FIBA Ranking System

FIBA has created a Ranking for National Teams. You will find below all the necessary information on how the FIBA Ranking is calculated. 

Please note that the FIBA Ranking will never be used for any sports related decision such as a seeding for draws, for wild cards at FIBA invitational or official competition and similar decisions.


FIBA also reserves the right to change the ranking calculation system at any time without previous notification.  




*FIBA is using the country name "Yugoslavia" for historical reasons. During the cycle we use to calculate the FIBA ranking, it wasYugoslavia that participated in the FIBA competitions.

Men Ranking System
Women Ranking System
Combined Ranking System


Men
1. Event selection and weight

2 FIBA World Championships
2 Olympic Basketball Tournaments
2 FIBA U19 World Championships
2 FIBA U21 World Championships
5 FIBA Africa Championships
5 FIBA Americas Championships
5 FIBA Asia Championships
5 Eurobasket Championships
5 FIBA Oceania Championships
5
5
1
1
0.2
0.8
0.3
1
0.1


2. Competition Ranking Scoring System
Gold
Silver
Bronze
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18 etc...
50
40
30
15
14
13
12
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10
9
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5
4
3
2
1

3. Cycle
The ranking is calculated within the scope of a 2 Olympic Games cycle. Here are the number of competitions that are taken into account:

2 FIBA World Championships
2 Olympic Basketball Tournaments
2 FIBA U19 World Championships
2 FIBA U21 World Championships
5 FIBA Africa Championships
5 FIBA Americas Championships
5 FIBA Asia Championships
5 Eurobasket Championships
5 FIBA Oceania Championships


Whenever a new championship is played the oldest championship of that category drops out. The FIBA Ranking is then recalculated.


Women
1. Event selection and weight

FIBA World Championships for Women
Olympic Basketball Tournaments for Women
FIBA U19 World Championships for Women
FIBA U21 World Championships for Women
FIBA Africa Championships for Women
FIBA Americas Championships for Women
FIBA Asia Championships for Women
Eurobasket Championships for Women
FIBA Oceania Championships for Women
5
5
1
1
0.2
0.8
0.3
1
0.1

2.
Competition Ranking Scoring System

Gold
Silver
Bronze
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18 etc...
50
40
30
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1