman	43.1
38	148	3	Macau	42.9
39	150	3	Nepal	34.9
40	152	3	Fiji	33.7
41	153	3	Cambodia	33.5
42	154	3	Myanmar	32.8
43	156	3	Cook Islands	25.6
*Local rankings based on FIBA ranking points

Women's rankings (as of 8 August 2025)^[4]
Asia*	FIBA	+/-	National team	Points
1	2		Australia	719.6
2	4		China	712.7
3	11	2	Japan	613.3
4	15	1	South Korea	474.7
5	26		New Zealand	285.3
6	35	2	Chinese Taipei	186.3
7	39	1	Philippines	179.3
8	49	2	Lebanon	144.1
9	52		Indonesia	137.6
10	54	1	Iran	130.1
11	61	1	Jordan	116.2
12	63	2	Thailand	115.5
13	70	1	Malaysia	100.5
14	74	2	Kazakhstan	95.1
15	77	2	India	91.3
16	83		Syria	80.7
17	87	1	Mongolia	70
18	91	1	Uzbekistan	68.9
19	92	1	Singapore	68.7
20	109	1	Fiji	40
21	113	1	Sri Lanka	35
*Local rankings based on FIBA ranking points

Performance record

Doesn't include classification rounds

1st	Gold Medal
2nd	Silver Medal
3rd	Bronze Medal
SF	Semifinals
FR	Final round
QF	Quarterfinals
R16	Round of 16
RD2	Second round
RD1	Preliminary round
WD	Withdrew
DQ	Disqualified
	Host team

Olympics

Men
Nation	36 (18)	48 (23)	52 (23)	56 (15)	60 (16)	64 (16)	68 (16)	72 (16)	76 (12)	80 (12)	84 (12)	88 (12)	92 (12)	96 (12)	00 (12)	04 (12)	08 (12)	12 (12)	16 (12)	20 (12)	24 (12)	Years
China									WD	WD	RD1 10th	RD1 11th	RD1 12th	QF 8th	RD1 10th	QF 8th	QF 8th	RD1 12th	RD1 12th			9
India										RD1 12th												1
Iran		RD1 14th															RD1 11th			RD1 12th		3
Iraq		RD1 22nd																				1
Japan	RD1 9th			RD1 10th	RD1 15th	RD1 10th		RD1 14th	RD1 11th											RD1 11th	RD1 11th	8
South Korea		QF 8th		RD1 14th		RD1 16th	RD1 14th					RD1 9th		RD1 12th								6
Philippines	QF 5th	RD1 12th	R16 9th	QF 7th	RD1 11th		RD1 13th	RD1 13th														7
Singapore				RD1 13th																		1
Thailand				RD1 15th																		1

Women
Nation	76 (12)	84 (12)	88 (12)	92 (12)	96 (12)	00 (12)	04 (12)	08 (12)	12 (12)	16 (12)	20 (12)	24 (12)	Years
China		3rd	RD1 6th	2nd	RD1 9th		RD1 9th	SF 4th	QF 6th	RD1 10th	QF 5th	RD1 9th	10
Japan	FR 5th				QF 7th		RD1 10th			QF 8th	2nd	RD1 12th	6
South Korea		2nd	RD1 7th		RD1 10th	SF 4th	RD1 12th	QF 8th			RD1 10th		7

World Cup

Men
Nation	54 (12)	59 (13)	63 (13)	67 (13)	70 (13)	74 (14)	78 (14)	82 (13)	86 (24)	90 (16)	94 (16)	98 (16)	02 (16)	06 (24)	10 (24)	14 (24)	19 (32)	2023 (32)	2027 (32)	Years
China							RD1 11th	RD1 12th	RD2 9th	RD1 14th	RD2 8th		RD2 12th	R16 15th	R16 16th		RD1 24th	RD1 29th		10
Iran															RD1 19th	RD1 20th	RD1 23rd	RD1 31st		4
Japan			RD1 13th	RD1 11th								RD1 14th		RD1 20th			RD1 31st	RD1 19th		6
Jordan															RD1 23rd		RD1 28th	RD1 32nd		3
South Korea					RD1 11th		RD1 13th		RD1 22nd	RD1 15th	RD1 13th	RD1 16th				RD1 23rd	RD1 26th			8
Lebanon													RD1 16th	RD1 18th	RD1 21st			RD1 23rd		4
Malaysia									RD1 24th											1
Philippines	FR 3rd	QF 8th	DQ			RD1 13th	FR 8th		WD							RD1 21st	RD1 32nd	RD1 24th		7
Qatar														RD1 24th					TBD TBD	2

Notes

^ Danny Kosasih of Indonesia was selected as the SEABA Zone Representative on 22 May 2023. However, he died on 5 September 2024.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "FIBA Asia elects its new board for 2023-2027 term".
^ "Ketua Umum PP Perbasi Danny Kosasih Tutup Usia di RS Medistra Jakarta, Dunia Basket Indonesia Berduka" (in Indonesian). Jawa Pos. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
^ "FIBA Women's Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.

External links

[3] Danny Kosasih of Indonesia was selected as the SEABA Zone Representative on 22 May 2023. However, he died on 5 September 2024.^[2]

[board2327-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "FIBA Asia elects its new board for 2023-2027 term".

[2] "Ketua Umum PP Perbasi Danny Kosasih Tutup Usia di RS Medistra Jakarta, Dunia Basket Indonesia Berduka" (in Indonesian). Jawa Pos. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.

[FIBA_World_Rankings-4] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2025.

[FIBA_Women's_World_Rankings-5] "FIBA Women's Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.

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