Regardless of existing standards and legal regulations, many sports associations also have their own additional requirements for equipment, facilities and the design of sports facilities for their respective sports. Some of them only apply to competitions at the international and highest league level, but others apply to the entire sports operation. The latter is the case in basketball. The world federation FIBA has created a comprehensive set of rules that define the requirements and test methods for Basketball sports equipment and the sports facilities. There are only two levels within these rules – one for FIBA competitions, national professional leagues and major international competitions at club and national team level (level 1), and one for all others (level 2). Of course, the requirements at level 1 are much more demanding, but even at level 2, there are clear specifications and requirements for the equipment and the sports hall itself, which must be met in almost all areas. The rules are set out in the ‘FIBA Approval Programme for Basketball Equipment - Handbook of Test Methods and Requirements’. A separate chapter, ‘Wooden & Synthetic Flooring’, deals with sports hall flooring.

ISP GmbH – the Institut für Sportstättenprüfung is a FIBA-certified testing laboratory for sports hall flooring suitable for basketball in accordance with FIBA guidelines. We can test whether your sports flooring meets FIBA requirements for levels 1 or 2, either in our certified testing laboratory or on-site at your sports hall.