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FIBA
FIBA (International Basketball Federation, Fédération Internationale de Basketball) is the world governing body for basketball, founded June 18, 1932 in Geneva by eight federations, with 213 members, headquartered in Mies, Switzerland, author of the Official Basketball Rules.
FIBA AfroBasket 2025
FIBA AfroBasket 2025, the African men's national basketball championship, held 12–24 August 2025 in Angola. Angola beat Mali 70-43 in the final for a record twelfth title; Childe Dundao was MVP.
FIBA Asia Cup
The FIBA Asia Cup, formerly the Asian Basketball Championship and first held in Manila in 1960, is the top men's basketball tournament for national teams across Asia and Oceania.
FIBA Basketball World Cup
FIBA Basketball World Cup, formerly the World Championship: quadrennial men's national team tournament first held 1950 in Buenos Aires; 32 teams; Germany reigning champion; 2027 edition in Doha, Qatar.
FIBA Men's World Ranking
FIBA Men's World Ranking, presented by Nike: FIBA's official game-based rating of men's national basketball teams, launched 2017 and revised November 2025 to an accumulative points model with 0.66 pre-event discounts; used for draw seedings.
Field goal (basketball)
Field goal (basketball): a scoring shot from the floor, worth 2 or 3 points by release position, distinct from free throws; measured by FG%, 3P%, and effective field goal percentage, and protected by goaltending rules.
Field handball
Field handball (outdoor handball), the original 11-a-side form of team handball codified in Germany by Max Heiser and Carl Schelenz, played at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and displaced by indoor handball after 1972.
FIVB Men's Volleyball World Cup
FIVB Men's Volleyball World Cup: from 2027 the renamed FIVB Volleyball World Championship, 32 teams, biennial, men hosted by Poland, Olympic qualifier for LA28; earlier separate World Cup ran 1965-2019.
FIVB Senior World Rankings
FIVB Senior World Rankings: official FIVB world rankings of senior men's and women's national volleyball teams, launched 1 February 2020 on a probabilistic points model covering 222 teams per gender, used for seeding and Olympic qualification.
FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship
Biennial FIVB world championship for under-17 boys' national volleyball teams, first held in Sofia 2024 (Italy champions) and won by unbeaten Iran at the 2026 Doha edition.
FIVB Volleyball Girls' U17 World Championship
FIVB Volleyball Girls' U17 World Championship, biennial FIVB world tournament for girls' under-17 national volleyball teams since 2024; China won the inaugural Lima 2024 edition and the USA the expanded 24-team 2026 edition in Chile.
FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup: name of the FIVB men's tournament held 1965-2019 (first edition in Poland, 2023 in Japan) and, from 2027, the renamed Volleyball World Championship, a 32-team event in Poland awarding three LA 2028 Olympic berths.
FIVB Women's Volleyball World Cup
FIVB Women's Volleyball World Cup: women's national-team volleyball tournament, first held 1973 in Uruguay, hosted by Japan 1977-2019; from 2027 the renamed World Championship, 32 teams, USA/Canada hosts, LA28 qualifier.
Flagrant foul
Flagrant foul: basketball penalty for unnecessary (Flagrant 1) or unnecessary and excessive (Flagrant 2) contact; NBA awards two free throws plus possession, ejects on Flagrant 2 or second flagrant.
Flip Saunders
Flip Saunders (Philip Saunders, 1955-2015) was an NBA head coach of the Timberwolves, Pistons, and Wizards, 654-592 career record, 2004 Western Conference Finals, died of Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Florida Gators men's basketball
Florida Gators men's basketball, University of Florida SEC program founded 1915; NCAA titles 2006, 2007 (Billy Donovan back-to-back) and 2025 under Todd Golden; home O'Connell Center.
Fofao
Fofão (Hélia Rogério de Souza Pinto, born 1970) is a Brazilian volleyball setter, five-time Olympian (1992–2008), 340 caps, Beijing 2008 Olympic champion and Best Setter, 2015 Hall of Famer, and since 2023 the first woman to coach a Brazilian national volleyball team.
Foluke Akinradewo
Foluke Akinradewo Gunderson, born 1987 in London, Ontario, is an American volleyball middle blocker, three-time Olympian with silver 2012, bronze 2016, gold 2020, 2014 world champion, Stanford record-holder, and Hisamitsu Springs V.League MVP.
Foul (basketball)
A foul in basketball is illegal personal contact with an opponent. Excessive contact draws flagrant fouls, and players are disqualified after six fouls in the NBA or five under FIBA rules.
Fran McCaffery
Fran McCaffery (born 1959) is an American college basketball coach, Penn's head coach since 2025, with a 566-396 record at Lehigh, UNC Greensboro, Siena, Iowa, and Penn; he took five schools to the NCAA Tournament and is Iowa's all-time winningest coach.
France men's national basketball team
France men's national basketball team (Les Bleus), FFBB-governed FIBA team. Four Olympic silvers (1948, 2000, 2020, 2024), EuroBasket 2013 champions, 40 EuroBasket appearances, World Cup bronze 2014 and 2019, coached by Frédéric Fauthoux with captain Victor Wembanyama.
Francis Johnson
Francis Lee Johnson (1910-1997), American basketball player from Kansas; Wichita University multi-sport athlete, Globe Refiners AAU champion, and gold medalist in the first Olympic basketball tournament, Berlin 1936.
Frank Jackson (basketball)
Frank Jackson (Franklin Willis Jackson, born 1998) is an American basketball guard from Lone Peak High School and Duke, drafted 31st overall in 2017 by Charlotte and traded to New Orleans; he played 214 NBA games, averaging 8.5 points.
Frank Kaminsky
Frank Kaminsky (Francis Stanley Kaminsky III, born 1993) is an American 7-foot basketball center, 2015 Wooden Award winner at Wisconsin, ninth overall pick of the Charlotte Hornets, later with the Suns, Hawks, Rockets, Partizan Belgrade, and A Tokyo.
Frank Lubin
Frank Lubin (Pranas Lubinas, 1910–1999) was an American-Lithuanian basketball center who won the first Olympic basketball gold with the USA at the 1936 Berlin Games.
Frank Martin (basketball)
Frank Martin (Francisco Jose Martin), Cuban-American college basketball coach at Kansas State, South Carolina, and UMass; 352-264 career record and 2017 Final Four; fired at South Carolina in 2022 with a $3 million buyout.
Frank Mason III
Frank Mason III (born 1994) is an American basketball guard; Kansas 2017 unanimous National Player of the Year, drafted 34th overall by Sacramento in 2017, and 2019-20 NBA G League MVP.
Frank Mccabe
Frank McCabe (Frank Reilly McCabe, 1927-2021), American 6-foot-8 center, Marquette University graduate and Peoria Caterpillars AAU player who won basketball gold for the United States at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
Frank Michael Wahl
Frank-Michael Wahl, called Potti, born 1956 in Rostock, is a retired German handball left back, 1980 Olympic champion with East Germany, and Germany's record international with 344 caps and 1,412 goals.
Frank Ntilikina
Frank Ntilikina, French guard born 1998 in Ixelles, Belgium; 2017 NBA draft No. 8 pick of the Knicks, later Mavericks and Hornets; now Paris Basketball; Olympic silver 2021 and 2024 with France.