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The elective congress takes place at the start and end of a particular four-year cycle, and its functions include the election of the FIBA President and members of its
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Lifting of restrictions on professional basketball players participating in international basketball competitions and change of name from Fédération
Internationale de Basketball Amateur to Fédération Internationale de Basketball.
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1073:"PR N°27 – Mainini unanimously elected 11th FIBA President; World Congress ratifies 2010–2014 Central Board"
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558:Establishment of the FIBA Executive Committee.
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848:"FIBA World Championship History (pdf)"
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429:The Congress officially recognized the
29:Fédération Internationale de Basketball
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16:Page discussing the FIBA World Congress
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951:"Annual Report 2008 (pdf)"
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917:. FIBA. 14 January 2008
1816:FIBA eligibility rules
1562:Men's club tournaments
1524:FIBA Women's World Cup
1362:Women's national teams
1660:Abdoulaye Seye Moreau
1411:Outline of basketball
1404:Protocol of Stockholm
1399:History of basketball
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1769:FIBA Order of Merit
1708:Secretaries General
1075:. 6 September 2010.
881:. 20 December 2016.
1884:Sports conferences
1723:Borislav Stanković
1636:Abdel Moneim Wahby
1541:FIBA 3x3 World Cup
1502:FIBA Stanković Cup
1485:FIBA 3x3 World Cup
1327:FIBA Central Board
1274:. 1 December 2022.
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81:List of congresses
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1845:Basketball portal
1752:FIBA Hall of Fame
1672:Robert Elphinston
1666:Carl Men-Ky Ching
1654:George E. Killian
1507:FIBA Diamond Ball
1260:. 23 August 2023.
1246:. 22 August 2023.
1190:. 29 August 2019.
1134:. 31 August 2014.
1120:. 28 August 2014.
1106:. 27 August 2014.
1061:. 28 August 2006.
1047:. 29 August 2006.
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