FIBA World Rankings

Top 5
Men	#	Women
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The International Basketball Federation (FIBA, from its French meaning) calculates the world rankings of all of its basketball teams.

Calculation

Only FIBA tournaments are used in calculations for the tournaments; other tournaments, such as regional championships, invitationals, and friendlies are not included.

Events' weights

Each FIBA event has a weight, partly based on the strength of the various national teams participating:

Number	Event	Weight
2	FIBA World Championship and FIBA World Championship for Women	5
2	Olympic basketball tournaments	5
2	FIBA Under-21 World Championship and FIBA Under-21 World Championship for Women	1
2	FIBA Under-19 World Championship and FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women	1
5	FIBA Africa Championship and FIBA Africa Championship for Women	0.2
5	FIBA Americas Championship and FIBA Americas Championship for Women	0.8
5	FIBA Asia Championship and FIBA Asia Championship for Women	0.3
5	Eurobasket and Eurobasket Women	1
5	FIBA Oceania Championship and FIBA Oceania Championship for Women	0.1

Competition ranking points

As opposed to football (soccer) tournaments, teams still have to go through a series of consolation and classification rounds even if they've been eliminated from title contention, so that a complete ranking of the teams will be possible.

Competition rank	Points
Gold medal (1st)	50
Silver medal (2nd)	40
Bronze medal (3rd)	30
4th	15
5th	14
6th	13
7th	12
8th	11
9th	10
10th	9
11th	8
12th	7
13th	6
14th	5
15th	4
16th	3
17th	2
18th and below	1

Cycle and updates

The calculations are done after the tournaments stated above in a group of two Olympic cycles (8 years). The oldest tournament outside the 8-year period is discarded and replaced with the newest competition.

Rankings

Men's rankings

After 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's rankings (top 20)

Rank	Team	Pts.
1		876
2	O	832.2
3	W	730
4		499
5		469
6		411
7		329
8		308
9		269
10		262.7
11		232.6
12		206
13		203
14		187
15		181
16		173.6
17		169
18		165
19		124.2
20		124

, ranked 23rd, participated in the Olympics as the Asian champion.

Women's rankings

After the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women's rankings (top 20)

Rank	Team	Pts.
1	O	1,140
2		923
3	W	899
4		446
5		429
6		340
7		326
8		274
9		272
10		226
11		168.2
12		155
13		149.2
14		148
15		127.5
16		117
17		95
18		94
19		89
20		85.8

, ranked 23rd, participated in the Olympics as the African champion.

Combined rankings

After the 2008 Summer Olympics

Combined rankings (top 20)

Rank	Team	Pts.
1	O	1,972.2
2	W	1,168
3	W	1,159
4		1,104
5		1,044.2
6		619.6
7		617
8		602.7
9		593
10		566
11		443
12		345
13		332
14		328.5
15		318
16		304
17		273.4
18		252.8
19		226
20		224

^O Olympic champion
^W World champion

Teams which participated in Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics are boldfaced.

References