Brazilian Basketball Confederation

Brazil Basketball Confederation
Confederação Brasileira de Basketball

Sport	Basketball
Jurisdiction	Brazil
Abbreviation	CBB
Founded	25 October 1933 (1933-10-25)
Affiliation	FIBA
Affiliation date	FIBA: 18 June 1935 (1935-06-18) FIBA Americas: 11 October 1975 (1975-10-11)
Regional affiliation	FIBA Americas
Headquarters	Rio de Janeiro
Location	Avenida Salvador Allende
President	Guy Rodrigues Peixoto Júnior
CEO	Ricardo Avelino Trade
Vice president(s)	Maria Paula Gonçalves da Silva
Director	Marcelo Corrêa Sousa
Secretary	Carlos Roberto da Costa Fontenelle
Official website
www.cbb.com.br

The Brazilian Basketball Confederation (Portuguese: Confederação Brasileira de Basketball, CBB), also known as Basketball Brazil (Portuguese: Basquete Brasil), is the governing body of basketball in Brazil. The confederation represents Brazil in FIBA and FIBA Americas competitions. It organizes and oversees the Men's National Basketball Team and the Women's National Basketball Team. Since 2017, former national basketball player Guy Peixoto is the president. CBB contains 720 registered clubs, 36,000 licensed female players, 96,000 licensed male players, and 42,000 unlicensed players.

The senior men's Brazilian national basketball team, which is governed by the CBB, is currently ranked number 11 in the world by FIBA.

History

The CBB has been affiliated with FIBA since 1935. It previously ran the original top-tier level men's professional basketball league in Brazil, the Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete (Brazilian Basketball Championship).

See also

• Brazilian Basketball Championship

External links

• CBB official website (in Portuguese)
• FIBA Brazil
• History of Brazilian basketball (in Spanish)