FIBA World Rankings

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Top 5
Men # Women
Flag of the United States USA 1 USA Flag of the United States
Flag of Argentina Argentina 2 Australia Flag of Australia
Flag of Spain Spain 3 Russia Flag of Russia
Flag of Serbia Serbia 4 Brazil Flag of Brazil
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 5 France Flag of France

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA, from its French meaning) calculates the world rankings of all of its basketball teams.

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[edit] Calculation

Only FIBA tournaments are used in calculations for the tournaments; other tournaments, such as regional championships, invitationals, and friendlies are not included.[1]

[edit] Events' weights

Each FIBA event has a weight, partly based on the strength of the various national teams participating:[1]

Number Event Weight
2 FIBA World Championship and FIBA World Championship for Women 5
2 Olympic basketball tournaments 5
2 FIBA World Championship under 21 and FIBA World Championship under 21 for Women 1
2 FIBA World Championship under 19 and FIBA World Championship under 19 for Women 1
5 FIBA Africa Championship and FIBA Africa Championship for Women 0.2
5 FIBA Americas Championship and FIBA Americas Championship for Women 0.8
5 FIBA Asia Championship and FIBA Asia Championship for Women 0.3
5 Eurobasket and Eurobasket Women 1
5 FIBA Oceania Championship and FIBA Oceania Championship for Women 0.1

[edit] Competition ranking points

As opposed to football (soccer) tournaments, teams still have to go through a series of consolation and classification rounds even if they've been eliminated from title contention, so that a complete ranking of the teams will be possible.[1]

Competition rank Points
Gold medal (1st) 50
Silver medal (2nd) 40
Bronze medal (3rd) 30
4th 15
5th 14
6th 13
7th 12
8th 11
9th 10
10th 9
11th 8
12th 7
13th 6
14th 5
15th 4
16th 3
17th 2
18th and below 1

[edit] Cycle and updates

The calculations are done after the tournaments stated above in a group of two Olympic cycles (8 years). The oldest tournament outside the 8-year period is discarded and replaced with the newest competition.[1]

[edit] Rankings

[edit] Men's rankings

After EuroBasket for Men 2007
Men's rankings (top 20)[2]
Rank Team Pts.
1 Flag of the United States USA 832.2
2 Flag of Argentina ArgentinaO 726
3 Flag of Spain SpainW 580
4 Flag of Serbia Serbia 534
5 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 486
6 Flag of Greece Greece 429
7 Flag of Italy Italy 378
8 Flag of France France 369
9 (tie) Flag of Australia Australia 284
Flag of Germany Germany 284
11 Flag of the People's Republic of China China 252.7
12 Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 232.6
13 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 227
14 Flag of Angola Angola 206
15 Flag of Turkey Turkey 203
16 Flag of Russia Russia 186
17 Flag of Canada Canada 184.2
18 Flag of Brazil Brazil 173.6
19 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 124
20 Flag of Croatia Croatia 100
Flag of Iran Iran, ranked 33rd, will participate in the Olympics as the Asian champion.

[edit] Women's rankings

After the EuroBasket for Women
Women's rankings (top 20)[3]
Rank Team Pts.
1 Flag of the United States USAO 1140
2 Flag of Australia AustraliaW 899
3 Flag of Russia Russia 838
4 Flag of Brazil Brazil 556
5 Flag of Spain Spain 359
6 Flag of France France 344
7 Flag of South Korea Korea 295.9
8 Flag of Cuba Cuba 276
9 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 266
10 Flag of the People's Republic of China China 265
11 Flag of Canada Canada 194.2
12 Flag of Argentina Argentina 168.2
13 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 155
14 Flag of Serbia Serbia 148
15 Flag of Japan Japan 127.5
16 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 112
17 Flag of Senegal Senegal 107
18 Flag of Slovakia Slovak Republic 96
19 Flag of Poland Poland 95
20 Flag of Greece Greece 94
Flag of Mali Mali, ranked 31st, will participate in the Olympics as the African champion.

[edit] Combined rankings

After EuroBasket for Men 2007
Combined rankings (top 20)[4]
Rank Team Pts.
1 Flag of the United States USAO 1,972.2
2 Flag of Australia AustraliaW 1,183
3 Flag of Russia Russia 1,024
4 Flag of Spain SpainW 939
5 Flag of Argentina ArgentinaO 894.2
6 Flag of Brazil Brazil 729.6
7 Flag of France France 713
8 Flag of Serbia Serbia 682
9 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 641
10 Flag of Greece Greece 523
11 Flag of the People's Republic of China China 517.7
12 Flag of Italy Italy 388
13 Flag of Canada Canada 378.4
14 Flag of South Korea South Korea 352.4
15 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 339
16 Flag of Germany Germany 300
17 Flag of Cuba Cuba 276
18 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 272
19 Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 252.8
20 Flag of Turkey Turkey 224

O Olympic champion
W World champion
Teams participating in Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics are boldfaced. Teams participating for the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament are italicized.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d FIBA.com: How it works
  2. ^ FIBA Ranking Men. FIBA.
  3. ^ FIBA Ranking Women. FIBA.
  4. ^ FIBA Ranking Combined. FIBA.
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FIBA | Olympics | World Championship (men) - (women) | World Rankings
U21 World Championship (men) - (women) | U19 World Championship (men) - (women) | Teams
     Africa: FIBA Africa – Africa Championship
     Americas: FIBA Americas – Americas Championship
     Asia: FIBA Asia – Asian Championship
     Europe: FIBA Europe – EuroBasket
     Oceania: FIBA Oceania – Oceania Championship