The Basketball World: Basketball World Cup History and Winners
FIBA Basketball World Cup information, including champions, results, summary of winners and more.
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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
Year by year Basketball World Cup Champions
| Year |
Host Country |
World Champion |
Second |
Third |
| 1950 |
Argentina |
Argentina |
USA |
Chile |
| 1954 |
Brazil |
USA |
Brazil |
Philippines |
| 1959 |
Chile |
Brazil |
USA |
Chile |
| 1963 |
Brazil |
Brazil |
Yugoslavia |
USSR |
| 1967 |
Uruguay |
USSR |
Yugoslavia |
Brazil |
| 1970 |
Yugoslavia |
Yugoslavia |
Brazil |
USSR |
| 1974 |
Puerto Rico |
USSR |
Yugoslavia |
USA |
| 1978 |
Philippines |
Yugoslavia |
USSR |
Brazil |
| 1982 |
Colombia |
USSR |
USA |
Yugoslavia |
| 1986 |
Spain |
USA |
USSR |
Yugoslavia |
| 1990 |
Argentina |
Yugoslavia |
USSR |
USA |
| 1994 |
Canada |
USA |
Russia |
Croatia |
| 1998 |
Greece |
Yugoslavia |
Russia |
USA |
| 2002 |
USA |
Yugoslavia |
Argentina |
Germany |
| 2006 |
Japan |
Spain |
Greece |
USA |
| 2010 |
Turkey |
USA |
Turkey |
Lithuania |
| 2014 |
Spain |
USA |
Serbia |
France |
| 2019 |
China |
Spain |
Argentina |
France |
| 2023 |
Philippines / Japan / Indonesia |
Germany |
Serbia |
Canada |
Summary of Basketball World Cup Champions
| Country |
Champion |
Runner Up |
3rd Place |
Championship years |
| USA |
5 |
3 |
4 |
2014 - 2010 - 1994 - 1986 - 1954 |
| USSR |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1982 - 1974 - 1967 |
| Yugoslavia |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1990 - 1978 - 1970 |
| Brazil |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1963 - 1959 |
| Serbia |
2 |
2 |
- |
2002 - 1998 |
| Spain |
2 |
- |
- |
2019 - 2006 |
| Argentina |
1 |
2 |
- |
1950 |
| Germany |
1 |
- |
1 |
2023 |
| Russia |
- |
2 |
- |
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| Greece |
- |
1 |
- |
|
| Turkey |
- |
1 |
- |
|
| France |
- |
- |
2 |
|
| Chile |
- |
- |
2 |
|
| Croatia |
- |
- |
1 |
|
| Canada |
- |
- |
1 |
|
| Lithuania |
- |
- |
1 |
|
| Philippines |
- |
- |
1 |
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