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.