Basketball Association of the Philippines
Overview
International Basketball Federation
The International Basketball Federation, more commonly known as FIBA , from its French name Fédération Internationale de Basketball, is an association of national organizations which governs international competition in basketball...
(FIBA) recognized national governing body for basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. It was recognized by the FIBA in 1936 until 2007, merging with Pilipinas Basketball
Pilipinas Basketball
Pilipinas Basketball was the basketball governing body recognized by the Philippine Olympic Committee from March 2006 to February 2007. It was formed to replace the POC-backed Philippine Basketball Federation, Inc. , which itself was formed to replace the FIBA-recognized Basketball Association of...
on February 6, 2007, form the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas or SBP.
It had sanctioned mostly amateur and minor commercial leagues such as the NCRAA, UCAA, Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association
Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association
The Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association is a community-based amateur commercial basketball league in Southern Philippines sanctioned by the country's National Sports Association for basketball, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas . The league is made up of teams from the Visayas and Mindanao...
and the National Basketball Conference
National Basketball Conference
The National Basketball Conference was a regional-based basketball league in the Philippines formed in 2004. The league is sanctioned by the Philippine national sport association for basketball, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas. Teams are also sponsored by the local government and sponsors.In...
with the BARECOM as its referees.
The BAP was dissolved once the new basketball body had been formally formed as stated by a joint communique between the BAP and Pilipinas Basketball during the FIBA Congress in Saitama, Japan.
The Basketball Association of the Philippines leadership crisis worsened after a lengthy feud between the group of Graham Lim and Tiny Literal and the group of Freddie Jalasco and Lito Puyat in 2001, which resulted in FIBA's suspension of the basketball NSA.
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