Thursday 15 October 2026

Efim Resser

Efim Resser was born on February 27, 1952 in USSR.

He is a citizen of Germany.

Height 179 cm, weight – 81 kg.

Graduate of the University, profession – insurance broker.

Languages spoken: English, German, Russian;

Married, has two children.

 

Efim Resser is a former basketball player.

He is a national referee since 1972 (USSR), 1992 (Germany).

 

1985 – FIBA referee

As a referee he participated in more than 500 international games in many continents.

He officiated for the first Dream Team in the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, following by three World and five European Championships, two European Cups finals.

 

2001 till 2004 Euroleague/ULEB referee

2002 FIBA Commissioner

2004 ULEB Commissioner

Johnny Jacobs

Johnny Jacobs is FIBA instructor from Belgium with over 15 years of experience as a referee in the top Belgian division and international. Johnny is very passionate about officiating and he is focused on practical knowledge of refereeing. Mr Jacobs is known for his “Axioma’s” in which he combines his job as Human Resources Manager and officiating. Johnny is helping many federations in their tutorial programs, besides Belgian one, he goes to Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland.

Lubomir Kotleba

Mr. Kotleba`s basketball career was the following:

1960 – 1968 – a player

1968 – 1970 – a coach

1970 – 1975 – a team manager

1963 – 1975 – a referee on national level,

1975 – 1989 – an international referee (FIBA)

 

Mr. Kotleba became a Central Board member of Slovak basketball federation in 1972, and since 1981 he was a Central Board member of Czechoslovak basketball federation.

Since 1989 till now Mr. Kotleba is a FIBA full-time staff. ( FIBA Sport Director )

Mr.Kotleba officiated 4015 games, three Olympic Games ( two finals), five World Championships, twelve European Champioships, six championships of other continents and ten European Club Competitions finals.

As a commissioner he officiated five Olympic Games, twenty two World Championships, twenty one European Championships and about 100 European Club Competitions games.

Besides as a FIBA lecturer he participated in 96 referee clinics in 57 countries of five continents.

Nobuo Hashimoto

Nobuo Hashimoto is the Japan Basketball Association Director and Chairman of Referees and Rule
Committee.

He is a former FIBA International Referee. In 2005 he became FIBA Commissioner. In
2006 he was Commissioner for the FIBA World Championship for Men (JPN) and in 2009 he was
Commissioner for the FIBA U-19 Championship for Men (NZL).

Johnny Jacobs

Johnny Jacobs is FIBA instructor from Belgium with over 15 years of experience as a referee in the top Belgian division and international. Johnny is very passionate about officiating and he is focused on practical knowledge of refereeing. Mr Jacobs is known for his “Axioma’s” in which he combines his job as Human Resources Manager and officiating. Johnny is helping many federations in their tutorial programs, besides Belgian one, he goes to Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland.

Romas Brazauskas

Referee since 1973

International referee since 1987

 

4 Olympic Games (’92 Barcelona; Atlanta ’96 Women’s Final USA – BRA with W.Zych; 2000 Sydney incl. Men’s Final USA-France, Beijing ’08 Men’s Final USA – ESP)

1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 – World Championships;

1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2009 Men’s Final ESP – SRB – European Championships for Men

12 times Euroleague Final Four (1995-2010)

7 Final Games (1997 Rome, 2000 Thessaloniki, 2002 Bologna, 2004 Tel Aviv, 2005 Moscow, 2009 Berlin, 2010 Paris)

2004, 2008, 2010 Our instructor on East Meets West Camp in Bydgoszcz

Nobuo Hashimoto

Nobuo Hashimoto is the Japan Basketball Association Director and Chairman of Referees and Rule
Committee.

He is a former FIBA International Referee. In 2005 he became FIBA Commissioner. In
2006 he was Commissioner for the FIBA World Championship for Men (JPN) and in 2009 he was
Commissioner for the FIBA U-19 Championship for Men (NZL).

Johnny Jacobs

Johnny Jacobs is FIBA instructor from Belgium with over 15 years of experience as a referee in the top Belgian division and international. Johnny is very passionate about officiating and he is focused on practical knowledge of refereeing. Mr Jacobs is known for his “Axioma’s” in which he combines his job as Human Resources Manager and officiating. Johnny is helping many federations in their tutorial programs, besides Belgian one, he goes to Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland.