The Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) consists of 24
members who are directly affiliated to the International
Basketball Federation (FIBA). FIBA has approximately 213 members
in five zones throughout the world. The zones are: FIBA Africa,
FIBA Americas, FIBA Asia, FIBA Europe and FIBA Oceania, and is
recognized as the sole competent authority on basketball by the
International Olympic Committee.
The 'Caribbean
Basketball Confederation' (CBC) is a Sub-Sub-Zone of the Central
American and Caribbean Basketball Zone Commission (CONCENCABA),
which is a Sub-Zone of the International Basketball Federation
of the Americas (FIBA Americas), one of the five Zones of the
International Basketball Federation (FIBA). CBC's membership
consists of those national basketball federations of those
countries as agreed/assigned by CONCENCABA and FIBA Americas.
The member countries are: Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, The Bahamas,
Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica,
Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts &
Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname,
Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The Caribbean Basketball Confederation was preceded by
the former Caricom Basketball Confederation with the inclusion
of Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin
Islands in 2000.
The CBC Congress (general assembly), meets in ordinary session
annually, on the last Saturday in January. The executive
committee and all FIBA affiliated member federations attends.
CBC controls, establishes the by-laws and regulations,
technically leads and guides the CBC championships for men and
women, between national selections at classifying level.
Organizes and controls, in coordination with FIBA, FIBA
America and CONCENCABA the CBC championships that will classify
for the men's and women's Centrobasket championships and the
category of young men and women. Also determining the financial
system and the competition system.