Venezuelan Basketball Federation

Venezuelan Basketball Federation
Federación Venezolana de Baloncesto

Sport	Basketball
Jurisdiction	Venezuela
Abbreviation	FVB
Founded	1935 (1935)
Affiliation	FIBA
Affiliation date	FIBA 1938 FIBA Americas 1938
Regional affiliation	FIBA Americas

The Venezuelan Basketball Federation (Spanish: Federación Venezolana de Baloncesto, abbreviated as FVB), is a governing body for basketball in Venezuela. It directs and oversees all of the basketball national teams of Venezuela, including both the junior and senior national teams of both men and women.

History

The Venezuelan Basketball Federation was founded in 1935, and joined FIBA in 1938.

Notable people

• José Herrera Uslar (born 1906), lawyer

References

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)

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Sports governing bodies in Venezuela (VEN)

Summer Olympic Sports

• Aquatics
  • Diving
  • Swimming
  • Synchronized Swimming
  • Water Polo
• Archery
• Athletics
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Boxing
• Canoeing
• Cycling
• Equestrian
• Fencing
• Field Hockey
• Football
• Golf
• Gymnastics
• Handball
• Judo
• Modern Pentathlon
• Rugby 7's
• Rowing
• Sailing
• Shooting
  • Practical Shooting
• Table Tennis
• Taekwondo
• Tennis
• Triathlon
• Volleyball
  • inc. Beach Volleyball
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling

Winter Olympic Sports

• Biathlon
• Bobsleigh
• Curling
• Skating (Figure, Speed & Short Track)
• Ice Hockey
• Luge
• Skeleton
• Skiing (Alpine, Cross Country, Nordic Combined, Freestyle & Jumping)
• Snowboarding

Other IOC Recognised Sports

• Air sports
• Auto racing
• Bandy
• Baseball
• Billiard Sports
• Boules
• Bowling
• Bridge
• Chess
• Cricket
• Dance sport
• Floorball
• Karate
• Korfball
• Lifesaving
• Motorcycle racing
• Mountaineering and Climbing
• Netball
• Orienteering
• Pelota Vasca
• Polo
• Powerboating
• Racquetball
• Roller sports
• Rugby
• Softball
• Sport climbing
• Squash
• Sumo
• Surfing
• Tug of war
• Underwater sports
• Water Ski
• Wushu

Paralympics and Disabled Sports

Others Sports

• Rugby League
• Rugby Union

• Venezuelan Olympic Committee