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Eligibility rules imposed by FIBA on national team players applies to both men and women. A player who seeks to represent a country must hold legal nationality of that country. [1] In 3x3 basketball, a player is eligible to represent their country if they have the appropriate legal nationality. The eligibility could be proven through a passport ...
Spain United States: Wayne Brabender: 1971–1981 Spain United States: Chicho Sibilio: 1981–1987 Spain Dominican Republic: Serge Ibaka: 2011-2014 Spain Congo: Nikola Mirotić: 2010-2017 Spain Montenegro: Lorenzo Brown: 2022 – Spain United States: Bill Magarity: 1980–1985 Sweden United States: Erik Rush: 2012–2021 Sweden United States
The 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments includes teams whose rosters consists of 12 players; a team may opt to have one naturalized player as per FIBA eligibility rules in their roster. Player ages are as of 2 July 2024, the first day of the tournament.
In the 20th century, FIFA allowed a player to play for any national team, as long as the player held nationality of that country. In 2004, in reaction to the growing trend towards naturalisation of foreign players in some countries, FIFA implemented a significant new ruling that requires a player to demonstrate a "clear connection" to any country they wish to represent. [9]
During the early years of the FIBA World Cup, Spain struggled to establish a steady presence as a competitor. Between 1950 and 1970, the national team only qualified once. Then, beginning in 1974, Spain developed into a serious competitor and regularly finished among the World Cup top performers in the competitions to follow.
FIBA, the international governing body for basketball, has eligibility rules largely similar to those of the WBSC. Nationality is a precondition for national team selection, [9] and the grandparent rule is generally not employed. The method by which a player obtains citizenship is usually irrelevant to national team eligibility.
In these instances, under Article 6.1 of the Regulations Governing the Applications of Statutes, FIFA Statutes (nationality entitling players to represent more than one association), if a player was not born in the member associations' territory and does not have a parent or grandparent that was born in the territory, the player is able to ...
An elective congress elects the FIBA President, Treasurer, and members of the FIBA Central Board, and appoints members of their Ethics and Nominations Panels. [21] Two extraordinary congresses have been held since 1989, with the most recent held in 2014. The FIBA Central Board is the organization's highest executive body.