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Cambodia Basketball Federation crestCBF

Development

Coaches, officials, clubs, young players.

These four programmes are the foundation of the game in Cambodia. None of them is open today. Each is being restarted under the federation's restructure. This page states where each one stands and what it will require — nothing more, because nothing more has been decided.

The programmes

Four programmes, being restarted

The federation publishes the status of each programme rather than a prospectus it cannot yet honour. Where a course, a fee or a date is not listed below, it is because the federation has not set one.

Licensed coaches, trained referees and affiliated clubs. You cannot build a national team on a foundation that does not exist — so we build the foundation.

Development — federation mandate

Phase 02 — the restructure

Rebuild the pathway

Club affiliation reopened, coach and referee licensing restarted, and a published national selection route from youth to senior.

The full restructure
Not yet open

Coach licensing

Coach licensing is not running. It restarts under the restructure. Until it does, the federation holds no register of who is qualified to coach in Cambodia, and it will not imply otherwise.

What it will require

  • Registration with the federation under a named individual.
  • A course with an assessment that is passed, not merely attended.
  • A licence that expires and must be renewed, not held for life.
  • A public register of licence holders, kept current.
Not yet open

Referee and officials training

Officiating is not licensed either. A competition can only be trusted if its officials are trained, graded and accountable to the federation that appoints them.

What it will require

  • Registration and a written examination on the current FIBA rules.
  • Practical assessment on court by an appointed instructor.
  • A grade that determines the level an official may be appointed to.
  • A register of active officials, and a stated route to review appointments.
Not yet open

Club affiliation

The federation does not hold a current list of affiliated clubs. Affiliation reopens so that clubs are recognised, entered into national competition and counted on the public record.

What it will require

  • Evidence that the club exists as an organisation, with its own officers.
  • A named club contact the federation corresponds with.
  • Acceptance of the federation's competition rules and safeguarding requirements.
  • Renewal each season, with the affiliated list published.
Not yet open

Youth pathway

No route from school and club basketball to a national youth team is published today. Publishing one — and selecting to it — is part of the restructure.

What it will require

  • Published age groups and eligibility criteria.
  • Trials that are announced openly, not filled by acquaintance.
  • Coaches who hold a current federation licence.
  • Safeguarding cleared for every adult in the programme.

Course content, entry requirements, cost and dates are published before applications open. The federation does not announce a date it has not set.

The register

What we cannot yet publish

A federation should be able to say how many coaches it has licensed, how many officials it has registered and how many clubs are affiliated to it. Ours cannot. Rather than publish an estimate, we publish nothing and say why.

Licensed coaches

No licensing register exists yet.

Registered officials

No officiating register exists yet.

Affiliated clubs

Affiliation is closed pending reopening.

Each figure appears here when the register behind it exists and is accurate. No number on this website is an estimate.

Safeguarding

This federation governs children's basketball.

Most of the people these programmes are built for are under eighteen. That sets a standard the federation must meet before it runs a single youth session, not after.

  • A safeguarding policy will be published

    The federation will publish its safeguarding policy, and every programme on this page will be run to it. No youth programme opens ahead of that policy.

  • Minors' personal details are never published

    No name, age, date of birth, photograph, address or contact number of any player under eighteen is published on this website or released by the federation.

  • Adults working with young players are accountable

    Coaches, officials and club staff in youth programmes will be registered with the federation and answerable to it.

  • Concerns can be raised directly

    Any concern about the welfare of a young player can be sent to the federation at info@cbfkh.com.

Register your interest

Tell us you are out there.

Coaches, referees, clubs and schools can register their interest now. The federation will contact you as each programme opens — in the order set out in the restructure.