The International Basketball Federation, known by the French acronym FIBA, was founded in Geneva in June 1932 by eight national federations to coordinate the rules of the sport and to organize international competition. Basketball had been invented by James Naismith in the United States in 1891 and had spread across the world, and the federation helped bring it into the Olympic Games, where it made its first appearance as a full medal sport in 1936 in Berlin. FIBA sets the international rules, organizes events such as the Basketball World Cup, and regulates the registration of players across its national members. Its headquarters have been in Switzerland, now at Mies near Geneva. The federation has grown to include more than two hundred national federations.
Before and after
- from 1 March 1932 to 18 August 1945Manchukuo
- from 1 March 1932 to 16 September 1939Soviet–Japanese border conflicts
- 19 March 1932Construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge
- 4 April 1932Birth of Andrei Tarkovsky
- 18 June 1932Founding of International Basketball Federation
- 2 August 1932Birth of Peter O'Toole
- 17 August 1932Birth of V. S. Naipaul
- from 9 September 1932 to 12 June 1935Chaco War
- 9 September 1932November 1932 Geneva shooting
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