Federation Internationale de Basketball Amateur

Japanese: Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur(英語表記)FederationInternationaledeBasketballAmateur
Federation Internationale de Basketball Amateur

...In addition, officials dispatched to YMCAs in various countries worked to popularize the sport, and American troops who traveled to Europe during World War I taught the sport to foreign troops stationed there and to several European countries, leading to international popularity. When the International Basketball Federation, the Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur (FIBA), was formed in 1932, there were only 10 member countries, but as of 1997, there are 206 member countries and regions. Basketball became an official Olympic event for men at the 11th Berlin Games in 1936, and for women at the 21st Montreal Games in 1976.

*Some of the terminology referenced in the "Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…また,各国のYMCAに派遣された主事が普及に努めたし,第1次世界大戦で渡欧したアメリカ軍が駐留外国軍やヨーロッパ数ヵ国に伝えたこともあって,国際的普及をみた。1932年に国際バスケットボール連盟Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur(FIBA)が結成されたときの加盟国数は10であったが,97年現在は206ヵ国・地域にのぼっている。オリンピックには1936年の第11回ベルリン大会から男子,76年の第21回モントリオール大会から女子の正式種目となった。…

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