FIBA World Championship

FIBA World Championship
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FIBA World Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1950
No. of teams	24
Continent	International (FIBA)
Most recent champion(s)	Spain

The FIBA 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.

1 Tournament format
2 Results
3 Records and statistics
- 3.1 Performances of host countries
- 3.2 Most Valuable Players
4 See also
5 References

Tournament format

Year	Host	Teams	Preliminary round	Latter stages	Classification round
1950	Argentina	10	Double elim tournament	A group of 6	A group of 4
1954	Brazil	12	4 groups of 3	A group of 8	A group of 4
1959	Chile	13	3 groups of 4	A group of 7	A group of 4
1963	Brazil	13	3 groups of 4	A group of 7	A group of 4
1967	Uruguay	13	3 groups of 4	A group of 7	A group of 4
1970	Yugoslavia	13	3 groups of 4	A group of 7	A group of 4
1974	Puerto Rico	14	3 groups of 4	A group of 8	A group of 4
1978	Philippines	14	3 groups of 4	A group of 8; then final for the top two, for third for next two	A group of 4
1982	Colombia	13	3 groups of 4	A group of 7, final for the top two, for third for next two	A group of 4
1986	Spain	24	4 groups of 6	2 groups of 6, knockout of 4 teams (group 1sts and 2nds)	Knockout for 5th between group 3rds and 4ths, for 9th between 5ths and 6ths, and 5th and 6ths teams in prelims tied for 13th
1990	Argentina	16	4 groups of 4	2 groups of 6, knockout of 4 teams (group 1sts and 2nds)	Knockout for 5th between group 3rds and 4ths, for 9th between 5ths and 6ths, for 9th between prelim group 5ths and 6ths
1994	Canada	16	4 groups of 4	2 groups of 6, knockout of 4 teams (group 1sts and 2nds)	Knockout for 5th between group 3rds and 4ths, for 9th between 5ths and 6ths, for 9th between prelim group 5ths and 6ths
1998	Greece	16	4 groups of 4	2 groups of 6, knockout of 4 teams (group 1sts and 2nds)	Knockout for 5th between group 3rds and 4ths, for 9th between 5ths and 6ths, for 9th between prelim group 5ths and 6ths
2002	United States	16	4 groups of 4	2 groups of 6, knockout of 8 teams (group 1sts to 4ths)	Knockout for 13th between prelim group 5ths and 6ths
2006	Japan	24	4 groups of 6	Knockout of 16 teams	Prelim round 5ths tied for 17th, 6ths tied for 21st

Results

Summaries

Year	Host (final location)	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Year	Host (final location)	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1950 Details	Argentina (Buenos Aires)	Argentina	64-50^[1]	USA	Chile	51-40^[1]	Brazil
1954 Details	Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)	USA	62-41^[1]	Brazil	Philippines	66-60^[1]	France
1959 Details	Chile (Santiago)	Brazil	81-67^[1]	USA	Chile	86-85^[1] Overtime	Formosa
1963 Details	Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)	Brazil	90-71^[1]	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union	69-67^[1]	USA
1967 Details	Uruguay (Montevideo)	Soviet Union	71-59^[1]	Yugoslavia	Brazil	80-71^[1]	USA
1970 Details	Yugoslavia (Ljubljana)	Yugoslavia	80-55^[1]	Brazil	Soviet Union	62-58^[1]	Italy
1974 Details	Puerto Rico (San Juan)	Soviet Union	82-79^[1]	Yugoslavia	USA	83-70^[1]	Cuba
1978 Details	Philippines (Manila)	Yugoslavia	82–81 Overtime	Soviet Union	Brazil	86–85	Italy
1982 Details	Colombia (Cali)	Soviet Union	95–94	USA	Yugoslavia	119–117	Spain
1986 Details	Spain (Madrid)	USA	87–85	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia	117–91	Brazil
1990 Details	Argentina (Buenos Aires)	Yugoslavia	92–75	Soviet Union	USA	107–105 Overtime	Puerto Rico
1994 Details	Canada (Toronto)	USA	137–91	Russia	Croatia	78–60	Greece
1998 Details	Greece (Athens and Pireaus)	Yugoslavia	64–62	Russia	USA	84–61	Greece
2002 Details	USA (Indianapolis)	Yugoslavia	84–77 Overtime	Argentina	Germany	117–94	New Zealand
2006 Details	Japan (Saitama)	Spain	70–47	Greece	USA	96–81	Argentina
2010 Details	Turkey (Istanbul)

Medal table

Note that FIBA considers the records of SFR Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union distinct from FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Russia, respectively.^[2] The Republic of Serbia ("Serbia") and the Republic of Montenegro have agreed that Serbia is the legal successor of the Serbia and Montenegro.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	USA	3	3	4	10
2	Soviet Union	3	3	2	8
2	Yugoslavia	3	3	2	8
4	Brazil	2	2	1	5
5	Serbia and Montenegro	2	0	0	2
6	Argentina	1	1	0	2
7	Spain	1	0	0	1
8	Russia	0	2	0	2
9	Greece	0	1	0	1
10	Chile	0	0	2	2
11	Philippines	0	0	1	1
	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1

Performances by continental zones

Continent	Best performance
Europe	9 gold medals, won by Yugoslavia (3), the USSR (3), Serbia (2) and Spain (1)
Americas	6 gold medals, won by USA (3), Brazil (2), and Argentina (1)
Asia	Bronze medal (Philippines)
Oceania	Fourth place (New Zealand)
Africa	Fifth place (Egypt) (playing as a European member) Tenth place (Angola)

Records and statistics

Main article: FIBA World Championship records

Performances of host countries

Year	Host country	When hosting		When not hosting
Year	Host country	Performance	Stage	Performance	Stage
1950	Argentina	Champions	Final round (1st of 6)	Runner-up	Final
1954	Brazil	Runner-up	Final round (2nd of 8)	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)
1959	Chile	Third place	Final round (3rd of 7)	Third place	Final round (3rd of 6)
1963	Brazil	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)
1967	Uruguay	Seventh place	Final round (7th of 7)	Third place	Final round (3rd of 7)
1970	Yugoslavia	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)	Champions	Final
1974	Puerto Rico	Seventh place	Final round (7th of 8)	Fourth place	Semifinals
1978	Philippines	Eighth place	Final round (8th of 8)	Third place	Final round (3rd of 7)
1982	Colombia	Seventh place	Final round (7th of 7)	Not applicable - only appearance is when they hosted
1986	Spain	Fifth place	5th-place playoffs	Champions	Final
1990	Argentina	Eighth place	Second round (4th of 4)	Runner-up	Final
1994	Canada	Seventh place	5th-place playoffs	Sixth place	Final round (6th of 8)
1998	Greece	Fourth place	Semifinals	Runner-up	Final
2002	United States	Sixth place	Quarterfinals	Champions	Final
2006	Japan	Seventeenth place	Preliminary round (5th of 6)	11th place	Classification round (4th of 6)

Map of countries' best results

Most Valuable Players

Winners prior to 1994 aren't recognized by FIBA.

Year	Name
1950	Oscar Furlong
1954	Kirby Minter
1959	Amaury Pasos
1963	Wlamir Marques
1967	Ivo Daneu
1970	Sergei Belov
1974	Dragan Kićanović
1978	Dražen Dalipagić
1982	Doc Rivers
1986	Dražen Petrović
1990	Toni Kukoč
1994	Shaquille O'Neal
1998	Dejan Bodiroga
2002	Dirk Nowitzki
2006	Pau Gasol

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ 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. The scores are the results of the games between the teams in the final group.
^ FIBA World Championships medals' table 1950-2006

International basketball

v • d • e

Africa: FIBA Africa – Africa Championship Americas: FIBA Americas – Americas Championship Asia: FIBA Asia – Asian Championship Europe: FIBA Europe – EuroBasket Oceania: FIBA Oceania – Oceania Championship
Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.

FIBA World Championship