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Line 19: − + + − The '''International Basketball Association (FIBA)''' formerly known as ''Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur''' is an independent association responsible in defining the rules of basketball and it governs the international basketball competition. It is composed of 213 national basketball federations worldwide and its headquarters is located in Geneva, Switzerland. <ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/quicFact/p/openNodeIDs/962/selNodeID/962/quicFacts.html About FIBA]</ref>+ − + − − In April 25, 2012, FIBA confirmed its application for the [[.basketball]] generic top level domain name ([[gTLD]]) to [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. Its main objective is to protect the sport, its stakeholders and its approximately 450 million players and fans worldwide. The association partnered with [[ROAR Domains LLC]] and [[Top Level Domains Holding Ltd.]] to prepare its application with ICANN while [[Minds + Machines]] will provide its back-end registry solutions. <ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/inte/p/newsid/51390/arti.html PR N°7 - FIBA files application for .BASKETBALL Generic Top-Level Domain]</ref> − + − + − + − + Line 42:
Line 39: − − ==The FIBA Administration== − The daily operations and logistical aspects of the headquarters of the association in Geneva is supervised by the FIBA Administration. It is responsible in maintaining the secretarial services of the FIBA management, travel and hotel arrangements for the business trips of FIBA staffs, organizing basketball conferences and world congress, social events during Olympic Games and FIBA World championships and meetings, translation services, online and booklet publication, archive and historic records management and reception services. <ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaDept/p/openNodeIDs/964/selNodeID/964/fibaAdmin.html FIBA Administration Department]</ref> − − ==The FIBA Central Board== − The FIBA Central Board is responsible in establishing the associations internal regulations. It is comprised of 23 members (22 have the right to vote) and they conduct their meeting twice a year. The current members of the Central Board include: <ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/p/openNodeIDs/963/selNodeID/963/fibaCentBoar.html FIBA Central Board]</ref> − * Yvan Mainini (France) President − * Horacio Muratore (Argentina) Vice President − * Patrick Baumann (Switzerland) Secretary General − * Borislav Stankovic (Serbia) Secretary General Emeritus − * Manfred Ströher (Germany) Treasurer − * Valerie Ackerman (USA) − * Sheik Saud Bin Ali Al-Thani (Qatar) − * Alphonse Bilé (Ivory Coast) − * Richard Carrión (Puerto Rico) − * Sergei Chernov (Russia) − * Bob Elphinston (Australia) − * Mabusa Eseka Dieudonne (Democratic Republic of Congo) − * Alberto Garcia (Argentina) − * Salamatou Maiga (Mali) − * Usie Richards (US Virgin Islands) − * Jose Luis Saez Regalado (Spain) − * Xu Lan (China) − * Olafur Rafnsson (Iceland) − * Steve Smith (Australia) − * Lena Wallin-Kantzy (Sweden) − * Barbara Wheadon (New Zealand) − * Dato’ Yeoh Choo Hock (Malaysia) − * Nar Zanolin (Canada)
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The '''International Basketball Association (FIBA)'' formerly known as ''Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur''' is an independent association responsible for defining the rules of basketball and governing international basketball competitions. It is composed of 213 national basketball federations worldwide and its headquarters is located in Geneva, Switzerland.<ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/quicFact/p/openNodeIDs/962/selNodeID/962/quicFacts.html About FIBA]</ref>
===New gTLD Application===
On April 25, 2012, FIBA confirmed its application for the [[.basketball]] [[gTLD|generic top level domain name]] (gTLD) via [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. Its main objective is to protect the sport, its stakeholders and its approximately 450 million players and fans worldwide. The association partnered with [[ROAR Domains LLC]] and [[Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd.]] to prepare its application with ICANN, while [[Minds + Machines]] will provide its back-end registry solutions.<ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/inte/p/newsid/51390/arti.html PR N°7 - FIBA files application for .BASKETBALL Generic Top-Level Domain]</ref>
==New gTLD Application==
==Activities==
==Activities==
The main activities of FIBA include: <ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/quicFact/p/openNodeIDs/962/selNodeID/962/quicFacts.html What We Do]</ref>
The main activities of FIBA include: <ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/quicFact/p/openNodeIDs/962/selNodeID/962/quicFacts.html What We Do]</ref>
* Establish the official basketball rules, specifications of equipment and facilities. including the internal executive regulations for all international and Olympic competitions
* Establish the official basketball rules, specifications of equipment and facilities, including the internal executive regulations for all international and Olympic competitions
* Responsible in controlling, governing and appointing international referees
* Control and appoint international referees
* Regulates the transfer of players from one country to another
* Regulate the transfer of players from one country to another
* Controls and governs all international competitions
* Control and govern international competitions
==The FIBA Academy==
==The FIBA Academy==
* Executive Residential programmes
* Executive Residential programmes
* Flexible online learning
* Flexible online learning
==References==
==References==