FIBA Basketball World Cup records

FIBA Basketball World Cup records are the records attained throughout the history of the FIBA Basketball World Cup.

General performances

Performances of host countries

Map of countries' best results

From 1959 to 1982, the host qualified directly to the final round, thus bypassing the preliminary round (group stages). As a result, the host's final rank would no worse than the number of teams in the final round (between six and eight); however, from 1986 the host was made to compete in the preliminary round.

However, the success rate of hosts winning the tournament is rather low (14%, 3 of 18), as compared to the FIFA World Cup's success rate of 22% (6 of 21); furthermore, no host has won the championship since Yugoslavia won in 1970, and only one host since then has won any type of medal (Turkey with a silver medal in 2010).

YearHost countryWhen hosting Better when hosting?When not hosting
PerformanceStagePerformanceStage
1950 ArgentinaChampionsFinal round (1st of 6) YesRunner-upFinal
1954 BrazilRunner-upFinal round (2nd of 8) NoChampionsFinal round (1st of 7)
1959 ChileThird placeFinal round (3rd of 7) NoThird placeFinal round (3rd of 6)
1963 BrazilChampionsFinal round (1st of 7) NoChampionsFinal round (1st of 7)
1967 UruguaySeventh placeFinal round (7th of 7) NoThird placeFinal round (3rd of 7)
1970 YugoslaviaChampionsFinal round (1st of 7) NoChampionsFinal
1974 Puerto RicoSeventh placeFinal round (7th of 8) NoFourth placeSemifinals
1978 PhilippinesEighth placeFinal round (8th of 8) NoThird placeFinal round (3rd of 7)
1982 ColombiaSeventh placeFinal round (7th of 7) Not applicable - only appearance is when they hosted
1986 SpainFifth place5th-place playoffs NoChampionsFinal
1990 ArgentinaEighth placeSecond round (4th of 4) NoRunner-upFinal
1994 CanadaSeventh place5th-place playoffs NoSixth placeFinal round (6th of 8)
1998 GreeceFourth placeSemifinals NoRunner-upFinal
2002 United StatesSixth placeQuarterfinals NoChampionsFinal
2006 JapanSeventeenth placePreliminary round (5th of 6) No11th placeClassification round (4th of 6)
2010 TurkeyRunner-upFinal YesSixth placeQuarterfinals
2014 SpainFifth placeQuarterfinals NoChampionsFinal
2019 ChinaTwenty-fourth placePreliminary round (3rd of 4) NoEighth place7th place classification game
2023 PhilippinesTBATBA TBDThird placeFinal round (3rd of 7)
 Indonesia Not applicable - only appearance is when they hosted
 Japan TBDEleventh placeClassification round (4th of 6)

By top four finishes

Rank Nation Number of
appearances
Years in
semifinals
1. United States14(1950, 1954, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2014)
2. Yugoslavia/
 FR Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
10(1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002)
3. Brazil8(1950, 1954, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1986)
 Soviet Union8(1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990)
5. Argentina4(1950, 2002, 2006, 2019)
6. France3(1954, 2014, 2019)
 Greece3(1994, 1998, 2006)
 Spain3(1982, 2006, 2019)
9. Chile2(1950, 1959)
 Italy2(1970, 1978)
 Lithuania2(2010, 2014)
 Russia2(1994, 1998)
 Serbia2(2010, 2014)
14. Philippines1(1954)
 Formosa1(1959)
 Cuba1(1974)
 Puerto Rico1(1990)
 Croatia1(1994)
 Germany1(2002)
 New Zealand1(2002)
 Turkey1(2010)
 Australia1(2019)

Most Valuable Players

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YearMVPNational Team
1950 Oscar Furlong Argentina
1954 Kirby Minter United States
1959 Amaury Pasos Brazil
1963 Wlamir Marques Brazil
1967 Ivo Daneu Yugoslavia
1970 Sergei Belov Soviet Union
1974 Dragan Kićanović Yugoslavia
1978 Dražen Dalipagić Yugoslavia
1982 Rolando Frazer Panama
1986 Dražen Petrović Yugoslavia
1990 Toni Kukoč Yugoslavia
1994 Shaquille O'Neal United States
1998 Dejan Bodiroga FR Yugoslavia
2002 Dirk Nowitzki Germany
2006 Pau Gasol Spain
2010 Kevin Durant United States
2014 Kyrie Irving United States
2019 Ricky Rubio Spain

Top scorer by tournament

Points per game

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