Ghana Basketball Association(GBBA) was formed in 1961 as the national federation of basketball in Ghana under the National Sports Authority which is under the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ghana. Ghana was amongst the 10 member countries that met in 1961 in Egypt Cairo between the period of 11th to 14th June during the first African basketball congress to form the African Association of Basketball Federation Amateur (AFABA) which is now known as FIBA-AFRICA which is the governing body of basketball in Africa. Ghana was officially affiliated as a member of the Federation of International Basketball Association in 1962. Ghana is placed within ZoneIII of FIBA AFRICA. Ghana first participated competitively in the 6th African Women Championship held in Dakar,Senegal from the 25th Dec 1976 - 3rd Jan 1977. Can placed 6th overall winning two games. Senegal the host won the tournament. The second time Ghana competed in Africa was in the following year 1978 when Ghana hosted the 7th African Women Championshp between 31st Dec - 2nd Jan 1978 during which Ghana placed 3rd. Only 3 nations showed up to participate in the tournament Senegal, Somalia, and Ghana. Senegal returned their title as champions once again. Ghana's mens national team competed in annual bilateral games with neighbouring country Ivory Coast in the 1970's. Ghana never won any of the bilateral games with Ivory Coast during that period. Ghana is currently not ranked in the world. Ghana is yet to win an African Championship for both the men and women category. There are ten regional associations in Ghana from North to South of Ghana.