CAB — Confederación Argentina de Básquetbol

What is the CAB?

The Confederación Argentina de Básquetbol (C.A.B.) is the national basketball body of Argentina. Its institutional page describes it as a civil association and sets out its aims, among them to bring all basketball institutions in the country under one direction and set of rules, in line with the bodies it is affiliated with.^[3] FIBA lists it, as the Confederación Argentina de Basquetbol, as Argentina’s national federation.^[1] Its site describes itself as the “Web Oficial de Confederación Argentina de Básquetbol”.^[2]

What does the CAB govern or do?

The confederation’s stated objectives are to promote, organise and direct basketball in all its categories; to represent Argentine basketball at national and international level, including tours and team participations; to keep close ties among its member institutions and with similar bodies abroad; to oversee the medical checks of registered players; and to organise and sponsor the Argentine championships.^[3] It commits to “Observar y hacer observar las Reglas de Juego dictadas por la Federación Internacional de Básquetbol (FIBA.)”.^[3] Its site covers the men’s and women’s senior national teams, the 3x3 national programme and youth selections, and publishes a general transfer regulation (“Regimen general de transferencias”).^[2]

When was the CAB founded and where is it based?

The confederation states that it was founded on 30 August 1929 in what is now the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.^[3] It gives its legal address as Montevideo 496, 9th floor, Buenos Aires.^[3] FIBA’s directory gives the same street address, Montevideo N° 496, 9° Piso, C1019ABJ Buenos Aires, with the contact [email protected].^[1]

How is the CAB recognised?

FIBA. FIBA’s list of national federations carries the Confederación Argentina de Basquetbol for Argentina, with Americas as its regional affiliation. It lists Sergio Gatti as president, Oscar Ricardo Lesdema as vice-president and Santiago Ariel Losada as secretary general.^[1]

Own statement. The confederation’s institutional page refers to the directives of “las Entidades a las que C.A.B. se encuentre afiliada” and to the playing rules set by FIBA; its strategic summary reads “En linea con FIBA, definimos nuestra estrategia y nuestra vision.”^[3]

What does the CAB organise?

The confederation’s site presents the Liga Federal, with the zones and format of La Liga Federal 2026 announced in February 2026, and the Liga Federal Formativa in women’s and men’s editions for the Próxima, Juveniles, Cadetes, Infantiles and Mini categories.^[2] It reports promotions from the Liga Federal to La Liga Argentina.^[2] Its aims include to organise and sponsor the Argentine championships,^[3] and its site covers the Campeonatos Argentinos, among them the Campeonato Argentino de Infantiles and the Campeonato Argentino de Federaciones, as well as a Programa Nacional de Minibásquetbol and a 3x3 Argentina programme.^[2]

Who are its members?

The confederation’s federations page states: “La C.A.B. está constituida por el conjunto de las Federaciones actualmente afiliadas”, and shows each affiliated federation by its logo.^[4] Its institutional page names the unification of all basketball institutions in the country, and close ties among its member institutions, among its aims.^[3] Players registered through those institutions are subject to the confederation’s medical-check and transfer rules.^[3][2]