FIBA - New edition of Guide to Basketball Facilities published

GENEVA (FIBA) - Ten years after the first edition of the Guide to Basketball Facilities for High Level Competitions, FIBA has published a new edition of the guide.

Packed with practical advice and information, it targets all types of facilities and all types of basketball, taking into account the latest updated rules and regulations.

Playing rules change. Athletes, coaches and spectators change; their needs and expectations evolve. Recent experience has shown a need for facilities to be more versatile, and more accommodating to users, spectators and investors.

Written to meet FIBA’s need to continually inform and educate organisers of basketball events worldwide, this new guide, extending to outdoor competition, has been updated to reflect the latest international regulations and organisational requirements that have come about over recent years in relation to sports facilities.

Updated contents

• An analysis of FIBA regulations governing sports facilities and equipment
• Adapting facilities to the size and type of event being staged
• Ensuring long term safety, reliability and maintenance of facilities
• Guidelines and procedures regarding homologation of equipment

New to the Guide

• A broad assessment of technological facilities and services related to basketball such as air-conditioning, artificial and emergency lighting, doping control equipment etc.
• Questions related to safety and security and the responsibilities of event organisers
• Making facilities more versatile in order to accommodate a wide spectrum of activities while minimising cost
• Event organisation from small-scale local events to top-class international basketball
• A look at the differences between NBA and FIBA technical requirements
• Designing a model multipurpose venue

To purchase a copy of the new edition of FIBA Guide to Basketball Facilities, please contact the FIBA Study Centre at studycentre@fiba.com.