FIBA Hall of Fame honors basketball players, coaches and administrators who have contributed to international competitive basketball. It was established by FIBA

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...

 in 1991. It includes the "Samaranch

Juan Antonio Samaranch

Don Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquis of Samaranch, Grandee of Spain , known in Catalan as Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló , was a Catalan Spanish sports administrator who served as the seventh President of the International Olympic Committee from 1980 to 2001...

 Library", the biggest basketball library in the world that, as of 2007, has over 10,000 basketball books and 950 magazines from over 65 countries. The Hall of Fame building is a basketball museum built in Alcobendas

Alcobendas

Alcobendas is a city located in the Community of Madrid, central Spain. It is located roughly 13 km north of Madrid and 7 km from the Barajas International Airport. It includes a central urban zone, a recently built district known as Valdelasfuentes, La Moraleja and El Soto de la...

, Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

, Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 by the Pedro Ferrándiz

Pedro Ferrándiz

Pedro Ferrándiz González is a Spanish basketball coach. He is most famous for coaching Real Madrid basketball club in the 1960s and 1970s. He won record 12 titles in Spanish League, 4 titles in European Champions Cup and 10 titles in Spanish Cup. His combined record coaching Real is 437-90. He...

 Foundation. Initially, induction ceremonies occurred every two years, with the first taking place in 2007. The pattern was interrupted in 2010, when a class was inducted on the day of the 2010 FIBA World Championship

2010 FIBA World Championship

The 2010 FIBA World Championship, hosted by Turkey, was the international basketball competition contested by the men's national teams. The tournament ran from August 28 to September 12, 2010. It was co-organized by the International Basketball Federation , Turkish Basketball Federation and the...

 Final

2010 FIBA World Championship Final

The 2010 FIBA World Championship Final was a basketball game between the men's national teams of Turkey and the United States that took place on September 12, 2010, at Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey, to determine the winner of the 2010 FIBA World Championship...

 in Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

.

Summary of inductees and candidates

Key:

Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Inductees

Year	Inductee	Nationality	Pos.	Achievements	Ref.
2007			C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
2007			F
2007			C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
2007			C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
2007			F
2007			G
2010			C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
2007			SG/SF Swingman A Swingman is a basketball term denoting a player who can play both the small forward and shooting guard positions, and, in essence, swing between the shooting guard and small forward positions." Swingmen males are often between 6'5" and 6'8" .John Havlicek, who played for the Boston Celtics in...
2007			C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
2007			SG Shooting guard The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
2009			SG Shooting guard The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
2010			SG Shooting guard The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
2007			PF Power forward (basketball) Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...
2007			C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
2007			PG Point guard Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
2010			C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
2007			PF Power forward (basketball) Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...
2009			C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
2007			SG/PG Combo Guard A combo guard is a basketball player who combines the attributes of a shooting guard and point guard , but does not necessarily fit the standard description of either position...
2009			PG Point guard Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
2007			F
2007			C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
2010			C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
2010			F

Candidates

Brazil: Wlamir Marques

Wlamir Marques

Wlamir Marques is a retired Brazilian basketball player.On club level, he played for São Vicente, XV de Piracicaba, Corinthians, Tênis Clube Campinas...

, Waldemar Blatskauskas, Ruy de Freitas

Ruy de Freitas

Ruy de Freitas was a Brazilian basketball player, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1948. He was born in Brasília. At his first appearance in London he won the bronze medal with the Brazilian basketball team under the guidance of head coach Moacyr Daiuto.-External links:...

, Marcel de Souza

Marcel de Souza

Marcel Ramon Ponickwar de Souza is a retired Brazilian basketball player and one of only three players to have played in 5 FIBA World Championships . He totaled 38 games and 550 points during that competitions and won a bronze medal in 1978...

, Edson Bispo dos Santos, Antonio Salvador Sucar

Antonio Salvador Sucar

Antonio Salvador Sucar is a former Brazilian basketball player. Sucar participated at the Summer Olympics as well as the 1967 FIBA World Championship with the Brazil national basketball team. He won two Olympic bronze medals .-References:...

, Affonso Évora

Affonso Évora

Affonso de Azevedo Évora was a Brazilian basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. There he won the bronze medal with the national team under the guidance of head coach Moacyr Daiuto....

, Alfredo da Motta

Alfredo da Motta

Alfredo Rodrigues da Motta was a Brazilian basketball player, who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. There he won the bronze medal with the men's national team. He was born in Rio de Janeiro....

, Jatyr Eduardo Schall, Carmo de Souza

Carmo de Souza

Carmo de Souza also known as Rosa Bronca was a Brazilian basketball player with the Brazil national basketball team. De Souza competed with Brazil at the 1959, 1963 and 1970 FIBA World Championships and won two bronze medals at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.-References:...

 "Rosa Branca", Carlos Domingos Massoni

Carlos Domingos Massoni

Carlos Domingos Massoni was a Brazilian basketball player.Nicknamed Mosquito, he played for the Brazilian national team, winning the 1963 World Championship....

 "Mosquito", Zenny de Azevedo "Algodão

Algodão

Zenny de Azevedo was a Brazilian basketball player, who competed for his native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1948. Nicknamed Algodão, he won the bronze medal in 1948 and 1960 with the Brazilian basketball team. He was born in Rio de Janeiro.-External links:...

" Serbia: Zoran "Moka" Slavnić

Zoran Slavnić

Zoran "Moka" Slavnić is a Serbian retired basketball player and current coach. He played with KK Crvena zvezda for 10 senior seasons. One of the best European point gards of all time. With KK Crvena zvezda he won 2 National Championships, 3 National Cups and one Saporta Cup. He also won ACB with...

, Predrag Danilović

Predrag Danilovic

Predrag "Saša" Danilović , usually referred to in English as Sasha Danilovic , is a retired professional basketball player, considered one of the best European shooting guards during the 1990s...

, Dejan Bodiroga

Dejan Bodiroga

Dejan Bodiroga is a retired Serbian professional basketball player.He is offten considered as one of the best players who did not play in the NBA....

, Aleksandar Đorđević USA: Larry Bird

Larry Bird

Larry Joe Bird is a former American NBA basketball player and coach. Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird started at small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons, spearheading one of the NBA's most formidable frontcourts that included center Robert Parish...

, Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan

Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a former American professional basketball player, active entrepreneur, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats...

, Magic Johnson

Magic Johnson

Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association . After winning championships in high school and college, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Lakers...

, Jerry West

Jerry West

Jerry Alan West is a retired American basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association . His nicknames include "Mr...

, David Robinson

David Robinson (basketball)

David Maurice Robinson is a retired American NBA basketball player, who played center for the San Antonio Spurs for his entire NBA career. Based on his prior service as an officer in the United States Navy, Robinson earned the nickname "The Admiral". He and teammate power forward Tim Duncan were...

, Bob Kurland

Bob Kurland

Robert Albert "Bob" Kurland was a basketball center, who played for Henry Iba's Oklahoma A & M Aggies basketball team...

 Latvia: Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Jānis Krūmiņš

Janis Kruminš

Jānis Krūmiņš was a Soviet Latvian center basketball player. Helped by his height , he was the first giant center dominating under the European baskets, for years...

, Valdis Muižnieks

Valdis Muiznieks

Valdis Muižnieks is a retired Latvian basketball player.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Maigonis Valdmanis

Maigonis Valdmanis

Maigonis Valdmanis was a Latvian basketball player. He was born in Riga.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Valdis Valters

Valdis Valters

Valdis Valters is a retired Latvian basketball player.A point guard for the USSR, he is regarded as one of the greatest to have played the game in Europe in the 1980s....

 Greece: Georgios Kolokithas, Panagiotis Giannakis

Panagiotis Giannakis

Panagiotis Giannakis , nicknamed "The Dragon", is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is the former head coach of the pro club Olympiacos, and the Greek National Basketball Team. Under Giannakis' guidance, the Greek National team won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket...

, Fanis Christodoulou

Fanis Christodoulou

Theofanis Christodoulou, or Fanis Christodoulou , is a retired Greek professional basketball player...

, Panagiotis Fasoulas

Panagiotis Fasoulas

Panagiotis Fasoulas is a Greek politician and former professional basketball player...

 Lithuania: Modestas Paulauskas

Modestas Paulauskas

Modestas Paulauskas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympic basketball tournament. He also won a bronze medal with the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Paulauskas trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas. He is known as one of the best...

, Šarūnas Marčiulionis

Šarunas Marciulionis

Raimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the North American National Basketball Association...

, Šarūnas Jasikevičius

Šarunas Jasikevicius

Šarūnas Jasikevičius is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays for Panathinaikos BC. He is a member of the Lithuanian national team, and plays the point guard position.-Early years:...

 Spain: Juan Antonio San Epifanio

Juan Antonio San Epifanio

Juan Antonio San Epifanio Ruiz is a retired Spanish basketball player, considered one of the greatest small forwards ever to play in Europe...

, Francesc "Nino" Buscató Czech Republic: Ivan Mrázek, Jiří Zídek Sr.

Jiří Zídek Sr.

Jiří Zídek Sr. is a retired Czech basketball player. A talented center, he helped USK Slavia Prague make it all the way to the Euroleague final in 1966. He scored 22 points in the final to lead all scorers, but Simmenthal Milano stood in his way for the Euroleague crown, winning the game 77-72...

 Puerto Rico: Raymond Dalmau

Raymond Dalmau

Raymond Dalmau Pérez is a retired Puerto Rican professional basketball player. During most of his career, Dalmau played in the National Superior Basketball league. His sons Richie, Christian and Ricardo also played basketball on the highest level of Puerto Rican basketball.-Career:Dalmau...

, Juan "Pachin" Vicens Australia: Eddie Palubinskas, Andrew Gaze

Andrew Gaze

Andrew Barry Casson Gaze is Australia's best known basketball player, and one of its most successful. He is considered as the greatest player in the history of the NBL....

 Cuba: Ruperto Herrera

Ruperto Herrera Tabio

Ruperto Herrera Tabio is a former basketball player from Cuba, who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.-References:**...

, Pedro Chappe

Pedro Chappe Garcia

Pedro Chappé García is a former basketball player from Cuba, who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany....

 Syria: Jacques Bachayani, Koutrach Tarif Montenegro: Žarko Paspalj

Žarko Paspalj

Žarko Paspalj is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and current sports administrator...

 Russia: Gennadi Volnov

Gennadi Volnov

Gennadi Georgievich Volnov was a Russian basketball player who played for the Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He was born in Moscow....

 Ukraine: Vladimir Tkachenko

Vladimir Tkachenko

Vladimir Pyotrovich Tkachenko is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Olympics Basketball medals and three FIBA World Championship medals with the Soviet Union national basketball team in a career that lasted 16 years. He was named both the Euroscar and the Mr...

 Germany: Detlef Schrempf

Detlef Schrempf

Detlef Schrempf is a retired German NBA basketball player.-High school and college career:...

 Netherlands: Rik Smits

Rik Smits

Rik Smits is a retired Dutch professional basketball player who spent his entire professional career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association. The 7'4" center was drafted by the Pacers out of Marist College with the second overall pick in the 1988 NBA Draft...

 Israel: Miki Berkovich

Miki Berkovich

Moshe "Miki" Berkovich is a retired Israeli basketball player. He was a 6' 4" shooting guard.- Career :Berkovich is recognized by many Israelis as the best Israeli basketball player who ever played. Berkovich joined Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball club's junior team in 1965, and adult team in 1971...

 Poland: Mieczysław Łopatka Hungary: János Greminger

János Greminger

János Greminger was a Hungarian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Szeged.He was part of the Hungarian basketball team, which was eliminated after the group stage of the 1952 tournament. He played all six matches...

 Canada: Leo Rautins

Leo Rautins

Leo R. Rautins is a former professional basketball player, the former head coach of the Canadian national men's basketball team, and an NBA analyst for the Toronto Raptors.Rautins was a star in high school for St...

 Mexico: Manuel Raga

Manuel Raga

Manuel Raga Navarro is a retired Mexican basketball player.-Career:Nicknamed the "Flying Mexican", Raga played professionally for Pallacanestro Varese in Italy from 1968 to 1973 and won 3 Euroleague championships.In 1970, he became the first player from an international league to be selected in...

 Uruguay: Oscar Moglia

Oscar Moglia

Oscar Aldo Moglia was a basketball player from Uruguay. He was Jewish. He won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. He was the tournament's top scorer at the 1954 FIBA World Championship.-External links:**...

 Ecuador: Nicolás Lapentti Jordan: Awwad Mfadi Haddad

Inductees

Year	Inductee	Nationality	Pos.	Achievements	Ref.
2009			PG Point guard Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
2007			SG Shooting guard The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
2007			G
2010			SF/PF Cornerman (basketball) Cornerman is a term used in basketball to denote a player who can play both the small forward and power forward basketball positions. "Cornerman" is sometimes interchangeably used with the term "forward" , but generally refers to players that can play both forward positions. They usually fit two...
2007			G
2007			C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
2010			PF Power forward (basketball) Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...

Candidates

Brazil: Marlene Jose Bento, Delcy Ellender Marques, Laís Elena Aranha da Silva, Maria Helena Cardoso, Nilza Monte Garcia, Maria Paula Gonçalves da Silva

Maria Paula Silva

Maria Paula Gonçalves da Silva, also known as Magic Paula , is a retired Brazilian basketball player. She is considered one of the greatest players in her country, along with Hortência Marcari and Janeth Arcain...

 "Paula", Maria Helena Campos "Heleninha", Norma Pinto de Oliveira "Norminha" Latvia: Dzintra Grundmane, Helēna Bitnere-Hehta, Silvija Radone-Krodere, Maija Saleniece-Siliņa, Skaidrīte Smildziņa-Budovska, Dzidra Uztupe-Karamiševa Russia: Nina Poznanskaya, Tatiana Ovechkina, Olga Soukharnova Italy: Catarina Pollini, Mara Fullin, Mabel Bocchi USA: Anne Donovan

Anne Donovan

Anne Donovan is an American retired basketball player and the current head coach of the women's basketball team at Seton Hall University. She was formerly an assistant coach, then interim head coach of the New York Liberty of the WNBA...

, Teresa Edwards

Teresa Edwards

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 Hungary: Agnes Nemeth, Lenke Kiss Spain: Elisabeth Cebrián Serbia: Marija Veger-Demsar Bulgaria: Penka Stojanova, Vanya Voynova

Vanya Voynova

Vanya Voynova was a Bulgarian basketball player. She has played for Slavia Sofia from 1950 to 1968, winning the European Champions' Cup in 1959 and 1963 and Bulgarian league 12 times from 1953 to 1965...

 Australia: Robyn Maher

Robyn Maher

Robyn Maher is a retired female basketball player from Australia, who played for the Sydney Uni Flames. A three-time Olympian she was a member of the national women's team that won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-Personal life:Maher is married to former Opals...

 China: Liu Yumin South Korea: Shin-Ja Park

Inductees

Year	Inductee	Nationality	Achievements	Ref.
2007
2007
2009
2007
2010
2010
2007
2007
2009
2007
2010
2007
2007
2007
2009
2007

NB:

• Newell was born in Canada, but is classified as American because he became a U.S. citizen as a young adult and made his coaching mark in the U.S.
• In addition, Newell is a member of the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame as a contributor, not as a coach.

Candidates

Serbia: Dušan Ivković

Dušan Ivkovic

Dušan "Duda" Ivković is a Serbian former professional basketball player and current coach. In 2008, he was named one of the 10 Greatest Coaches in Euroleague history....

, Božidar "Boža" Maljković

Božidar Maljkovic

Božidar "Boža" Maljković is a Serbian basketball coach, one of the most successful in Europe, having won a title with practically all clubs he trained, including four Euroleague titles with three different clubs...

, Želimir "Željko" Obradović

Željko Obradovic

Želimir “Željko” Obradović is a Serbian professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player...

, Svetislav Pešić

Svetislav Pešic

Svetislav Pešić Svetislav Pešić (Светислав Пешић) Svetislav Pešić (Светислав Пешић) (born August 28, 1949 in Pirot, Serbia, is former Serbian professional basketball player and a present day Serbian basketball coach. He is the current coach of BC Red Star.-Playing career:...

, Milan Vasojević Italy: Cesare Rubini

Cesare Rubini

Cesare Rubini was an Italian basketball player and coach, and water polo player. One of the greatest European coaches of all time, Rubini was inducted intto the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994, the first and to this day one of the few Italian basketball figures to receive such an honour, together...

, Alessandro "Sandro" Gamba

Sandro Gamba

Alessandro Gamba , better known as Sandro Gamba, is an Italian basketball coach and former professional basketball player....

, Valerio Bianchini Latvia: Oļģerts Altbergs, Valdemārs Baumanis, Raimonds Karnītis Algeria: Tayeb Abdelhadi, Kaddour Bilekdar, Tayeb Zenati Poland: Witold Zagórski

Witold Zagórski

Witold Zagórski is a Polish basketball player and coach.As a basketball player, Zagórski was a member of Poland national basketball team 49 times . He was a player of Polonia Warszawa and CWKS Legia Warszawa teams.In the years of 1961–1975 he was a coach of Poland national basketball team...

, Ludwik Miętta Bulgaria: Dimitar Mitev, Ivan Galabov Greece: Nikos Nisiotis

Nikos Nisiotis

Nikos Nisiotis was a Greek professional basketball coach. He was the famous head coach of the Greek League club Panellinios during its famous golden era. Nisiotis is largely credited with developing the sport of basketball in Greece during the 1930s and 1940s. He is a member of the Greek Basketball...

 Puerto Rico: Julio Toro

Julio Toro

Julio Toro is a Puerto Rican basketball coach. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, he made history by becoming the first non-Soviet coach to defeat the United States during Olympic competition, and the first coach to defeat an American team composed of NBA players at an Olympics...

 Canada: Jack Donohue

Jack Donohue (basketball)

John 'Jack' Donohue M.S.M. posthumous was an American born head coach of the Canadian national men's basketball team for 17 years, leading them to many international successes....

 Syria: Najeeb Rateb Al Sheikh Iraq: Ghazi Talib

Inductees

Year	Inductee	Nationality	Achievements	Ref.
2009
2010
2007
2010
2007
2007
2007
2009
2007
2009
2009

Candidates

Latvia: Tālivaldis Pētersons, Imants Pļaviņš, Miervaldis Ramans, Jāzeps Šadeiko Greece: Costas Rigas

Costas Rigas

Costas Rigas ,, is a retired Greek pro basketball player and a former pro basketball referee.-Playing career:Rigas played basketball with Amyntas BC, in Greece. He also played with the youth Greek national team for one game....

, Kostas Dimou, Spyridon Kamizoulis, Antonios Skylogiannis Spain: Miguel Ángel Betancor, Pedro Hernández-Cabrera Bulgaria: Valentin Lazarov USA: Zigmund "Red" Mihalik

Red Mihalik

Zigmund "Red" Mihalik was an American basketball player and referee.He was born 30 miles north of Pittsburgh in Ford City, Pennsylvania, and took up refereeing when officials for a high school game failed to show up...

, Joe Crawford

Joe Crawford

Joseph "Joey" Crawford has been an American professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association since 1977 and wears the uniform number 17. Crawford is one of the most experienced officials in the NBA and has developed a reputation for being eager to assess technical fouls...

 Iraq: Ali Al-Safar, Yousif Taher Al-Wahab France: Yvan Mainini Italy: Gualtiero Follati Netherlands: Piet Leegwater Luxembourg: Léon Brosius Australia: John Holden

John Holden

The Rt. Rev. John Holden was a missionary of the Anglican Church.-Biography:He was born in 1882 and educated at Durham University He was ordained in 1907 and went to work for the CMS in China, rising in time to be an Archdeacon. In 1923 he became Bishop of Kwangsi-Hunan and was translated...

 Puerto Rico: Calvin Pacheco Bahamas: Vincent Ferguson

Inductees

The eight founding Federations of FIBA were those of Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Romania and Switzerland. Serbia: Nebojša Popović

Nebojša Popovic

Nebojša Popović was a Serbian basketball player, coach and administrator...

, Borislav Stanković

Borislav Stankovic

Borislav "Bora" Stanković is a Serbian former basketball player and coach, as well as a longtime administrator in the sport's various governing bodies. For his contributions to the game of basketball he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991.Stanković was born in Bihać, Bosnia and...

, Radomir Šaper Spain: Anselmo López

Anselmo López (basketball)

Anselmo López was a Spanish basketball coach and administrator. He was a head coach of the Spain national basketball team in 1947-1950, president of the Spanish Basketball Federation in 1966-1971, vice-president and Secretary General of the Spanish Olympic Committee...

, Raimundo Saporta

Raimundo Saporta

Raimundo Saporta Namías was a Spanish basketball administrator. He was the head of the basketball section of Real Madrid, the basketball club Real Madrid Baloncesto in 1962-1978 and 1985-1991...

, Ernesto Segura de Luna USA: Willard N. Greim

Willard N. Greim

Willard N. Greim was an American basketball administrator and coach. He coached the University of Central Missouri basketball team in 1919–1923. Beginning in 1932, he served in several positions with the Amateur Athletic Union, including a period as a president of the AAU...

, George Killian

George E. Killian

George E. Killian, born on April 6, 1924 in Valley Stream, New York, U.S. is a sports administrator and currently the president of the International University Sports Federation ....

, Edward S. Steitz

Ed Steitz

Edward S. "Ed" Steitz was an American basketball coach and official. He was considered the leading worldwide authority on amateur basketball rules. A graduate of Cornell University, he was a coach of Springfield College for ten years and a director of athletics from 1956 to 1990...

 Brazil: Antonio dos Reis Carneiro

Antonio dos Reis Carneiro

Antonio dos Reis Carneiro was a Brazilian basketball administrator. He co-founded Brazilian Basketball Federation and Brazilian Basketball Confederation and served as the president for those organizations...

, José Claudio Dos Reis

José Claudio Dos Reis

José Claudio Dos Reis was a Brazilian sports administrator. He served as a director of Corinthians Club , head of delegation for the Brazil national basketball team at the Olympics in 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988 and at the World Championships in 1982, 1986 and 1994,...

 Egypt: Abdel Azim Ashry

Abdel Azim Ashry

Abdel Azim Ashry was an Egyptian basketball player, referee and sports administrator.-Career:Ashry played in the Egyptian first division basketball league in the 1930s and 1940s...

, Abdel Moneim Wahby

Abdel Moneim Wahby

Abdel Moneim Wahby was an Egyptian basketball player, referee and administrator. He has played for the Egypt national basketball team in the 1936 Olympics. As a referee, he worked at the 1948 Olympics and 1952 Olympics...

 Russia: Nikolai Semashko

Nikolai Semashko (basketball)

Nikolai Vladimirovich Semashko was a Soviet sports administrator. He was the head of the Soviet State Sports Committee...

 France: Robert Busnel

Robert Busnel

Robert Busnel was a French basketball player, coach and administrator.-Career:...

 Italy: Decio Scuri

Decio Scuri

Decio Scuri was an Italian basketball coach and administrator. He coached Italy national basketball team at the 1936 Olympics and 1939 European Championship. He served as the president of the Italian Basketball Federation and president of FIBA's Technical Commission...

 UK: Renato William Jones

Renato William Jones

Renato William Jones , also known as R. William, or simply William Jones, was a popularizer of basketball in Europe and in Asia...

 Turkey: Turgut Atakol

Turgut Atakol

Turgut Atakol was a Turkish basketball player, referee and sports administrator.He played for the Galatasaray team in Istanbul...

 Poland: Marian Kozlowski

Marian Kozlowski

Marian Kozlowski was a Polish basketball administrator. He was a journalist, working as a Deputy Editor of the Express Wieczorny newspaper for many years...

 Hungary: Ferenc Hepp

Ferenc Hepp

Dr. Ferenc Hepp was a basketball administrator. He is considered "the father of Hungarian basketball". He became the president of the Hungarian Basketball Federation in 1954 and was a member of the FIBA Central Board in the 1950s and 1960s. He was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball...

 Austria: August Pitzl

August Pitzl

August Pitzl was an Austrian basketball player and administrator. As a player, he played in the Austrian league with Union Rudolfsheim from 1946 to 1968. He served as the president of the Austrian Basketball Federation from 1968 to 1986 and treasurer of the FIBA from 1984 to 1994...

 Switzerland: Léon Bouffard

Léon Bouffard

Léon Bouffard was a Swiss athlete and sports administrator. As an athlete, he competed in pole vault, winning the Swiss championship in 1914. He was the founder and president of the Swiss Basketball Federation. He co-founded FIBA in 1932 and served as FIBA's president from 1932 to 1948...

 Canada: James Naismith

James Naismith

The first game of "Basket Ball" was played in December 1891. In a handwritten report, Naismith described the circumstances of the inaugural match; in contrast to modern basketball, the players played nine versus nine, handled a soccer ball, not a basketball, and instead of shooting at two hoops,...

 Peru: Eduardo Airaldi Rivarola

Eduardo Airaldi Rivarola

Eduardo Airaldi Rivarola was a Peruvian basketball player, coach, referee and administrator. As a player, he won the 1943 South American Championship with the Peru team...

 Philippines: Dionisio "Chito" Calvo

Dionisio Calvo

Dionisio "Chito" Calvo was a Filipino basketball player, swimmer, and national team head coach. He was one of the greatest Filipino sportsmen in history and helped in the development of both Philippine and Asian basketball.Born in Manila, Philippines, he was a guard for the championship-winning...

 Japan: Yoshimi Ueda

Yoshimi Ueda

was a Japanese basketball player and administrator. As a player, he represented Tokyo Shoka University from 1928 to 1934, winning two All-Japanese Championships...

 South Korea: Yoon Duk-Joo

Yoon Duk-Joo

Yoon Duk-Joo was a South Korean basketball administrator. She has served as the Director of the Korea Basketball Association , President of the Women's Committee of the Asian Basketball Confederation , President of the Women's Commission of the FIBA and...

 Australia: Alistair Ramsay Argentina: Luis Martín Germany: Hans-Joachim Otto Senegal: Abdoulaye Sèye Moreau

Abdoulaye Seye

Abdoulaye Seye was a Senegalese sprinter.He competed for France in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the 200 metres where he won the bronze medal...

Candidates

Germany: Ursula Frank, Manfred Ströher Italy: Aldo Vitale Poland: Kajetan Hadzelek Bulgaria: Bozhidar Takev Austria: Friedrich Walz Luxembourg: Henri Heyart Brazil: Ivan Raposo Venezuela: Israel Sarmiento Ramirez Philippines: Gonzalo "Lito" Puyat People's Republic of China: Carl Men-Ky Ching

See also

• List of members of the FIBA Hall of Fame
• Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
• Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
  Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
  The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame honors men and women who have contributed to the sport of women's basketball. The Hall of Fame opened in 1999 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA...
  
  

External links

• FIBA Hall of Fame official webpage