In 1974 the Bahrain Basketball Association (BBA) was established, thanks to zealous efforts by Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, the promoter and first BBA president, a position he held up until 2000, and oversaw the development of the game from its inception to full-fledged stage, until the attainment by Bahrain of a pioneering role in the game among Arab countries.
[1] With the inception of the BBA the game activities expanded into a full sports occasion, thereby fruitfully exploiting the efforts of the players.
He took the administrative and technical work of the BBA to a qualitative stage, using a new vision focusing on the single objective of developing and enhancing the game.
[1] On 11 October 2019, Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa ordered a temporarily reformation of BBA after the resignation of 5 board members out of 9 including the president.
Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, the first president of BBA granting the existing president, Mr. Alaa Madara, the MVP cup for youth league.