FIBA is responsible for licensing, training, and managing FIBA referees worldwide and nominating referees for FIBA competitions. The FIBA Referee Operations team manages these aspects and also oversees the analysis of the Official Basketball Rules.
FIBA Referee Operations missions include:
Planning and Analysis
Education and Training
Delivery
The main FIBA Referee Operations education and training programs are:
Licensing of FIBA Referees & Commissioners (GOL)
Licensing of Table Officials (TOL)
Women in Officiating (WiO)
FIBA Referee Instructor Programme (FRIP)
Elite Programme for Referees (invitational - EP)
FIBA REFEREE OPERATIONS IN OUR REGIONS
Each of the FIBA Regional Offices in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania has a Referee Manager. They work closely with FIBA Referee Operations and have responsibility for FIBA officiating at the regional level.
Their main task is to ensure the successful implementation of FIBA's global refereeing program and to work closely with National Federations in their regions.