FIBA Asia

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

Formation1960

TypeSports federation

HeadquartersBeirut, Lebanon

Membership44 member associations

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FIBA Asia

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

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Sub-zones

The 44 member associations have been assigned to six sub-zones:

Central Asia Basketball Association (CABA) – five member associations
East Asia Basketball Association (EABA) – eight member associations
Gulf Basketball Association (GBA) – six member associations
South Asia Basketball Association (SABA) – eight member associations
Southeast Asia Basketball Association (SEABA) – ten member associations
West Asia Basketball Association (WABA) – seven member associations

Board

Bold indicates members of the FIBA Central Board.

More information Chairman, Vice Presidents ...

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

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Members

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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

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Tournaments

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

More information Tournament, Year ...

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	2025	Australia	4th	China	2027
FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup	2025	Australia	5th	China	2026
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

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Women

More information Tournament, Division ...

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	2025	Australia	4th	New Zealand	2027
FIBA Under-16 Women's Asia Cup	Division B	2025	India	2nd	Iran	2027
FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup (women)		2025	Australia	5th	Japan	2026
FIBA 3x3 Under-18 Asia Cup (women)		2022	Japan	1st	Malaysia	TBD
Club teams
Women's Basketball League Asia		2025	Guangdong Vermilion Birds	1st	Fujitsu Red Wave	2026

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World rankings

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Men's rankings (as of 3 March 2026)^[3]
Asia*	FIBA	±	National team	Points
1	6		Australia	778.5
2	22	1	Japan	475.1
3	25	3	New Zealand	440.9
4	26	2	Iran	402.9
5	27	3	China	398.4
6	30	1	Lebanon	388.7
7	37	3	Philippines	329.9
8	38	3	Jordan	318.9
9	56	3	South Korea	216.2
10	64	1	Saudi Arabia	179.5
11	67	6	Chinese Taipei	164.5
12	70	4	Brunei	151.3
13	74	3	Syria	139.3
14	75	5	Kazakhstan	137.7
15	76		India	130
16	81	7	Guam	119.4
17	83	4	Qatar	117.9
18	87	8	Indonesia	112.3
19	89	3	Iraq	108.7
20	91	1	Thailand	105.1
21	98		Palestine	90.9
22	102	1	Mongolia	86.2
23	104	1	United Arab Emirates	83.4
24	109	3	Kuwait	74.4
25	114	6	Malaysia	72.8
26	118	7	Hong Kong	70.9
27	126	1	Samoa	64.4
28	131	1	Sri Lanka	56.5
29	133	2	Vietnam	56.4
30	134		Maldives	55.9
31	136	7	Singapore	55.7
32	137		Tahiti	53.4
33	139		Tonga	52.2
34	140		Bangladesh	51.4
35	142		American Samoa	49.1
36	143	1	Bhutan	46.4
37	144	1	Brunei	45.8
38	146	1	Oman	43.1
39	148		Macau	37
40	150		Nepal	34.9
41	152		Fiji	33.7
42	153		Cambodia	33.5
43	155	1	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	21	5	New Zealand	324.2
6	36	3	Chinese Taipei	221.6
7	39	5	Philippines	204.6
8	41	13	Lebanon	191.4
9	44	15	Iran	182.6
10	57		Indonesia	143.8
11	58	8	Thailand	140.6
12	60	19	India	136.7
13	65	1	Jordan	120.4
14	67	10	Kazakhstan	115.1
15	70	20	Mongolia	112
16	76	3	Malaysia	100.5
17	84		Syria	81.3
18	89	5	Uzbekistan	75.1
19	100		Cook Islands	60.7
20	104		Maldives	52.7
21	105		Hong Kong	51
22	110		Nepal	42.6
23	115		Tahiti	33.1
24	116	2	Sri Lanka	32.2
25	117		Kyrgyzstan	29.8
*Local rankings based on FIBA ranking points

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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

More information Nation, 36 (18) ...

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

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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

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World Cup

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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