Britain's men’s basketball team has been suspended from international competitions by the sport’s global governing body FIBA.
The British Basketball Federation’s (BBF) authority to license or recognise national men’s competitions has also been suspended over what a FIBA task force said were "governance issues".
Super League Basketball (SLB) clubs have launched a legal action against the BBF after it awarded a 15-year licence to run a new professional competition to GBB League Ltd (GBBL), a consortium led by the American businessman Marshall Glickman.
However the nine clubs who set up Super League Basketball, after the collapse of the British Basketball League in 2024, refused to join, claiming the tender process run by the national governing body was an abuse of its dominant position, "illegal and fatally flawed".
The BBF robustly denied the claims, saying it had only granted an 'interim licence' to Super League Basketball to bridge the gap until the award of a long-term licence.
FIBA said in its statement on Tuesday that its executive committee had authorised its task force "to engage directly with basketball stakeholders and the UK government to explore and propose an interim operational framework for the top-tier men’s national competitions".
The BBF has been contacted for comment.
The BBF announced on Sunday that its chair, Chris Grant, was standing down for personal reasons.
Britain's men finished 21st at this year's European Basketball Championships (EuroBasket) and last qualified for the Olympic Games as hosts in 2012.
