FIBA Mid-Term Congress stage set for first-ever online event

MIES (Switzerland) – The FIBA Mid-Term Congress will take place for the first time online on June 3, live from the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Switzerland. 

The Mid-Term Congress, with the first held in May 2017 in Hong Kong, will hear reports on FIBA's activities that have occurred since August 2019, when the XXI FIBA Congress took place in Beijing, China, just prior to the tip-off of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019.

FIBA's National Federation members will also vote on amendments to the FIBA General Statutes.

The proposed amendments, which have been approved for submission for adoption at the Mid-Term Congress 2021 by FIBA's Central Board in their meeting on March 26, 2021, are to adopt further gender guidelines in line with FIBA's Women in Basketball strategy, clarify the possibility to hold official meetings by videoconferences and confirm that electronic forms of basketball, in particular esports, falls within FIBA's scope. Other revisions to the General Statutes will also be presented during the congress.

The FIBA Mid-Term Activity Report 2019-2021, a supporting document of the FIBA Mid-Term Congress, is available here.

The FIBA Mid-Term Congress will be live and can be viewed here on Thursday, June 3, starting at 12:00 CEST. 

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