Portuguese Basketball Federation

Portuguese Basketball Federation

Formation	17 August 1927
Type	Basketball Federation
Headquarters	Rua da Madalena, 179 - 2º 1149-033 Lisbon
Location	Portugal
Membership	FIBA (since 1932) FIBA Europe (since 1957)
Official language	Portuguese
President	Manuel Tavares (since 2014)
Budget	6,576,634€ ^[1]
Website	www.fpb.pt

The Portuguese Basketball Federation (Portuguese: Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol) is the governing body for basketball in Portugal. Established on 17 August 1927,^[2] it became one of the eight founding national member federations of FIBA in 1932.^[3]

References

↑ Orçamento 2012
↑ "Missão". Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 October 2012.
↑ "FIBA History". FIBA. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

External links

Official Website

Sports governing bodies in Portugal (POR)

Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water Polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating (Figure, Speed & Short Track) Ice Hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing (Alpine, Cross Country, Nordic Combined, Freestyle & Jumping) Snowboarding

Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard Sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water Ski Wushu

Paralympics and Disabled Sports

Others Sports	Rugby Union Rugby League

Olympic Committee of Portugal Portuguese Paralympics Committee

International men's basketball

FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U-21 World Championship U-19 World Championship U-17 World Championship World Rankings

Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16

Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA Americas Championship U-18 U-16

Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Championship U-18 U-16

Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16

Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-20 U-18 U-16

Other tournaments	Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Albert Schweitzer Tournament All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Belgrade Trophy Diamond Ball FIBA Asia Cup FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games MVP Cup Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games South Asian Games TBF International Under-16 Tournament William Jones Cup World Cup (Turkey)

Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.

National basketball teams of Europe (FIBA Europe)

Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Great Britain England Scotland Wales Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Defunct: Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia

National basketball associations of Europe (FIBA Europe)

Current	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia

Basketball in Portugal

National teams

National Competitions

Men's	LPB Proliga CNB Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Troféu António Pratas Supertaça Torneio dos Campeões (defunct) Supertaça Compal (defunct)

Women's	LFB Taça de Portugal Taça da Federação Supertaça Taça Vitor Hugo

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