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Deutscher Basketball Bund e.V. (DBB; literally: German basketball federation) is the governing body of basketball in Germany. It was founded in Düsseldorf on 1 October 1949 and resides in Hagen since 1969. The Nonprofit organization (e.V.) consists of German basketball clubs as members and is itself a member of FIBA Europe.

Purpose
Its purpose is the facilitation and support of basketball in Germany for which it provides regulations and coordinates the training of referees. It further organizes championships on a national level for different age classes as long as those are not self-organized like the Basketball Bundesliga for men and the Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga for women. The DBB appoints the national teams of Germany for the different international competitions of FIBA Europe and the FIBA.