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Basketball Austria is the governing body of
basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
in
Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
. It joined
FIBA The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word ''amateur'' from its nam ...
in 1934. The Austrian Basketball Federation operates the Austrian men's national team and Austrian women's national team. They organize national competitions in Austria, for both the men's and women's senior teams and also the
youth Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood ( maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult. Y ...
national basketball teams. The top professional league in Austria is the Austrian Basketball Superliga. The federation used to be named Austrian Basketball Federation or Österreichischer Basketballverband (ÖBV).


See also

* Austria national basketball team * Austria national under-19 basketball team * Austria national under-17 basketball team *
Austria women's national basketball team The Austria women's national basketball team represents Austria in international women's basketball competition. The team is controlled by the Austrian Basketball Federation.Austria women's national under-19 basketball team * Austria women's national under-17 basketball team


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External links


Official Site

Austria
at FIBA site
Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
Fed Fed, The Fed or FED may refer to: People * Andrey A. Fedorov (1908–1987), Soviet Russian biologist, author abbreviation * Feds, a slang term for a police officer in several countries * John Fedorowicz (born 1958), American International Grand ...
Basketball governing bodies in Europe Sports organizations established in 1934 Organisations based in Vienna Sport in Vienna {{basketball-stub