The FBI extranet (Basketball and IT License File) is the central digital platform of the French Basketball Federation. Clubs, committees, leagues, and referees manage licenses, affiliations, referee designations, and competition registrations on a daily basis. Since the 2024-2025 season, the FFBB has generalized the dematerialized renewal via FBI, making mastery of this tool more necessary than ever for leaders and volunteers in French basketball.
What FBI manages beyond simple licenses
Reducing FBI to a directory of licensees would be a mistake. The platform now concentrates functions that far exceed member management. Referee designations go through FBI, as does the monitoring of federal labeling.
Since 2024, the Basket Santé and BaskeTonik programs rely on the federal digital ecosystem of which FBI is the backbone. Activity reports, authorizations, and monitoring of these programs transit through the platform, requiring labeled clubs to access it regularly.
The practical guide “FBI, my first steps,” published in December 2024 by the Vendée League, confirms that the dematerialized renewal of affiliations has become the norm and is no longer an option. Paper procedures are gradually disappearing. A club leader who does not master FBI finds themselves blocked on common administrative tasks.
To delve into the procedure for connecting to the FBI extranet for basketball, several guides detail the step-by-step process, from the first identifier to navigating the menus.
Accessing the FBI extranet: address, identifiers, and technical prerequisites
The FBI login page is located at extranet.ffbb.com/fbi/connexion.fbi. This is the unique entry point, accessible from the “My tools” menu on the ffbb.com site. No dedicated mobile application exists for FBI: everything is done through a web browser.
Obtaining identifiers
FBI identifiers are not created by the user. They are assigned by the federal structure to which the club belongs (departmental committee or regional league). A new leader must therefore contact their committee to receive access. The timeframe varies by committee, but the request generally goes through a form or a simple email to the local IT contact.
Each FBI profile has differentiated access rights based on the role: president, secretary, treasurer, or sports correspondent do not have the same menus. A referee accesses their designations but not the management of the club’s licenses.
Common connection issues
The most common blocks are not technical. They stem from poorly transmitted identifiers, passwords not reset at the beginning of the season, or a browser that retains an old session in cache. Clearing the cache and using an up-to-date browser resolves most situations.
- Check that the entered address is indeed extranet.ffbb.com and not an approximate URL found via a search engine
- Reset the password directly from the login page if the button is available; otherwise, contact the committee
- Test on another browser or in private browsing to isolate a cache or extension issue
FBI and other digital tools of the FFBB: who does what
FBI does not operate alone. The FFBB has deployed several complementary platforms, and confusion among them is common among volunteers discovering the federal ecosystem.
eFFBB is the collaborative intranet hosted on SharePoint, intended for sharing internal documents (guides, logos, media library). It does not manage licenses or competitions. FBI, on the other hand, remains the operational tool for any administrative process related to licensees and clubs.
The e-Marque tool is used for the electronic management of match sheets. It interacts with FBI data (player identities, license numbers), but its interface is distinct. A table official uses e-Marque on match day, not FBI.
Third-party software like Kalisport offers to import FBI data to simplify internal club management. The export is done from FBI in the form of a file, which is then integrated into the club’s software. This bridge is useful for structures that manage their accounting or communication outside the federal ecosystem.
- FBI: licenses, affiliations, renewals, referee designations, labeling
- eFFBB: internal documents, media library, federal logos
- e-Marque: electronic match sheets
- Kalisport and other third-party software: internal club management with import of FBI data
FBI access rights and profile management in clubs
The issue of access rights generates the most friction in practice. During a change of office, former leaders sometimes retain their access while the new ones do not yet have it. FBI does not automatically manage the transition: it is up to the departmental committee to update the authorizations.
A club that changes its president at a general assembly must report this change to its committee so that the FBI rights are transferred. Without this step, the new president cannot validate licenses or register teams for competition.
Field feedback varies on this point: some committees handle these requests in a few days, while others take several weeks, especially during peak activity periods (September-October). Anticipating the request as soon as the office is elected helps avoid a blockage at the start of the season.
For clubs with several active volunteers on FBI, it is preferable to distribute roles as soon as profiles are created rather than concentrating all rights on a single account. This organization limits risks in case a leader becomes unavailable.
Mastering FBI now conditions the administrative functioning of a basketball club in France. As the platform continues to absorb new functions season after season, leaders should seek training as soon as they take office rather than discovering the tool in the urgency of a federal deadline.