FIBA Men's World Ranking
| Top 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men | # | Women |
 Argentina
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1 | United States 
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| United States
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2 | Russia 
|
 Spain
|
3 | Australia 
|
 Greece
|
4 | Mexico 
|
 Serbia
|
5 | Spain
|
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.[1]
Events' weights
Each FIBA event has a weight, partly based on the strength of the various national teams participating:[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.[1]
| 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.[1]
Rankings
Men's rankings
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Women's rankingsAfter FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2009
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Combined rankingsAfter FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2009
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O Olympic champion
W World champion
References
- ^ a b c d FIBA.com: How it works
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Men". FIBA.
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Women". FIBA.
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Combined". FIBA.
