TOKYO (FIBA) - The FIBA World Congress ratified today the affiliation of the Basketball Federation of Montenegro as its 213th member federation.

The membership comes into force on 4th September 2006 after the FIBA World Championship has been concluded.

“I feel great about the decision by FIBA," said the Basketball Federation of Montenegro president Danilo Mitrovic.

"It’s wonderful for Montenegrin basketball and I am looking forward to the future as a member of the FIBA family.”

The Basketball Federation of Serbia will retain the place of the former Basketball Federation of Serbia and Montenegro as a FIBA member.

The World Congress is the assembly of all affiliated national federations of FIBA and meets every four years during the FIBA World Championship.