Anti-Doping

WADA 2024 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published the 2024 List of Prohibited Substances for all players, team doctors and other basketball stakeholders.

The List will come into effect on 1 January 2024 and is available here.

Under the FIBA Internal Regulations governing Anti-Doping, it is each player’s personal duty to ensure that no Prohibited Substance enters his or her body.

Therefore, it is essential that all players and support personnel review carefully the 2024 Prohibited List, particularly in cases where they intend to use supplements or medication.

2024 Prohibited List
2024 Summary of Modifications and explanatory notes
2024 Monitoring Program

WADA 2024 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods

The 2024 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) during its meeting in September 2023 and enters into force on 1 January 2024, has been published and is available in English and French.

Basics

Competing on an even playing field, where hard work, training and talent are the fundamental difference between winning and losing, holds a central place within the sporting ethos. The practice of trying to gain an unfair advantage through dishonest means is as old as sport itself. It remains a never-ending battle, but one that FIBA takes extremely seriously.

Since the 1980s, FIBA has regularly and in increasing numbers performed doping controls at its Championships. As a signatory of the WADA World Anti-Doping Code, first introduced in 2004, FIBA remains strongly committed to the fight against doping in basketball.

Activities

FIBA Anti-Doping activities cover the search for - and measures against- basketball players using banned substances and methods. Also, and just as importantly, they focus on actively promoting awareness of doping-related issues, whether from a sporting or a health perspective.

This section contains all information related to FIBA’s anti-doping activities, whether from a player, team or medical staff point of view. It covers all regulations and procedures, outlined in the FIBA Internal Regulations governing Anti-Doping (Book 4) and aligned with the WADA Code, as well as providing practical information and details about FIBA’s Clean Game awareness program.

FIBA's Responsibilities

FIBA is taking care of the following Anti-doping related tasks:

Organization of doping controls for all FIBA competitions
Management of FIBA’s Out-of-Competition Testing System through its Registered Testing Pool
Results management in case of Adverse Analytical Findings (AAF)and review of national Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRV)
Management of Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs)
Production and distribution of anti-doping material for doping controls and educational programs
Cooperation and coordination with the Anti-Doping Organization involved in Basketball (National Federations, National Anti-Doping Organizations, professional leagues)

General testing principles

For doping controls, FIBA makes the common distinction between In-Competition testing and Out-of-Competition testing.

In-Competition testing is defined as follows:

"The period commencing at 11:59 p.m. on the day before a Competition in which the Athlete is scheduled to participate through the end of such Competition and the Sample collection process related to such Competition."

Out-of-Competition testing refers to all tests that are not defined as In-Competition. While it may apply to any basketball player of any league affiliated through its National Federation to FIBA, Out-of-Competition testing is mainly implemented through the Registered Testing Pool (RTP).

Please note that the above information is for basic informative purposes only. For the exact, legally binding and most up-to-date regulations on Anti-Doping, always refer to the FIBA Internal Regulations governing Anti-Doping (Book 4).

Statistics

In-Competition Doping Control organized by FIBA between 2010-2021

2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
466	492	404	486	648	542	470	728	630	620	294	624

Out-of-Competition Doping Control organized by FIBA between 2010-2021

2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
64	28	33	52	112	55	83	168	132	191	72	215

FIBA Results Management Statistics 2010-2021

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2018	2019	2020	2021
Atypical Findings	2	3	0	7	6	8	11	0	1	0	0
Adverse Analytical Findings (AAF)	10	13	16	1	3	21*	6	10	1	2	1
Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRV) resulting from an AAF	10	13	16	1	1	6**	2	7	0	1	0
Non-analytical AAF	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0