FIBA Basketball World Cup

The FIBA Basketball World Cup, known as the FIBA World Championship from 1950 through 2010, is a world basketball tournament for men's national teams held once every four years by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). After the 2014 FIBA World Cup, the tournament will move to a new four-year cycle to avoid conflict with the FIFA World Cup. To that end, no tournament will be held in 2018; the FIBA World Cup will resume in 2019.

The current champions are Spain. They defeated Argentina 95-75 in the 2019 tournament at the Cadillac Center in Beijing, China.

Tournaments

Year	Hosts	Gold Medal Game			Bronze Medal Game			Number of Teams
Year	Hosts	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth Place	Number of Teams
1950	23px Argentina	30px Argentina	No playoffs^[a]	30px USA	30px Chile	No playoffs^[a]	30px Brazil	10
1954	23px Brazil	30px USA	No playoffs^[a]	30px Brazil	30px Philippines	No playoffs^[a]	30px France	12
1959	23px Chile	30px Brazil	No playoffs^[a]	30px USA	30px Chile	No playoffs^[a]	30px Formosa	13
1963	23px Brazil	30px Brazil	No playoffs^[a]	30px Yugoslavia	30px Soviet Union	No playoffs^[a]	30px USA	13
1967	23px Uruguay	30px Soviet Union	No playoffs^[a]	30px Yugoslavia	30px Brazil	No playoffs^[a]	30px USA	13
1970	23px Yugoslavia	30px Yugoslavia	No playoffs^[a]	30px Brazil	30px Soviet Union	No playoffs^[a]	30px Italy	13
1974	23px Puerto Rico	30px Soviet Union	No playoffs^[a]	30px Yugoslavia	30px USA	No playoffs^[a]	30px Cuba	14
1978	23px Philippines	30px Yugoslavia	82–81 OT	30px Soviet Union	30px Brazil	86–85	30px Italy	14
1982	23px Colombia	30px Soviet Union	95–94	30px USA	30px Yugoslavia	119–117	30px Spain	13
1986	23px Spain	30px USA	87–85	30px Soviet Union	30px Yugoslavia	117–91	30px Brazil	24
1990	23px Argentina	30px Yugoslavia	92–75	30px Soviet Union	30px USA	107–105 OT	30px Puerto Rico	16
1994	23px Canada	30px USA	137–91	30px Russia	30px Croatia	78–60	30px Greece	16
1998	23px Greece	30px Yugoslavia	64–62	30px Russia	30px USA	84–61	30px Greece	16
2002	23px United States	30px Yugoslavia	84–77 OT	30px Argentina	30px Germany	117–94	30px New Zealand	16
2006	23px Japan	30px Spain	70–47	30px Greece	30px USA	96–81	30px Argentina	24
2010	23px Turkey	30px USA	81–64	30px Turkey	30px Lithuania	99–88	30px Serbia	24
2014	23px Spain	30px USA	129–92	30px Serbia	30px France	95–93	30px Lithuania	24
2019	23px China	Future event			Future event			32
2023	23px Philippines 23px Japan 23px Indonesia	Future event			Future event			32 (expected)

FIBA Basketball World Cup Media

FIBA World Cup host countries.png

World map depicting the number of times a country has hosted the World Cup. Dark blue: twice; light blue: once.
FIBA World Cup participation.png

World map depicting the number of times a national team has participated in the World Cup as of 2014.
FIBA Basketball Championships countries.PNG

Map of best finishes per team. Defunct countries are denoted by circles.

Related pages

Basketball

References

Notes

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 No final was played; teams played each other once in the final group round-robin; the best team with the best record wins the championship.

[nofinal-1] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 No final was played; teams played each other once in the final group round-robin; the best team with the best record wins the championship.

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