FIBA World Ranking for national teams in the Americas
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The FIBA World Ranking for national teams in the Americas is an official system that evaluates and orders the performance of men's and women's basketball national teams from the Americas region based on their results in international competitions.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: FIBA World Ranking for national teams in the Americas Context triple: [FIBA Americas, associatedWith, FIBA World Ranking for national teams in the Americas]
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FIBA Americas
FIBA Americas is the governing body for international basketball in the Americas, organizing regional competitions and overseeing national teams across North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean.
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FIBA
FIBA is the international governing body for basketball, responsible for overseeing global competitions, setting the rules of the game, and organizing major tournaments such as the Basketball World Cup and Olympic qualifying events.
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FIBA Women’s World Championship
The FIBA Women’s World Championship is the premier international basketball tournament for women’s national teams, organized by FIBA and held every four years.
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FIBA Hall of Fame
The FIBA Hall of Fame is an international basketball hall of fame that honors players, coaches, referees, and contributors who have made outstanding contributions to the global game under the auspices of the International Basketball Federation.
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2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was an international men's basketball championship held in Spain, featuring top national teams from around the world and serving as a qualifier for the Olympic Games.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: FIBA World Ranking for national teams in the Americas Target entity description: The FIBA World Ranking for national teams in the Americas is an official system that evaluates and orders the performance of men's and women's basketball national teams from the Americas region based on their results in international competitions.
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A.
FIBA Americas
FIBA Americas is the governing body for international basketball in the Americas, organizing regional competitions and overseeing national teams across North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean.
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B.
FIBA
FIBA is the international governing body for basketball, responsible for overseeing global competitions, setting the rules of the game, and organizing major tournaments such as the Basketball World Cup and Olympic qualifying events.
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C.
FIBA Women’s World Championship
The FIBA Women’s World Championship is the premier international basketball tournament for women’s national teams, organized by FIBA and held every four years.
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D.
FIBA Hall of Fame
The FIBA Hall of Fame is an international basketball hall of fame that honors players, coaches, referees, and contributors who have made outstanding contributions to the global game under the auspices of the International Basketball Federation.
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E.
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was an international men's basketball championship held in Spain, featuring top national teams from around the world and serving as a qualifier for the Olympic Games.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
FIBA competition ranking
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basketball ranking ⓘ sports ranking system ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
men's national basketball teams
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senior national teams ⓘ women's national basketball teams ⓘ |
| basedOn |
performance in FIBA Basketball World Cup
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performance in Olympic basketball tournaments ⓘ performance in continental championships ⓘ results in FIBA-recognized international games ⓘ results in official FIBA competitions ⓘ |
| continent | Americas ⓘ |
| criterion |
number of wins and losses
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stage of competition reached ⓘ strength of opponent ⓘ |
| dataSource | official game results reported to FIBA ⓘ |
| excludes | club teams ⓘ |
| genderCategory |
men
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women ⓘ |
| governingBody | FIBA ⓘ |
| hasSubranking |
FIBA World Ranking for national teams in the Americas
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FIBA World Ranking for men's national teams in the Americas
FIBA World Ranking for national teams in the Americas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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FIBA World Ranking for women's national teams in the Americas
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| historicalPredecessor | older FIBA ranking formulas ⓘ |
| level | senior ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | FIBA Americas ⓘ |
| officialStatus | official FIBA ranking for the Americas region ⓘ |
| output | ranking list of national teams ⓘ |
| outputFormat | ordered table by points ⓘ |
| partOf |
FIBA World Ranking for national teams in the Americas
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FIBA World Ranking
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| regionCovered |
Caribbean
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Central America ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| scope | national teams only ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| updateFrequency | periodic ⓘ |
| updateMethod | calculation after official windows or tournaments ⓘ |
| usedFor |
performance evaluation of national programs
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qualification procedures ⓘ seeding in FIBA Americas competitions ⓘ seeding in FIBA global competitions ⓘ |
| uses |
points system
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time decay of past results ⓘ weighting by competition importance ⓘ weighting by game location ⓘ weighting by game result ⓘ |
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Subject: FIBA World Ranking for national teams in the Americas Description of subject: The FIBA World Ranking for national teams in the Americas is an official system that evaluates and orders the performance of men's and women's basketball national teams from the Americas region based on their results in international competitions.
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FIBA World Ranking for women's national teams in the Americas