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Governing body of basketball in Taiwan
Chinese Taipei Basketball Association
Formation 1954; 70 years ago (1954 ) Type National Sport Association Headquarters
Taipei , Taiwan President
Hsieh Tien-lin (謝典霖) Affiliations
FIBA ,
FIBA Asia Website
www .basketball-tpe .org
The Chinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA ;
Chinese : 中華臺北籃球協會 ) is the governing body of basketball in
Taiwan (Republic of China). Its official name in Chinese is Republic of China Basketball Association (
Chinese : 中華民國籃球協會 ).
[1] The CTBA is a member of
FIBA and
FIBA Asia .
The federation is responsible for the
Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team and the
Chinese Taipei women's national basketball team and their Under-age teams.
History
1954: Founded as Republic of China Basketball Committee (
Chinese : 中華民國籃球委員會 ).
[2]
1973: Changed to Republic of China Basketball Association .
1974: Suspended from the
FIBA due to naming problems.
1977: Held the first
William Jones Cup .
1981: Re-admitted to FIBA.
[3]
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