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Basketball · Level 9: Master · Sub-level 9.2

Early Growth and FIBA

10 tests · 100 facts · updated 23 October 2026 · markdown

How the game spread, FIBA's founding, the founding nations, the 1936 Olympics, the first EuroBasket, the first world championship, the women's international game, the 1989 opening to professionals, FIBA's leaders and home, and its regions.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1The game spreadsTake a test

  1. Trained leaders carried it to YMCAs in other countries.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · recall

  2. Naismith's homeland played within months.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · recall

  3. American troops and YMCA workers played it in Europe.

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  4. A small space and simple kit were enough.

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  5. It was shown but not yet a medal event.

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  6. International games needed one set of rules.

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  7. That is what FIBA would provide.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · applied

  8. 1891, the 1890s, 1904, 1932.

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  9. A world body was the last step.

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  10. Games were played there from 1893.

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Test 2FIBA is foundedTake a test

  1. Delegates met there in June 1932.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · recall

  2. It was the International Amateur Basketball Federation.

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  3. The Olympic movement then barred paid athletes.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · recall

  4. Fédération Internationale de Basketball.

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  5. International games needed common rules.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · recall

  6. A world body made an Olympic tournament possible.

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  7. National federations are FIBA's members.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · applied

  8. 1932 to 1936.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · applied

  9. 1844, 1932, 1949.

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  10. Eight national federations signed.

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Test 3The founding nationsTake a test

  1. It was the only founder outside Europe.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · recall

  2. Spain joined later.

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  3. The meeting took place in Geneva.

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  4. The game's birthplace joined later.

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  5. Seven were European, one South American.

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  6. It became the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.

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  7. American basketball was already organised at home.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · applied

  8. A, G, L, S.

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  9. 1932, 1935, 1936.

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  10. The eight were Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Romania and Switzerland.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · recall

Test 4Berlin 1936Take a test

  1. The courts were made of clay and sand, laid for tennis.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · recall

  2. It beat Canada in the final.

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  3. The ball would not bounce on the wet ground.

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  4. Naismith's homeland took the silver medal.

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  5. Mexico beat Poland for third place.

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  6. He watched his game played at the Olympics.

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  7. Passing was the only way on that surface.

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  8. Gold, silver, bronze.

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  9. 1904, 1936, 1976.

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  10. Rain and mud kept the score tiny.

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Test 5The first EuroBasketTake a test

  1. It was held in 1935.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · recall

  2. Latvia beat Spain in the final.

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  3. The 1939 tournament was played in Kaunas.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · recall

  4. Geneva hosted again, and Czechoslovakia won.

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  5. National teams play for the European title.

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  6. Kaunas built a new hall for it.

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  7. EuroBasket is for national teams; the EuroLeague is for clubs.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · applied

  8. 1935, 1937, the early 1940s, 1946.

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  9. 1935, 1937, 1939.

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  10. Play resumed in 1946.

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Test 6The first world championshipTake a test

  1. It is still the best finish by an Asian men's team.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · recall

  2. A US club side represented the country.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · recall

  3. FIBA events were for amateurs until 1989.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · recall

  4. It sits between Olympic Games.

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  5. It was held in Rio de Janeiro.

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  6. Argentina and Brazil were already major sides.

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  7. Buenos Aires in 1950 and Rio de Janeiro in 1954.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · applied

  8. 1950, 1954, 1959: the first three were all in South America.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · applied

  9. 1935, 1936, 1950.

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  10. The hosts beat the United States.

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Test 7The women's international gameTake a test

  1. It took place in 1953.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · recall

  2. The US beat the hosts.

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  3. The Soviet side won in Montreal.

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  4. Players like Uljana Semjonova towered over opponents.

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  5. Women's EuroBasket started in Rome.

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  6. Forty years passed between the men's and women's debuts.

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  7. 1936 and 1976.

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  8. 1938, 1953, 1976.

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  9. 1938, 1953, 1976.

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  10. Mark C is 1976.

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Test 8Opening to professionalsTake a test

  1. Professionals could play from then on.

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  2. The congress met there in 1989.

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  3. The brand was worth keeping.

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  4. NBA stars could now play at the Olympics.

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  5. European and other leagues paid players too.

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  6. NBA players were shut out.

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  7. The 1989 rule opened the door.

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  8. 1932, 1989, 1992.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · applied

  9. The last US team of college players, then the first two with NBA stars.

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  10. The 1989 decision let pros in.

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Test 9FIBA's leaders and homeTake a test

  1. The Swiss official led FIBA from 1932.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · recall

  2. From 1932 to 1976.

    Source: General basketball reference, early growth and FIBA · recall

  3. Its 'House of Basketball' is near Geneva.

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  4. It opened in Mies in 2013.

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  5. Players, coaches, officials and leaders are included.

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  6. Common rules need common officiating.

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  7. The House of Basketball is in Mies.

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  8. 1932, 1976, 2013.

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  9. From the office to the full membership.

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  10. He ran FIBA's office for over forty years.

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Test 10FIBA's regionsTake a test

  1. Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.

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  2. Both play in the African zone.

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  3. North and South America share one region.

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  4. Each region runs its own tournaments.

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  5. Regional qualifiers cut travel and build rivalries.

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  6. Each region has its own title.

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  7. Japan plays in the Asian region.

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  8. Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe.

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  9. Qualify, draw, play.

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  10. Australia and New Zealand are in Oceania.

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Sources

General basketball history references (Naismith Hall of Fame, FIBA, NBA, Olympic records); original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered FIBA rules belong to the Rules category.

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