The most players in a basketball exhibition match is 1,464 was achieved by the Fiesta Nacional del Básquet in Estadio Club Estudiantes, Bahia Blanca, Argentina, from 7-9 September 2012

The game lasted 50 hrs 30 mins with people of all ages taking part, most of the participants were from the basketball-crazy city of Bahia Blanca which has a population of just 300,000 people yet produced three of the 2004 Olympic gold medallists that defeated the USA including three-time NBA winner Emanuel Ginobili. While he wasn’t present his brother and nephew took part in the closing stages of the game alongside gold medallist Alejandro ‘Puma’ Montecchia. The record was part of a larger event, the Fiesta Nacional de Básquet, now in its 7th year that also has events for coaches, referees, young players, women’s basketball and much more.