FIBA Americas ( Spanish : Confederación Panamericana de Baloncesto , French : FIBA Amériques ) is a continental federation of FIBA (International Basketball Federation). It is one of FIBA's five continental zones. FIBA Americas is responsible for the organization and governance of the major international basketball competitions in the Americas . The headquarters is located in Miami, Florida and the current President is Carol Callan of the United States .
4-794: The FIBA AmeriCup (previously known as the FIBA Americas Championship ) is the Americas Basketball Championship that takes place every four years between national teams of the Western Hemisphere continents. Since FIBA organized the entire Western Hemisphere west of the Atlantic Ocean under one zone, countries from North America , Central America , the Caribbean and South America compete in this tournament. Through
8-415: Is a North American territory but a member of COCABA (Central America zone). - *² [REDACTED] Bermuda is a North American territory but a member of CBC (Caribbean zone). - *³ [REDACTED] Suriname and [REDACTED] Guyana are South American territories but members of CBC (Caribbean zone). - * [REDACTED] Peru is not currently a member of FIBA Americas, Peru
12-779: The 2015 edition, the Americas Championship took place every two years, and was also a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Cup and the Summer Olympic Games . However, since 2017, the AmeriCup, along with all other FIBA continental championships for men are played once every four years. The continental championships are no longer a part of the qualifying process for either the World Cup or Olympics. Argentina, Brazil, Canada and Puerto Rico are
16-562: The only four teams that have contested all the editions of the tournament. United States is the most successful nation with 7 titles. A total of 19 national teams have appeared in at least one FIBA AmeriCup in the history of the tournament through the 2025 competition . Each successive AmeriCup has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Countries competing in their first AmeriCup are listed below by year. FIBA Americas FIBA Americas has 42 affiliated members, divided into 4 regional zones. - *¹ [REDACTED] Mexico
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