Conscious of the special conditions that Thessaloniki has, FIMBA has chosen the city, among strong contestants, to hold the 12th FIMBA World Maxibasketball Championship Thessaloniki 2013 and be once more the capital of the world basketball, offering the participants, not only adequate physical and organizational structure, but also, the sun, beaches, fresh air, the culture of the Greek people.

Age categories

Men: M30+, M35+, M40+, M45+, M50+, M55+, M60+, M65+, M70+ and M75+ years.
Women: F30+, F35+, F40+, F45+, F50+ and F55+ years.

12 to 21 July 2013

The Maxibasketball was created in 1969 in Argentina, when a group of ex-players participated in an exhibition game. The idea spread fastly throughout America and Europe and then in the other continents.

After holding several national and continental tournaments, it was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1991, the first Maxibasketball World Championship, and the Maxibasketball International Federation was created.

Understanding the importance of the sport continuity in the human being’s life, the world interest for this category and the way the Federation realizes its work of organizing, promoting and directing the Maxibasketball practice, have contributed to the important growth of this sport in the world, proved by the last Maxibasketball Championship held in July 2009 in Prague, when 160 teams and 2.500 athletes and directors have participated.

The international maxibasketball has broken the geographical limitations and has approximated people from all the continents. The practice of this sport by athletes of advanced ages has surpassed the limits imposed by the mind.