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Summary of Winners
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FIBA Basketball World Cup:
Summary of Winners

The Basketball World Championship or Basketball World Cup was created by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). It is held every four years between Olympic Games and was first held in Argentina in 1950. Until 2002, the top sixteen national basketball teams were part of every World Cup, but in Japan 2006 the number of participating nations was increased to 24 and in China 2019 to 32.

More Information: Year by year - Summary of winners - Winners by Continent

Summary of Basketball World Cup Champions:

National Team Golden Medals Silver Medals Bronze Medals Total
Logo USA Basketball
USA
Golden Medal 5
2014 - 2010- 1994 - 1986 - 1954
Silver Medal 3
1982 - 1959 - 1950
Bronze Medal 4
2006- 1998 - 1990 - 1974

12
Logo SFR Yugoslavia BasketballLogo FR Yugoslavia Basketball
SFR Yugoslavia

(Bos & Her., Cro., Mac., Slo., Ser., Mont)
Golden Medal 3
1990 - 1978 - 1970
Silver Medal 3
1974 - 1967 - 1963
Bronze Medal 2
1986 - 1982

8
Logo USSR Basketball
USSR *
Golden Medal 3
1982 - 1974 - 1967
Silver Medal 3
1990 - 1986 - 1978
Bronze Medal 2
1970 - 1963

8
Logo Brazil Basketball
Brazil
Golden Medal 2
1963 - 1959
Silver Medal 2
1970 - 1954
Bronze Medal 2
1978 - 1967

6
Serbia
(FR Yugoslavia, Serbia & Mont.) *
Golden Medal 2
2002 - 1998
(as FR Yugoslavia)
Silver Medal 1
2014
-
3
Logo Argentina Basketball
Spain
Golden Medal 2
2019 - 2006
- -
2
Logo Argentina Basketball
Argentina
Golden Medal 1
1950
Silver Medal 2
2019 - 2002
-
3
Logo Russia Basketball
Russia
- Silver Medal 2
1998 - 1994
(Russia)
-
2
Greece - Silver Medal 1
2006
-
1
Turkey - Silver Medal 1
2010
-
1
France - - Bronze Medal 2
2019 - 2014

2
Logo Chile Basketball
Chile
- - Bronze Medal 2
1959 - 1950

2
Logo Germany Basketball
Germany
- - Bronze Medal 1
2002

1
Logo Croatia Basketball
Croatia
- - Bronze Medal 1
1994

1
Lithuania - - Bronze Medal 1
2010

1
Logo Philippines Basketball
Philippines
- - Bronze Medal 1
1954

1

* Yugoslavia and the USSR does not longer exit and the nations that resulted from their dissolution compite with their own national teams. Good examples of this are Croatia, Serbia, Montengro and Russia to mention some of them.

 

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