List of men's national basketball teams
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This is a list of the men's national basketball teams in the world.
The five FIBA zones.
Active teams
The International Basketball Federation, or FIBA recognizes 213 national teams divided into 5 zones, each roughly corresponding to a continent (North America and South America are grouped under the Americas.)
The newest national team is Montenegro which was recognized on 2006.
It is interesting to note that there are more FIBA-recognized teams than FIFA-recognized teams (209).
FIBA Africa
FIBA Africa subzones.
FIBA Africa, which has 53 national teams,[1] is divided into 7 zones.[2]
Zone 1Zone 2
Zone 3
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Zone 4
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Zone 6
Zone 7
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FIBA Americas
FIBA Americas subzones.
FIBA Americas (formerly the Pan-American Basketball Confederation), which controls North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America, has 43 national teams, divided into three areas.[3] The Central American and Caribbean Confederations of Basketball (CONCECABA) is further divided into the Central America and Caribbean zone.[4]
CONCECABACaribbean
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Central America
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FIBA Asia
FIBA Asia subzones.
FIBA Asia (formerly the Asian Basketball Confederation) is divided into 5 zones.[5]
East AsiaGulf |
Middle Asia
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Southeast Asia Basketball Association (SEABA)West Asian Basketball Association (WABA) |
FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe has 51 member nations under it.[6]
Great Britain, a combined team of England, Scotland and Wales, competed in Eurobasket 2009 and played at the 2012 Olympics.
FIBA Oceania
FIBA Oceania has 21 member nations under it.[8]
Non-FIBA members
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Defunct teams
Czechoslovakia - split into 
Czech Republic and 
Slovak Republic, Czech Republic is the sole successor and carried the old records with it
East Germany - merged into 
West Germany; West Germany assumes the records of a unified Germany team
Serbia and Montenegro - successor of 
Yugoslavia; FIBA recognizes 
Serbia as the sole successor and attributes all records to it. 
Montenegro is descended from Serbia and Montenegro.
South Vietnam - merged into 
North Vietnam; North Vietnam assumes the records of a unified 
Vietnam team
South Yemen - merged into 
North Yemen; North Yemen assumes the records of a unified 
Yemen team
Soviet Union - split into 15 different national teams; FIBA recognizes 
Russia as the sole successor although the records achieved doesn't carry over. Other national teams descended from Soviet Union are:
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- The three Baltic states and Russia which played international basketball prior to 1945 inherited their old records prior to being merged with Soviet Union:
- The Unified Team (a.k.a. the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) team) for the 1992 Summer Olympics was a one-off team.
United Arab Republic - merged from 
Egypt and 
Syria; FIBA recognizes 
Egypt as the sole successor when Syria seceded; Syria retained their old records.- Yugoslavia - FIBA recognizes Serbia and Montenegro as the sole successor although the records achieved doesn't carry over. Other national teams descended from Yugoslavia are:
Netherlands Antilles
FIBA country codes
FIBA uses IOC country codes for most countries which are IOC members. For non-IOC members and exceptions, FIBA uses the following codes:
England: ENG
Gibraltar: GIB
Marshall Islands: MIS (IOC: MHL)
Montserrat: MAT
New Caledonia: CAL
Norfolk Island: NIS
Northern Mariana Islands: SAI
Scotland: SCO
Tahiti: TAH
Turks and Caicos Islands: TCI
Wales: WAL
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