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By carolina_sagues

  • Basketball Invention

    Basketball Invention
    The University of Illinois (Massachusetts) professor James Naismith, (a physical education teacher) was charged with the mission of devising a sport that could be played indoors, as winters in that area made it difficult to carry out any activity at fresh air. And that's when I invent basketball.

  • First regulation

    First regulation
    The first basketball regulation was created that consisted of 13 articles.

  • First national tournaments

    First national tournaments
    Italy organizes its first national championship, then France, Switzerland and Germany.

  • Creation of the FIBA

    Creation of the FIBA
    The International Basketball Federation is the body that regulates basketball standards worldwide, as well as periodically holding competitions and events in its two disciplines.

  • First championship in Europe

    First championship in Europe
    It was the first European regional championship, organized by the FIBA ​​as a test event that preceded the first Olympic basketball tournament at the 1936 Olympic Games. Ten national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition, of which the Lithuanian team was the winner of this tournament.

  • Men's Basketball is officially included in the Olympic program

    Men's Basketball is officially included in the Olympic program
    The basketball tournament at the 1936 Berlin Olympics was played between August 7 and 14, 1936 in Berlin, Germany. It was the second time that a basketball tournament was played at the Olympic Games and the first one officially.

  • The NBA is born

    The NBA is born
    The NBA is a private professional basketball league that has been played in the United States since 1946, with Canada subsequently added in the 1990s.

  • First NBA tournament

    First NBA tournament
    The 1946-47 BAA Season was the first in the history of the BAA, which would later become the current NBA. Philadelphia Warriors was the first champion after beating Chicago Stags 4–1

  • First World Championship

    First World Championship
    The first 1950 World Basketball Championship organized by the FIBA, was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina between October 22 and November 3, 1950, all matches were played at the Luna Park Stadium. The champion was Argentina who defeated the United States in the final match 64-50 to finish the final round undefeated.

  • First women's world championship

    First women's world championship
    The first women's basketball world championship was organized by the International Basketball Federation, was held in Chile between March 7 and 22, 1953. For the first time the United States national team was champion.

  • first women's olympic tournament

    first women's olympic tournament
    1953 Women's Basketball World Championship. The I Women's Basketball World Championship was organized by the International Basketball Federation, held in Chile from March 7 to 22, 1953. Ten teams participated.

  • women's basketball had to wait to be admitted as an Olympic sport

    women's basketball had to wait to be admitted as an Olympic sport

  • The 3-point basket is adopted.

    The 3-point basket is adopted.

  • invention of the WNBA

    invention of the WNBA
    The Women's National Basketball Association or WNBA is a professional women's basketball league in the United States. It was created in 1996 on the initiative of the NBA, the men's professional league, and began to be played the following year