Patrick Baumann, FIBA's secretary general, believes an age-limit proposal won't be approved for the 2016 Rio Summer Games men's basketball tournament. Still, there could be some changes made to the current tournament format, he acknowledged.
Unlike the Olympic soccer tournament, which has an under-23 format save for three players per side, the basketball competition permits all adult players without a maximum age rule.
But FIBA, basketball's world governing body, has re-branded its quadrennial world championship, calling it the FIBA World Cup for the 2014 edition in Spain.