Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting... Wikipedia

  • Highest governing body:  FIBA
  • First played:  December 21, 1891. Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
  • Contact:  Limited
  • Team members:  5 per side
  • Mixed gender:  Yes, separate competitions
  • Type:  Indoor/Outdoor
  • Equipment:  Basketball
  • Venue:  Indoor court (mainly) or outdoor court (Streetball)
  • Country or region:  Worldwide
  • Olympic:  Yes, demonstrated in the 1904 and 1924 Summer Olympics, Part of the Summer Olympic program since 1936
  • Paralympic:  Yes
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo
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