FIBA - 2009 Class of the FIBA Hall of Fame Announced

GENEVA (FIBA Hall of Fame) - The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has  announced today the list of 11 inductees for the 2009 Class of the FIBA Hall of Fame.


2009 INDUCTEES:

  
2009 PHOSTUMOUS INDUCTEES:

The complete biographical sketches of the 11 above-mentioned 2009 inductees into the FIBA Hall of Fame will soon appear on www.halloffame.fiba.com.

The official enshrinement ceremony of the 2009 Class of the FIBA Hall of Fame will take place on 20th September in Katowice (Poland), coinciding with the Finals of the 2009 EuroBasket, and on 22nd September in the FIBA Hall of Fame located in Alcobendas (Madrid, Spain). All inductees except Mr. Ramsay will be personally present in Katowice and Alcobendas/Madrid.

All details of these ceremonies will be announced in due time.

About the FIBA Hall of Fame
 
The primary goal of the FIBA Hall of Fame is to reflect the history of the sport and its protagonists. The key criterion for selection into the FIBA Hall of Fame is outstanding achievement, at the international level, to the development and status of the sport of basketball.


The FIBA Hall of Fame was officially inaugurated on 1st March 2007. The FIBA Hall of Fame, built with the help of the city of Alcobendas (Madrid, Spain) and upon initiative of Mr. Pedro Ferrándiz, legendary coach of Real Madrid, founder and president of the Foundation that carries his name and member of the 2009 Class of the FIBA Hall of Fame, is a five-floor building that covers 2.000 square meters.

On 1st March 2007, in addition to the official inauguration of the building, the announcement of the initial inductees into the FIBA Hall of Fame was made. For this initial enshrinement ceremony, the International Basketball Federation decided to pay tribute to a selection of internationally-renowned figures who made outstanding contributions to our sport of basketball and who, regrettably, are no longer with us. For the complete list of posthumous inductees into the FIBA Hall of Fame, please visit: www.halloffame.fiba.com.

On 12th September 2007, the first class was inducted in Alcobendas and included such famous names as Mr. Bill RUSSELL (USA), Mr. Nikos GALIS (Greece), Ms. Hortência MARCARI (Brazil) and Ms. Uljana SEMJONOVA (Latvia).
 
For the complete list of inductees into the FIBA Hall of Fame, go to: www.halloffame.fiba.com.

The procedure for nomination and election into the FIBA Hall of Fame is as follows:

Inductees into the FIBA Hall of Fame are divided into four categories: PLAYERS (they must have been retired from international competition for a minimum of five years), COACHES, TECHNICAL OFFICIALS (REFEREES AND COMMISSIONERS) and CONTRIBUTORS.

Nominations for inductees into the FIBA Hall of Fame can be submitted by FIBA member national federations, FIBA Zone Commissions, Central Board members and FIBA Screening Committee members.

The FIBA Screening Committee, consisting of FIBA Secretary General Mr. Patrick Baumann (SUI) and Central Board members Mr. Jenaro Marchand (PUR) and Mr. Manfred Ströher (GER), after having carefully studied all the received nominations for inductees, submits a final list of candidates to the FIBA Honours Committee.

The FIBA Honours Committee, comprised of FIBA President, Mr. Bob Elphinston (AUS), FIBA Vice President, Mr. George Vassilakopoulos (GRE), and FIBA Secretary General Emeritus, Mr. Borislav Stankovic (SRB), then assesses the list of nominations provided by the Screening Committee and makes the final decisions regarding each intake into the FIBA Hall of Fame.

Enshrinement ceremonies into the FIBA Hall of Fame take place every two years and are limited to a maximum of six inductees that are still alive.

The address and contact details of the FIBA Hall of Fame & FIBA Pedro Ferrándiz Foundation are as follows:

FIBA Hall of Fame & FIBA Pedro Ferrándiz Foundation
Avenida Olímpica, 22
-Arroyo de la Vega-
28108 Alcobendas (Madrid)
SPAIN
Phones: + 34 91 662 19 13 and + 34 91 662 17 84
Fax: + 34 91 661 90 99

www.halloffame.fiba.com
 

About FIBA

FIBA (www.fiba.basketball), the world governing body for basketball, is an independent association formed by 213 National Basketball Federations throughout the world. It is recognised as the sole competent authority in basketball by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Its main upcoming events are the 2010 FIBA World Championships for Men and Women, to take place in Turkey and in the Czech Republic respectively. This summer, the 2009 Continental Championships will determine the champions of each continent and will also determine the number of teams from each continent that qualify for Turkey and the Czech Republic.