Chinese Taipei Basketball Association

Chinese Taipei Basketball Association
SportBasketball
AbbreviationCTBA
Founded1954 (1954)
AffiliationFIBA
Affiliation date1981 (re-admission)
Regional affiliationFIBA Asia
HeadquartersTaipei
PresidentHsieh Dien-Lin
Official website
www.basketball-tpe.org
Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei Basketball Association
Traditional Chinese華臺北籃球協會
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōnghuá Táiběi Lánqiú Xiéhuì
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese中華民國籃球協會
Literal meaningRepublic of China Basketball Association[a]
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōnghuá Mínguó Lánqiú Xiéhuì

The Chinese Taipei Basketball Association[a] (CTBA; Chinese: 中華臺北籃球協會; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Táiběi Lánqiú Xiéhuì) is the governing body of basketball in Taiwan (Republic of China). The CTBA is a member of FIBA and FIBA Asia.

The federation is responsible for maitaining the Chinese Taipei men's and women's national teams and their respective youth teams.

History

The Chinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA) was established as the Republic of China Basketball Committee (Chinese: 中華民國籃球委員會) in 1954. The organization changed its name to the Republic of China Basketball Association in 1973.[2]

In 1975, the People's Republic of China was admitted to FIBA and the Taiwanese association was suspended.[3]

It began organizing the international invitational tournament William Jones Cup in 1977 amidst its FIBA suspension.[4]

The Taiwanese association was re-admitted to FIBA agreeing to change its name to the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association and its national teams to play under the designation "Chinese Taipei".[5]

National teams

The CTBA fields both men's and women's national teams and competes in international tournaments as "Chinese Taipei" since 1986. At the 1959 FIBA World Championship, the men's team competed as "Formosa". From 1960 to 1974, the national teams competed under the name "Taiwan".[6]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Its official name used by the CTBA itself in Chinese is "中華民國籃球協會" which roughly translates as "Republic of China Basketball Association".[1]

References

  1. ↑ "關於籃協". 中華民國籃球協會. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ "中華民國籃球協會簡介" [Introduction to the Basketball Association of the Republic of China] (in Chinese). 中華民國體育運動總會 [Republic of China Sports Federation]. Archived from the original on August 13, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ Henson, Joaquin (August 29, 2012). "All about the Jones Cup". Sporting Chance. The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  4. ↑ "瓊斯盃歷史回顧（一）1977年-1988年：瓊斯盃的誕生與中華體育館時期 - 籃球" [Jones Cup History Retrospective (Part 1): 1977-1988: The Birth of the Jones Cup and the Era of the Chinese Taipei Gymnasium]. Sports Vision (in Chinese). August 9, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Taiwan Resumes Basketball Link". New York Times. July 19, 1981.
  6. ↑ "FIBA Basketball World Cup Memorable Moments: Formosa's last hurrah". FIBA. December 4, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
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