The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has updated its national team ranking system by launching the latest system for the FIBA Men's World Ranking, which will be implemented ahead of the 2027 World Cup Qualifiers.
The FIBA website stated on Wednesday that the update was developed in collaboration with Assist Research, with the aim of simplifying the calculation model, increasing the relevance of recent results, and providing greater recognition to teams that advance further in tournaments.
The new system retains the basic principles of the 2017 model, namely a match-based method with rankings updated after each national team passes the qualifying window and major FIBA events .
