FIBA World Championship

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The FIBA World Championship (also called the Basketball World Championship) is a world basketball tournament for men's national teams held quadrennially by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).

A parallel event for women's teams, the FIBA World Championship for Women, is also held quadrennially, in the same year as the men's event but in a different country.

The champion team wins the Naismith Trophy, which was first awarded in the 1967 tournament.

The tournament structure is similar but not identical to that of the FIFA World Cup; both of these international competitions have been played in the same year since 1970.

Map of countries' best results
Map of countries' best results

Contents

[edit] Tournaments

From 1950 until 1974, each of the eight final teams would play all seven of the other teams once each and the team with the best record would win the gold medal, the second the silver and the third the bronze. Ties were broken on the basis of the results of games between (among) tied teams.

Starting at the 1978 tournament, the top teams played in a single-elimination tournament to determine the gold medallists. Classification games are held for eliminated teams.

Year Host Country
City of final game
Medallists Other finalist
Gold Silver Bronze Fourth place
1950 Flag of Argentina

Buenos Aires


Argentina

United States

Chile

Brazil
1954
Details
Flag of Brazil

Rio de Janeiro


United States

Brazil

Philippines

France
1959 Flag of Chile

Santiago


Brazil

United States

Chile

Formosa
1963 Flag of Brazil

Rio de Janeiro


Brazil

Yugoslavia

Soviet Union

United States
1967 Flag of Uruguay

Montevideo


Soviet Union

Yugoslavia

Brazil

United States
1970 Flag of Yugoslavia

Ljubljana


Yugoslavia

Brazil

Soviet Union

Italy
1974 Flag of Puerto Rico

San Juan


Soviet Union

Yugoslavia

United States

Cuba
Year Country
City of final game
Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1978 Flag of Philippines

Manila


Yugoslavia
82-81
(Overtime)

Soviet Union

Brazil
86-85
Italy
1982 Flag of Colombia

Cali


Soviet Union
95-94
United States

Yugoslavia
119-117
Spain
1986 Flag of Spain

Madrid


United States
87-85
Soviet Union

Yugoslavia
117-91
Brazil
1990 Flag of Argentina

Buenos Aires


Yugoslavia
92-75
Soviet Union

United States
107-105
Puerto Rico
1994
Details
Flag of Canada

Toronto


United States
137-91
Russia

Croatia
78-60
Greece
1998
Details
Flag of Greece

Athens


Yugoslavia
64-62
Russia

United States
84-61
Greece
2002
Details
Flag of United States

Indianapolis


Yugoslavia
84-77
(Overtime)

Argentina

Germany
117-94
New Zealand
2006
Details
Flag of Japan

Saitama


Spain
70-47

Greece

United States
96-81
Argentina
2010
Details
Flag of Turkey

Istanbul

[edit] Successful teams

Team Gold Silver Bronze Fourth-place
Flag of United States United States 3 (1954, 1986, 1994) 3 (1950, 1959, 1982) 4 (1974, 1990, 1998, 2006) 2 (1963, 1967)
Flag of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia# 3 (1970*, 1978, 1990) 3 (1963, 1967, 1974) 2 (1982, 1986)
Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union# 3 (1967, 1974, 1982) 3 (1978, 1986, 1990) 2 (1963, 1970)
Flag of Brazil Brazil 2 (1959, 1963*) 2 (1954*, 1970) 1 (1978) 2 (1950, 1986)
Flag of Serbia Serbia
Flag of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia
2 (1998, 2002)
Flag of Argentina Argentina 1 (1950*) 1 (2002) 1 (2006)
Flag of Spain Spain 1 (2006) 1 (1982)
Flag of Russia Russia 2 (1994, 1998)
Flag of Greece Greece 1 (2006) 2 (1994, 1998*)
Flag of Chile Chile 2 (1950, 1959*)
Flag of Germany Germany 1 (2002)
Flag of Croatia Croatia 1 (1994)
Flag of Philippines Philippines 1 (1954)
Flag of Italy Italy 2 (1970, 1978)
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 1 (2002)
Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 1 (1990)
Flag of Cuba Cuba 1 (1974)
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
Flag of Republic of China Formosa
1 (1959)
Flag of France France 1 (1954)

Notes: * - Hosts; # - Defunct national teams

[edit] Per continent

Continent Best performance
Europe 9 gold medals by Yugoslavia (5), the USSR (3), and Spain (1)
Americas 6 gold medals by the USA (3), Brazil (2), and Argentina (1)
Asia Bronze medal by the Philippines
Oceania Fourth place by New Zealand
Africa Fifth place by Egypt

[edit] References

International basketball
v  d  e

FIBA | World Championship (men) - (women) | Olympic Tournament | Teams by Country | Players | Leagues | World Under-21 Championship (men) - (women)

     Asia: FIBA AsiaAsian Championship
     Africa: FIBA AfricaAfrica Championship
     Americas: FIBA AmericasAmericas Championship
     Oceania: FIBA OceaniaOceania Championship
     Europe: FIBA EuropeEurobasket
FIBA World Championship
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Argentina 1950 | Brazil 1954 | Chile 1959 | Brazil 1963 | Uruguay 1967 | Yugoslavia 1970 | Puerto Rico 1974 | Philippines 1978 | Colombia 1982 | Spain 1986 | Argentina 1990 | Canada 1994 | Greece 1998 | United States 2002 | Japan 2006 | Turkey 2010 

Team appearances