 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chifo cha 1967, shasha yomutambo mumwe nomumwe yakapiwa Naismith Trophy, yakatumidzwa mukuremekedza muvambi webasketball, James Naismith. Mukombe wakanga warongwa kubva paMutambo Wenyika wekutanga muna 1950, asi hauna kuzobereka zvibereko kusvikira FIBA yapedzisira yatumira mukombe muna 1965, mushure mekugamuchira chipo cheUS 1,000. Mubairo wapakuvamba wakashandiswa kubva muna 1967 kusvikira muna 1994. Mukombe wakavandudzwa wakaunzwa nokuda kwe1998 FIBA World Championship uye yepakutanga ikozvino iri paPedro Ferrándiz Foundation muSpain. 