FIBA Central Board


The FIBA Central Board is an institution of FIBA. 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, and is in charge of appointing the Secretary General, members of the Executive Committee and the different FIBA Commissions.

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.

Past Central Boards

; 2019–2023
; 2010–2014
  • FIBA President Yvan Mainini
  • FIBA Vice President Horacio Muratore
  • FIBA Secretary-General Patrick Baumann
  • FIBA Treasurer Manfred Ströher
  • Alberto Garcia
  • Robert Elphinston
  • Steve Smith
  • Nar Zanolin
  • Xu Lan
  • Dieudonne Eseka Mabusa
  • Alphonse Bilé
  • Ólafur Rafnsson
  • Dato' Yeoh Choo Hock
  • Salamatou Maïga
  • Barbara Wheadon
  • Richard Carrión
  • Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani
  • Sergey Chernov
  • José Luis Sáez
  • Lena Wallin-Kantzy
  • Valerie Ackerman
  • Usie Richards
  • FIBA President Robert Elphinston
  • FIBA Vice President George Vassilakopoulos
  • FIBA Secretary-General Patrick Baumann
  • FIBA Treasurer Manfred Ströher
  • Steve Smith
  • Horacio Muratore
  • Yu Zaiqing
  • Alain Ekra
  • Alphonse Bilé
  • Julio Subero
  • Yvan Mainini
  • Mabel Mun Wai Ching
  • Sheik Fahad Al-Ahmad Alsabah Talal
  • Marion Grethen
  • Salamatou Maïga
  • Barbara Wheadon
  • William Kelderman
  • Jenaro Marchand
  • José Luis Sáez
  • Valerie Ackerman

FIBA Executive Committee

The FIBA Executive Committee is a body that exercises the powers of the FIBA Central Board, with roles including the development of strategies in widening basketball's global reach, approving annual budgets and receiving financial updates, and the appointment of host countries for FIBA's international competitions. Any decision taken by the committee are to be relayed to the Central Board, as per FIBA's General Statutes.
Members of the Executive Committee are appointed by the Central Board amongst its own members, with the President of FIBA serving as the Chair of the committee. Both the Secretary-General and Treasurer are also members of the body. According to the organization's statutes, six members are to be appointed, with up to two additional individuals appointed upon proposal by the President and the Secretary General.
FIBA's Executive Committee for the 2023–2027 term consists of the following members