User:Jone.jaio/sandbox/Infoboxes/Sports
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Highest governing body | FIBA |
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First played | 1891, Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Characteristics | |
Contact | Yes |
Team members | 5 per side |
Mixed-sex | Yes, separate competitions |
Type | Team sport, ball sport |
Equipment | Basketball |
Venue | Indoor court (mainly) or outdoor court (Streetball) |
Presence | |
Olympic | Demonstrated in the 1904 and 1924 Summer Olympics Part of the Summer Olympic program since 1936 |