Chinese Taipei Basketball Association

Chinese Taipei Basketball Association
中華民國籃球協會

Formation	1954; 70 years ago (1954)
Type	National Sport Association
Headquarters	Taipei, Taiwan
President	Hsieh Tien-lin (謝典霖)
Affiliations	FIBA, FIBA Asia
Website	www.basketball-tpe.org

The Chinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA; Chinese: 中華臺北籃球協會) is the governing body of basketball in Taiwan (Republic of China). Its official name in Chinese is Republic of China Basketball Association (Chinese: 中華民國籃球協會).^[1] The CTBA is a member of FIBA and FIBA Asia.

The federation is responsible for the Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team and the Chinese Taipei women's national basketball team and their Under-age teams.

History

1954: Founded as Republic of China Basketball Committee (Chinese: 中華民國籃球委員會).^[2]
1973: Changed to Republic of China Basketball Association.
1974: Suspended from the FIBA due to naming problems.
1977: Held the first William Jones Cup.
1981: Re-admitted to FIBA.^[3]

References

^ "關於籃協". 中華民國籃球協會. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
^ "中華民國籃球協會簡介". 中華民國體育運動總會. Archived from the original on 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
^ "Sports". New York Times. 20 July 1981.

v t e Sports governing bodies in Taiwan ("Chinese Taipei") (TPE)
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 Practical 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 League Rugby Union
Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee

v t e National basketball federations of Asia (FIBA Asia)
FIBA Women's Asia Cup - FIBA Asia Cup
CABA (5)	Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
EABA (8)	China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea South Korea
GBA (6)	Bahrain Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates
SABA (8)	Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
SEABA (10)	Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
WABA (7)	Iran Iraq Jordan Lebanon Palestine Syria Yemen
FIBA Oceania

v t e National members of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA)
FIBA Africa	ALG ANG BEN BOT BUR BDI CMR CPV CAF CHA COM CGO COD CIV DJI EGY GEQ ERI ETH GAB GAM GHA GUI GBA KEN LES LBR LBA MAD MAW MLI MTN MRI MAR MOZ NAM NIG NGR RWA RSA STP SENl SEY SLE SOM SSD SUD SWZ TAN TGA TUN UGA ZAM ZIM
FIBA Americas	ANT ARG AUR BAH BAR BER BIZ BOL BRA BVI CAN CAY CHI COL CRC CUB DMA DOM ECU ESA GRN GUA GUY HAI HON JAM MEX MSR AHO NCA PAN PAR PER PUR MSR SKN VIN SUR TCA TRI URU USA ISV VEN
FIBA Asia	AFG BRN BAN BHU BRN CAM CHN PRK HKG IND INA IRI IRQ JPN JOR KAZ KGZ KOR KUW LAO LIB MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP OMA PAK PLE PHI QAT KSA SIN SRI SYR TJK THA TKM TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM
FIBA Europe	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BLR BEL BIH BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ENG EST ESP FIN FRA GEO GER GIB GBR GRE HUN ISL IRL ISR ITA KOS LAT LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MNE MON NED NOR POL POR ROM RUS SMR SCO SRB SVK SLO SWE SUI TUR UKR WAL
FIBA Oceania	ASA AUS COK FIJ FSM GUM KIR MHL NRU NCL NZL NMI PLW PNG SAM SOL TAH TGA TUV VAN Wallis & Futuna
Pinnacle Events Olympics World Cup

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