National teams

National teams & federations

All 213 FIBA member federations, with senior men's and women's teams. For each one: the federation, its official site and published contact, the FIBA World Ranking, the competitions it plays and an estimated level. Smaller nations can be a realistic route into international basketball if you hold, or can get, their passport.

FIBA eligibility rules explained → · Path via passport: citizenship by descent →

Map pins are coloured by our estimated men's level: Elite Strong Solid Developing Emerging / unranked

Entry points: low-ranked and unranked nations

Teams ranked below 60th, or unranked, in the men's FIBA ranking. Fewer players compete for roster spots, but programmes are often small and unfunded. You still need that country's passport (see the rules).

All federations

Country	Zone	Federation	Men rank	Men level estimate	Women rank	Women level estimate	Contact	Data
USA	Americas	USA Basketball	1	Elite	1	Elite	—	partial
Germany	Europe	Deutscher Basketball Bund	2	Elite	4	Elite	5 published	full
France	Europe	French Federation of Basketball	3	Elite	2	Elite	7 published	full
Serbia	Europe	Basketball Federation of Serbia	4	Elite	15	Strong	6 published	full
Canada	Americas	Canada Basketball	5	Elite	11	Strong	7 published	full
Spain	Europe	Spanish Basketball Federation	6	Elite	3	Elite	4 published	full
Australia	Oceania	Basketball Australia	7	Elite	5	Elite	6 published	full
Argentina	Americas	Argentine Basketball Confederation	8	Elite	21	Strong	7 published	full
Turkey	Europe	Turkish Basketball Federation	9	Strong	17	Strong	—	partial
Lithuania	Europe	Lithuanian Basketball Federation	10	Strong	34	Solid	5 published	full
Brazil	Americas	Brazilian Basketball Confederation	11	Strong	10	Strong	4 published	full
Latvia	Europe	Latvian Basketball Association	12	Strong	36	Solid	6 published	full
Greece	Europe	Hellenic Basketball Federation	13	Strong	28	Solid	—	partial
Slovenia	Europe	Basketball Federation of Slovenia	14	Strong	26	Solid	7 published	full
Italy	Europe	Italian Basketball Federation	15	Strong	13	Strong	6 published	full
Finland	Europe	Basketball Finland	16	Strong	69	Developing	5 published	full
Puerto Rico	Americas	Puerto Rican Basketball Federation	17	Strong	12	Strong	—	partial
Montenegro	Europe	Basketball Federation of Montenegro	18	Strong	27	Solid	4 published	full
Poland	Europe	Polish Basketball Federation	19	Strong	45	Solid	—	partial
Georgia	Europe	Georgian Basketball Federation	20	Strong	113	Emerging	—	partial
Dominican Republic	Americas	Federación Dominicana de Baloncesto	21	Strong	32	Solid	—	partial
Japan	Asia	Japan Basketball Association	22	Strong	9	Strong	2 published	full
Czech Republic	Europe	Czech Basketball Federation	23	Strong	18	Strong	—	partial
South Sudan	Africa	South Sudan Basketball Federation	24	Strong	41	Solid	2 published	full
New Zealand	Oceania	Basketball New Zealand	25	Solid	22	Strong	—	partial
Mexico	Americas	Asociación Deportiva Mexicana de Básquetbol	26	Solid	25	Solid	3 published	full
Angola	Africa	Federação Angolana de Basquetebol	27	Solid	56	Developing	—	partial
Iran	Asia	Islamic Republic of Iran Basketball Federation	28	Solid	50	Solid	—	partial
Israel	Europe	Israeli Basketball Association	29	Solid	51	Developing	7 published	full
China	Asia	Chinese Basketball Association	30	Solid	7	Elite	—	partial
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	31	Solid	29	Solid	6 published	full
Croatia	Europe	Croatian Basketball Federation	32	Solid	38	Solid	—	partial
Lebanon	Asia	Lebanese Basketball Federation	33	Solid	46	Solid	—	partial
Venezuela	Americas	Venezuelan Basketball Federation	34	Solid	44	Solid	—	partial
Ivory Coast	Africa	Fédération Ivoirienne de Basket-Ball	35	Solid	54	Developing	—	partial
Belgium	Europe	Basketball Belgium	36	Solid	6	Elite	—	partial
Ukraine	Europe	Basketball Federation of Ukraine	37	Solid	43	Solid	7 published	full
Estonia	Europe	Estonian Basketball Association	38	Solid	70	Developing	—	partial
Sweden	Europe	Swedish Basketball Federation	39	Solid	30	Solid	8 published	full
Philippines	Asia	Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas	40	Solid	31	Solid	5 published	full
Jordan	Asia	Jordan Basketball Federation	41	Solid	71	Developing	4 published	full
Egypt	Africa	Egyptian Basketball Federation	42	Solid	47	Solid	—	partial
Uruguay	Americas	Uruguayan Basketball Federation	43	Solid	84	Developing	5 published	full
Portugal	Europe	Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol	44	Solid	40	Solid	7 published	full
Iceland	Europe	Icelandic Basketball Association	45	Solid	66	Developing	5 published	full
Hungary	Europe	Hungarian Basketball Federation	46	Solid	16	Strong	6 published	full
Senegal	Africa	Federation Senegalaise de Basketball	47	Solid	23	Strong	—	partial
Great Britain	Europe	British Basketball	48	Solid	24	Strong	—	partial
Bahamas	Americas	Bahamas Basketball Federation	49	Solid	67	Developing	—	partial
Tunisia	Africa	Tunisia Basketball Federation	50	Solid	102	Emerging	6 published	full
Cape Verde	Africa	Federação Cabo-verdiana de Basquetebol	51	Developing	99	Emerging	—	partial
Nigeria	Africa	Nigeria Basketball Federation	52	Developing	8	Elite	5 published	full
Netherlands	Europe	Basketball Nederland	53	Developing	55	Developing	6 published	full
Colombia	Americas	Colombia Basketball Federation	54	Developing	20	Strong	—	partial
Cameroon	Africa	Cameroon Basketball Federation	55	Developing	37	Solid	5 published	full
Panama	Americas	Federación Panameña de Baloncesto	56	Developing	97	Emerging	—	partial
South Korea	Asia	Korea Basketball Association	57	Developing	14	Strong	1 published	full
Bulgaria	Europe	Bulgarian Basketball Federation	58	Developing	59	Developing	5 published	full
Chile	Americas	Chile Basketball Federation	59	Developing	64	Developing	—	partial
Denmark	Europe	Danish Basketball Association	60	Developing	57	Developing	—	partial
Mali	Africa	Fédération Malienne de Basketball	61	Developing	19	Strong	—	partial
Romania	Europe	Romanian Basketball Federation	62	Developing	62	Developing	6 published	full
Switzerland	Europe	Swiss Basketball	63	Developing	49	Solid	6 published	full
Saudi Arabia	Asia	Saudi Basketball Federation	64	Developing	—	Unranked	—	partial
North Macedonia	Europe	Basketball Federation of North Macedonia	65	Developing	73	Developing	—	partial
Austria	Europe	Basketball Austria	66	Developing	75	Developing	—	partial
Guinea	Africa	Fédération Guinéenne de Basket-Ball	67	Developing	96	Emerging	—	partial
DR Congo	Africa	Democratic Republic of Congo Basketball Federation	68	Developing	86	Developing	—	partial
Cyprus	Europe	Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Καλαθοσφαίρισης	69	Developing	78	Developing	5 published	full
Cuba	Americas	Cuba Basketball Federation	70	Developing	52	Developing	—	partial
Chinese Taipei	Asia	Chinese Taipei Basketball Association	71	Developing	39	Solid	—	partial
Slovakia	Europe	Slovak Basketball Association	72	Developing	33	Solid	8 published	full
Syria	Asia	Syrian Basketball Federation	73	Developing	89	Developing	3 published	full
Qatar	Asia	Qatar Basketball Federation	74	Developing	—	Unranked	—	partial
Nicaragua	Americas	Federación Nicaraguense de Baloncesto	75	Developing	77	Developing	—	partial
India	Asia	Basketball Federation of India	76	Developing	65	Developing	—	partial
Bahrain	Asia	Bahrain Basketball Association	77	Developing	—	Unranked	—	partial
Guam	Oceania	Guam Basketball Confederation	78	Developing	116	Emerging	—	partial
Jamaica	Americas	Jamaica Basketball Association	79	Developing	105	Emerging	—	partial
Uganda	Africa	Federation of Uganda Basketball Associations	80	Developing	58	Developing	—	partial
Kazakhstan	Asia	Kazakhstan Basketball Federation	81	Developing	72	Developing	—	partial
Iraq	Asia	Iraqi Basketball Association	82	Developing	—	Unranked	—	partial
Norway	Europe	Norwegian Basketball Federation	83	Developing	68	Developing	6 published	full
Rwanda	Africa	Rwandan Basketball Federation	84	Developing	76	Developing	4 published	full
Ireland	Europe	Basketball Ireland	85	Developing	79	Developing	2 published	full
Costa Rica	Americas	Federación Costarricense de Baloncesto Aficionado	86	Developing	82	Developing	—	partial
Luxembourg	Europe	Luxembourg Basketball Federation	87	Developing	53	Developing	—	partial
Kosovo	Europe	Federata e Basketbollit të Kosovës	88	Developing	87	Developing	7 published	full
Libya	Africa	Libya Arab Basketball Federation	89	Developing	—	Unranked	—	partial
Madagascar	Africa	Fédération Malagasy de Basket-Ball	90	Developing	—	Unranked	—	partial
U.S. Virgin Islands	Americas	Virgin Islands Basketball Federation	91	Emerging	48	Solid	—	partial
Indonesia	Asia	Indonesian Basketball Association	92	Emerging	60	Developing	—	partial
Armenia	Europe	Basketball Federation of Armenia	93	Emerging	88	Developing	5 published	full
Thailand	Asia	Basketball Sport Association of Thailand	94	Emerging	63	Developing	—	partial
Paraguay	Americas	Paraguayan Basketball Federation	95	Emerging	61	Developing	4 published	full
Albania	Europe	Albanian Basketball Federation	96	Emerging	90	Developing	—	partial
Palestine	Asia	Palestinian Basketball Federation	97	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Andorra	Europe	Federació Andorrana de Basquetbol	98	Emerging	104	Emerging	—	partial
Central African Republic	Africa	Fédération Centrafricaine de Basketball	99	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Azerbaijan	Europe	Azerbaijan Basketball Federation	100	Emerging	94	Emerging	—	partial
Malta	Europe	Malta Basketball Association	101	Emerging	80	Developing	—	partial
Barbados	Americas	Barbados Amateur Basketball Association	102	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
El Salvador	Americas	Federación Salvadoreña de Baloncesto	103	Emerging	42	Solid	—	partial
United Arab Emirates	Asia	United Arab Emirates Basketball Association	104	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Mongolia	Asia	Mongolian Basketball Association	105	Emerging	74	Developing	—	partial
Guyana	Americas	Guyana Basketball Federation	106	Emerging	95	Emerging	4 published	full
Antigua and Barbuda	Americas	Antigua and Barbuda Amateur Basketball Association	107	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Americas	St. Vincent and the Grenadines Basketball Association	108	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Kenya	Africa	Kenya Basketball Association	109	Emerging	85	Developing	—	partial
Kuwait	Asia	Kuwait Basketball Association	110	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Honduras	Americas	—	111	Emerging	98	Emerging	—	partial
San Marino	Europe	Federazione Sammarinese Pallacanestro	112	Emerging	—	Unranked	3 published	full
Malaysia	Asia	Malaysia Basketball Association	113	Emerging	83	Developing	—	partial
Grenada	Americas	Grenada National Basketball Association	114	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Hong Kong	Asia	Basketball Association of Hong Kong, China	115	Emerging	107	Emerging	—	partial
Ecuador	Americas	—	116	Emerging	91	Emerging	—	partial
Gibraltar	Europe	Gibraltar Amateur Basketball Association	117	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Guatemala	Americas	Federación de Baloncesto de Guatemala	118	Emerging	81	Developing	—	partial
Bolivia	Americas	Federación Boliviana de Básquetbol	119	Emerging	93	Emerging	—	partial
Bermuda	Americas	Bermuda Basketball Association	120	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
South Africa	Africa	Basketball South Africa	121	Emerging	—	Unranked	2 published	full
Burundi	Africa	Fédération de Basketball du Burundi	122	Emerging	110	Emerging	—	partial
Morocco	Africa	Moroccan Royal Basketball Federation	123	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Mozambique	Africa	Federação Moçambicana de Basquetebol	124	Emerging	35	Solid	—	partial
Algeria	Africa	Algerian Basketball Federation	125	Emerging	—	Unranked	2 published	full
Sri Lanka	Asia	Sri Lanka Basketball Federation	126	Emerging	112	Emerging	—	partial
Chad	Africa	Fédération Tchadienne de Basketball	127	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Belize	Americas	—	128	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Maldives	Asia	Maldives Basketball Association	129	Emerging	106	Emerging	—	partial
Vietnam	Asia	Vietnam Basketball Federation	130	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Samoa	Oceania	Samoa Basketball Federation	131	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Singapore	Asia	Basketball Association of Singapore	132	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Gabon	Africa	Gabon Basketball Federation	133	Emerging	115	Emerging	—	partial
Somalia	Africa	Somali Basketball Federation	134	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Oman	Asia	Oman Basketball Association	135	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Tahiti	Oceania	Fédération Tahitienne de Basketball	136	Emerging	111	Emerging	—	partial
Equatorial Guinea	Africa	Feguibasket	137	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Tonga	Oceania	Tonga National Basketball Association	138	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Bangladesh	Asia	Bangladesh Basketball Federation	139	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Fiji	Oceania	Fiji Amateur Basketball Federation	140	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Zambia	Africa	Zambia Basketball Association	141	Emerging	109	Emerging	—	partial
American Samoa	Oceania	American Samoa Basketball Association	142	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Nepal	Asia	Nepal Basketball Association	143	Emerging	108	Emerging	—	partial
Tanzania	Africa	Tanzania Basketball Federation	144	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Zimbabwe	Africa	Basketball Union of Zimbabwe	145	Emerging	100	Emerging	—	partial
Haiti	Americas	Haitian Basketball Federation	146	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Macau	Asia	Macau – China Basketball Association	147	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Eritrea	Africa	Eritrean National Basketball Federation	148	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Cook Islands	Oceania	Cook Islands Basketball Federation	149	Emerging	101	Emerging	—	partial
Turks and Caicos Islands	Americas	Turks and Caicos Islands Basketball Federation	150	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Cayman Islands	Americas	Cayman Islands Basketball Association	151	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Dominica	Americas	Dominica Amateur Basketball Association	152	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Kyrgyzstan	Asia	Kyrgyzstan Basketball Federation	153	Emerging	114	Emerging	—	partial
Papua New Guinea	Oceania	Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea	154	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Solomon Islands	Oceania	Solomon Islands Amateur Basketball Federation	155	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
New Caledonia	Oceania	Région Fédérale de Nouvelle Calédonie de Basketball	156	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Vanuatu	Oceania	Vanuatu Amateur Basketball Federation	157	Emerging	—	Unranked	—	partial
Micronesia	Oceania	—	158	Emerging	117	Emerging	—	partial
Palau	Oceania	Palau Amateur Basketball Association	159	Emerging	118	Emerging	—	partial
Afghanistan	Asia	Afghanistan National Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Aruba	Americas	Aruba Basketball Bond	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Belarus	Europe	Belarusian Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	5 published	partial
Benin	Africa	Fédération Béninoise de Basketball	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Bhutan	Asia	Bhutan Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Botswana	Africa	Botswana Basketball Association	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
British Virgin Islands	Americas	British Virgin Islands Amateur Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Brunei	Asia	Brunei Basketball Association	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Burkina Faso	Africa	Fédération Burkinabe de Basketball	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Cambodia	Asia	Cambodian Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Comoros	Africa	Fédération Comorienne de Basketball	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Congo	Africa	Fédération Congolaise de Basketball	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	7 published	partial
Djibouti	Africa	—	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Eswatini	Africa	Basketball Association of Eswatini	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Ethiopia	Africa	Ethiopian Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Gambia	Africa	Gambia Basketball Association	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Ghana	Africa	Ghana Basketball Association	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Guinea-Bissau	Africa	Federacao de Basquetebol da Guinée Bissau	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Kiribati	Oceania	Kiribati Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Laos	Asia	Fédération de Basketball du Laos	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Lesotho	Africa	—	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Liberia	Africa	Liberia Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Malawi	Africa	Basketball Association of Malawi-BASMAL	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Marshall Islands	Oceania	—	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	7 published	partial
Mauritania	Africa	Fédération Mauritanienne de BasketBall	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Mauritius	Africa	—	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Moldova	Europe	Basketball Federation of Moldova	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Monaco	Europe	Fédération Monégasque de Basketball	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Montserrat	Americas	Montserrat	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Myanmar	Asia	Myanmar Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Namibia	Africa	Namibian Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Nauru	Oceania	Nauru Island Basketball Association	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Niger	Africa	Fédération Nigérienne de Basket-Ball	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	partial
Norfolk Island	Oceania	—	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
North Korea	Asia	Amateur Basketball Association of DPR Korea	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Northern Mariana Islands	Oceania	Mariana Islands Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Pakistan	Asia	Pakistan Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	3 published	partial
Peru	Americas	Peru Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Russia	Europe	Russian Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	partial
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Americas	—	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Saint Lucia	Americas	St. Lucia Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
São Tomé and Príncipe	Africa	—	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Seychelles	Africa	Seychelles Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Sierra Leone	Africa	Sierra Leone National Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Sudan	Africa	Sudan Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	2 published	partial
Suriname	Americas	Surinamese Basketball Association	—	Unranked	103	Emerging	—	partial
Tajikistan	Asia	Basketball Federation of Republic Tajikistan	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Timor-Leste	Oceania	National Basketball Federation of Timor-Leste	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Togo	Africa	Fédération Nationale de Basketball Togo	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	National Basketball Federation of Trinidad and Tobago	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Turkmenistan	Asia	Basketball Federation of Turkmenistan	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	partial
Tuvalu	Oceania	Tuvalu Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub
Uzbekistan	Asia	Uzbekistan Basketball Federation	—	Unranked	92	Emerging	—	partial
Yemen	Asia	Yemen Basketball Association	—	Unranked	—	Unranked	—	stub

Click a header to sort; blanks always sort last. Data: national_teams.json.

Who can play for a national team?

• You need the passport. To play for a country in FIBA competition you must hold that country's passport, and the federation must send FIBA your written declaration (Book 3, arts. 3-14, 3-15).
• Born there, or a passport before 18, or "significant links". If you weren't born in the country, you count as a regular national only if you held its passport before your 18th birthday, or FIBA finds you have significant links to it: years lived there, seasons played there, a parent born there, schooling, family and so on (arts. 3-15, 3-16).
• Otherwise you are a "Restricted Player". Each national team may include only one Restricted Player on its final roster for a FIBA competition (arts. 3-17, 3-18). This replaced the older "naturalised after age 16" wording.
• Playing once can lock you in. Being on the final roster at a FIBA national-team competition (3x3 included) fixes your national status (art. 3-22). Since 5 Dec 2025, players who appeared at a World Cup, Olympics, continental cup (AmeriCup, AfroBasket, EuroBasket, Asia Cup), U20 EuroBasket, U19 World Cup or main 3x3 events cannot switch (art. 3-24).
• Changing federation. Only federations can apply. A change is possible after youth events (U16–U18) by agreement (art. 3-23), or after other events if your last appearance was at least 5 years ago and you played no more than 5 official games. After such a change you count as a Restricted Player (arts. 3-25, 3-26).
• Only federations can file. Players and agents can't apply to FIBA directly. Requests go through the national federation, at least 14 days before the competition (arts. 3-11, 3-12).

Source: FIBA Internal Regulations, Book 3 (Players and Officials), in force as of 22 April 2026. Read Book 3 (PDF, fiba.basketball)