National team appearances in the FIBA Basketball World Cup

National team appearances in the FIBA Basketball World Cup are the number of appearances that individual country's basketball national teams have made at the FIBA Basketball World Cup. A total of 59 countries have made at least one appearance in the FIBA international senior men's basketball competition.

Map of countries' best results

Graph of the best performances of each confederation on each tournament.

African, European and teams from the Americas composed the first World Championship – Asian and Oceanian teams did not want to make a long trip to Argentina, the venue of the tournament. Egypt finished fifth in the inaugural world championship, the best finish by a team from Africa. An Asian team, the Philippines, made their debut on the second tournament, where they finished third, the best finish by an Asian team.

Australia was the first team from Oceania to participate in the tournament, in 1970. New Zealand was defeated in the 2002 bronze medal game, earning them a fourth-place finish, a position the Australian team equaled in 2019.

European and teams from the Americas dominated the tournament, with teams from either confederation disputing the gold medal. Since 1978, the first time a final was played, there have been five all-European and six Europe-Americas finals. The worst finish by a European team since 1963 was second; for a team from the Americas, the worst all-time was third.

The tournament formats prior to the 1978 tournament were two round robin phases – teams were first divided into several groups, with the top teams from the group stage qualifying for the Final Group, where they play each other once. The team with the best record after the Final Group wins the gold medal, with ties broken by games played between tied teams. All tournaments after the 1978 tournament determined the world champion via a playoff – in 1978 and 1982, the top two teams from the final group squared off for the championship; since 1986, a single-elimination tournament has been used.

The national team with the most wins is the USA, with five. Although teams bearing the name of "Yugoslavia" have won five titles, FIBA used to consider the championships to have been won by two national teams. The first three were won by the team that represented the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The other two were won by a team representing the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which FIBA treats as the predecessor of the current Serbia national team. Furthermore, a Yugoslav team was able to finish at least third from 1963 to 2002.

Spain is the current World Champion, winning the gold medal game against Argentina at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Debut of teams

A total of 59 national teams have appeared in at least one FIBA Basketball World Cup in the history of the tournament through the 2019 competition, and at least 1 will debut in 2023. Each successive Basketball World Cup has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Countries competing in their first Basketball World Cup are listed below by year.

Year	Debutants	Number
1950	Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Peru, Spain, United States, Yugoslavia[1]	10
1954	Canada, Taiwan,[2] Israel, Paraguay, Philippines, Uruguay	6
1959	Bulgaria, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Soviet Union[3]	4
1963	Italy, Japan	2
1967	Poland	1
1970	Australia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia,[4] Panama, South Korea	5
1974	Central African Republic	1
1978	China, Dominican Republic, Senegal	3
1982	Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire	2
1986	Angola, Greece, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, West Germany[5]	6
1990	Venezuela	1
1994	Croatia,[1] Russia[3]	2
1998	Lithuania,[3] Nigeria, Serbia and Montenegro[1]	3
2002	Algeria, Lebanon, Turkey	3
2006	Qatar, Slovenia[1]	2
2010	Iran, Jordan, Serbia, Tunisia	4
2014	Finland, Ukraine[3]	2
2019	Czech Republic,[4] Montenegro[1]	2
2023	To be determined	0
Total		59

Tournament format

In deciphering the tables below, the tournament format per championship has to be accounted for.


Year	Preliminary round	Second round	Final round
1950	Double elimination tournament of 10 teams	None	Round robin of 6 teams
1954	Round robin of 4 groups with 3 teams each		Round robin of 8 teams
1959	Round robin of 3 groups with 4 teams each		Round robin of 7 teams
1963
1967
1970
1974			Round robin of 8 teams
1978		Round robin of 8 teams	Single-game playoff of 2 teams
1982		Round robin of 7 teams	Single-game playoff of 2 teams
1986	Round robin of 4 groups with 6 teams each	Round robin of 2 groups with 6 teams each	Single-elimination tournament of 4 teams
1990	Round robin of 4 groups with 4 teams each	Round robin of 2 groups with 4 teams each
1994		Round robin of 2 groups with 4 teams each
1998		Round robin of 2 groups with 6 teams each	Single-elimination tournament of 8 teams
2002		Round robin of 2 groups with 6 teams each	Single-elimination tournament of 8 teams
2006	Round robin of 4 groups with 6 teams each	None	Single-elimination tournament of 16 teams
2010
2014
2019	Round robin of 8 groups with 4 teams each	Round robin of 4 groups with 4 teams each	Single elimination tournament of 8 teams
2023	Round robin of 8 groups with 4 teams each	Round robin of 4 groups with 4 teams each	Single elimination tournament of 8 teams

Comprehensive team results

Key:

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF: Quarter-finals (knockout stage)
R16: Round of 16 (knockout stage)
R2: Second round (group stage)
R1: Preliminary round (group stage)

Team	1950	1954	1959	1963	1967	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2019	2023	2027 TBD	Total
Algeria														R1 15th							1
Angola										R1 13th	R1 13th	R1 16th		R1 11th	R16 9th	R16 15th	R1 17th	R1 27th			8
Argentina	1st		R1 10th	R1 8th	6th		R1 11th			R2 12th	R2 8th	R1 9th	QF 8th	2nd	4th	QF 5th	R16 11th	2nd			14
Australia						R1 12th	R1 12th	FR 7th	QF 5th	R2 13th	R2 7th	R2 5th	R1 9th		R16 9th	R16 10th	R16 12th	4th			12
Brazil	4th	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	6th	3rd	R1 8th	4th	R2 5th	R1 11th	R1 10th	QF 8th	R1 17th	R16 9th	QF 6th	R2 13th			18
Bulgaria			7th																		1
Canada		7th	R1 12th	R1 11th		R1 10th	8th	6th	6th	R2 8th	R1 12th	R2 7th	R1 12th	R1 13th		R1 22nd		R1 21st			14
Central African Republic							R1 14th														1
Chile	3rd	R1 10th	3rd																		3
China								R1 11th	R1 12th	R2 9th	R1 14th	R1 8th		R1 12th	R16 9th	R16 16th		R1 24th			9
Chinese Taipei[2]		5th	4th																		2
Colombia									7th												1
Croatia												3rd				R16 14th	R16 10th				3
Cuba						R1 8th	4th			R2 11th		R1 15th									4
Czech Republic																		QF 6th			1
Czechoslovakia[4]						FR 6th	R1 10th	R1 9th	R1 10th												4
Dominican Republic								R1 12th									R16 13th	R2 16th			3
Ecuador	R1 8th																				1
Egypt	FR 5th		R1 11th			R1 13th					R1 16th	R1 14th					R1 24th				6
Team	1950	1954	1959	1963	1967	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2019	2023	2027 TBD	Total
Finland																	R1 22nd				1
France	FR 6th	FR 4th		FR 5th						R1 13th					QF 5th	R16 13th	SF 3rd	SF 3rd			8
Germany[5]										R1 13th		R1 12th		SF 3rd	QF 8th	R1 17th		R1 18th			6
Greece										R2 10th	R2 6th	SF 4th	SF 4th		F 2nd	R16 11th	R16 9th	R2 11th			8
Ivory Coast									R1 13th	R1 13th						R1 21st		R1 29th			4
Iran																R1 19th	R1 20th	R1 23rd			3
Israel		8th								R2 7th											2
Italy				FR 7th	R1 9th	FR 4th		FR 4th		R2 6th	R2 9th		QF 6th		R16 9th			R2 10th			9
Japan				R1 13th	R1 11th								R1 14th		R1 17th			R1 31st	Q		6
Jordan																R1 23rd		R1 28th			2
Lebanon														R1 16th	R1 17th	R1 20th					3
Lithuania	Part of the Soviet Union												QF 7th		QF 7th	3rd	4th	R2 9th			5
Malaysia										R1 13th											1
Mexico			R1 13th	R1 9th	R1 8th		R1 9th										R16 14th				5
Montenegro	Part of Yugoslavia																	R1 25th			1
Netherlands										R1 13th											1
New Zealand										R1 13th				SF 4th	R16 9th	R16 12th	R16 15th	R1 19th			6
Nigeria													R1 13th		R16 9th			R1 17th			3
Team	1950	1954	1959	1963	1967	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2019	2023	2027 TBD	Total
Panama						R1 9th			R1 9th	R1 13th					R1 21st						4
Paraguay		R1 9th			R1 13th																2
Peru	R1 7th	R1 12th		R1 12th	R1 10th																4
Philippines		FR 3rd	R1 8th				R1 13th	FR 8th									R1 21st	R1 32nd	Q		6
Poland					FR 5th													QF 8th			2
Puerto Rico			FR 5th	FR 6th	R1 12th		FR 7th	F1 10th		R1 13th	SF 4th	R2 6th	R1 11th	QF 7th	R1 17th	R1 18th	R1 19th	R2 15th			14
Qatar															R1 21st						1
Russia	Part of the Soviet Union											2nd	2nd	R1 10th		QF 7th		R2 12th			5
Senegal								R1 14th					R1 15th		R1 21st		R16 16th	R1 30th			5
Serbia	Part of Yugoslavia														R16 9th	SF 4th	F 2nd	QF 5th			4
Slovenia	Part of Yugoslavia														R16 9th	QF 8th	QF 7th				3
South Korea						R1 11th		R1 13th		R1 13th	R1 15th	R1 13th	R1 16th				R1 23rd	R1 26th			8
Soviet Union			6th	3rd	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	Does not Exist									9
Spain	R1 9th						5th		FR 4th	R2 5th	R1 10th	R1 10th	QF 5th	QF 5th	F 1st	QF 6th	QF 5th	F 1st			12
Tunisia																R1 24th		R1 20th			2
Turkey														R1 9th	QF 6th	F 2nd	QF 8th	R1 22nd			5
Ukraine	Part of the Soviet Union																R1 18th				1
United States	FR 2nd	FR 1st	FR 2nd	FR 4th	FR 4th	FR 5th	FR 3rd	FR 5th	F 2nd	F 1st	SF 3rd	F 1st	SF 3rd	QF 6th	SF 3rd	F 1st	F 1st	QF 7th			18
Uruguay		FR 6th	R1 9th	R1 10th	FR 7th	FR 7th			R1 11th	R1 13th											7
Venezuela											R1 11th			R1 14th	R1 21st			R2 14th			4
Yugoslavia[1]	R1 10th	R1 11th		2nd	2nd	FR 1st	FR 2nd	F 1st	SF 3rd	SF 3rd	F 1st		F 1st	F 1st							12
Total	10	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	24	16	16	16	16	24	24	24	32	32	32

Notes:

Teams that failed to qualify to the semifinal round at the 1986 championship were ranked tied for 13th.
In 2006, when the tournament expanded to 24 teams (four preliminary round groups of six teams each), teams that finished 5th in their preliminary round groups were ranked tied for 17th, while teams that finished 6th in their preliminary round groups were ranked tied for 21st. Teams eliminated in round of 16 were ranked tied for 9th.

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

Team	App	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* hosts)
Brazil	18	18	18	1950	2019	Champions (1959, 1963*)
United States	18	18	18	1950	2019	Champions (1954, 1986, 1994, 2010, 2014)
Canada	14	9	1	1954	2019	6th (1978, 1982)
Argentina	14	9	9	1950	2019	Champions (1950*)
Puerto Rico	14	9	9	1959	2019	Fourth place (1990)
Australia	12	8	4	1970	2019	Fourth place (2019)
Spain	12	10	10	1950	2019	Champions (2006, 2019)
Yugoslavia †	10	8	--	1950	1990	Champions (1970*, 1978, 1990)
Soviet Union †	9	9	--	1959	1990	Champions (1967, 1974, 1982)
Italy	9	3	1	1963	2019	Fourth place (1970, 1978)
China	9	5	1	1978	2019	8th (1994)
South Korea	8	4	2	1970	2019	11th (1970)
France	8	4	4	1950	2019	Third place (2014, 2019)
Greece	8	4	4	1986	2019	Runners-up (2006)
Angola	8	5	5	1986	2019	9th (2006)
Uruguay	7	5	0	1954	1986	6th (1954)
Egypt	6	2	0	1950	2014	5th (1950)
Philippines	6	2	2	1954	2019	Third place (1954)
Germany	6	3	1	1986	2019	Third place (2002)
New Zealand	6	5	5	1986	2019	Fourth place (2002)
Mexico	5	3	0	1959	2014	8th (1967)
Japan	5	2	1	1963	2019	11th (1967)
Russia	5	3	1	1994	2019	Runners-up (1994, 1998)
Senegal	5	2	2	1978	2019	14th (1978)
Lithuania	5	4	4	1998	2019	Third place (2010)
Turkey	5	5	5	2002	2019	Runners-up (2010*)
Cuba	4	2	0	1970	1994	Fourth place (1974)
Czechoslovakia †	4	4	--	1970	1982	6th (1970)
Peru	4	2	0	1950	1967	7th (1950)
Panama	4	2	0	1970	2006	9th (1970, 1982)
Ivory Coast	4	2	1	1982	2019	13th (1982, 1986)
Venezuela	4	2	1	1990	2019	11th (1990)
Chile	3	3	0	1950	1959	Third place(1950, 1959)
Serbia and Montenegro †	3	3	--	1998	2006	Champions (1998, 2002)
Lebanon	3	3	0	2002	2010	16th (2010)
Croatia	3	2	0	1994	2014	Third place (1994)
Slovenia	3	3	0	2006	2014	7th (2014)
Nigeria	3	1	1	1998	2019	9th (2006)
Dominican Republic	3	2	2	1978	2019	12th (1978)
Iran	3	3	3	2010	2019	19th (2010)
Serbia	3	3	3	2010	2019	Runners-up (2014)
Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	1954	1959	Fourth place (1959)
Paraguay	2	1	0	1954	1967	9th (1954)
Israel	2	1	0	1954	1986	7th (1986)
Poland	2	1	1	1967	2019	5th (1967)
Jordan	2	1	1	2010	2019	23rd (2010)
Tunisia	2	1	1	2010	2019	20th (2019)
Ecuador	1	1	0	1950	1950	8th (1950)
Bulgaria	1	1	0	1959	1959	7th (1959)
Central African Republic	1	1	0	1974	1974	14th (1974)
Colombia	1	1	0	1982	1982	7th (1982*)
Malaysia	1	1	0	1986	1986	13th (1986)
Netherlands	1	1	0	1986	1986	13th (1986)
Algeria	1	1	0	2002	2002	15th (2002)
Qatar	1	1	0	2006	2006	21st (2006)
Finland	1	1	0	2014	2014	22nd (2014)
Ukraine	1	1	0	2014	2014	18th (2014)
Czech Republic	1	1	1	2019	2019	6th (2019)
Montenegro	1	1	1	2019	2019	25th (2019)

Overall won/lost records

Team	App	Played	Won	Lost	%
United States	18	158	129	29	.816
Brazil	18	144	87	57	.604
Spain	12	100	71	29	.710
Soviet Union †	9	80	66	14	.825
Argentina	14	112	65	47	.580
Yugoslavia †	10	78	58	20	.744
Italy	9	74	43	31	.581
Puerto Rico	14	98	40	58	.408
Australia	12	93	40	53	.430
Canada	14	107	39	68	.364
Greece	8	61	36	25	.590
France	8	63	34	29	.540
Lithuania	5	41	27	14	.659
Russia	5	39	25	14	.641
Germany	6	41	24	17	.585
Turkey	5	38	24	14	.632
Cuba	4	35	18	17	.514
China	9	63	17	46	.270
Uruguay	7	50	17	33	.340
Mexico	5	35	17	18	.486
Czechoslovakia †	4	30	17	13	.567
Serbia	3	26	17	9	.654
Serbia and Montenegro †	3	24	17	7	.708
Angola	8	51	15	36	.294
New Zealand	6	37	15	22	.405
Philippines	6	40	13	27	.325
Slovenia	3	22	12	10	.545
Croatia	3	20	12	8	.600
South Korea	8	51	10	41	.196
Peru	4	27	10	17	.370
Panama	4	25	9	16	.360
Chile	3	19	9	10	.474
Venezuela	4	23	8	15	.348
Poland	2	17	8	9	.471
Chinese Taipei	2	18	7	11	.389
Israel	2	18	7	11	.389
Nigeria	3	16	7	9	.438
Egypt	6	42	6	36	.143
Dominican Republic	3	18	6	12	.333
Japan	5	31	5	26	.161
Bulgaria	1	9	5	4	.556
Senegal	5	28	4	24	.143
Iran	3	15	4	11	.267
Czech Republic	1	8	4	4	.500
Lebanon	3	15	3	12	.200
Paraguay	2	13	3	10	.231
Tunisia	2	10	3	7	.300
Ecuador	1	5	2	3	.400
Netherlands	1	5	2	3	.400
Ukraine	1	5	2	3	.400
Ivory Coast	4	22	1	21	.045
Jordan	2	10	1	9	.100
Algeria	1	5	1	4	.200
Finland	1	5	1	4	.200
Montenegro	1	5	1	4	.200
Central African Republic	1	7	0	7	.000
Colombia	1	6	0	6	.000
Malaysia	1	5	0	5	.000
Qatar	1	5	0	5	.000

Performance of host nations

With only three wins in 16 occasions, the success rate of host nations winning the tournament is rather low at 19%, compared to the respective percentage in the FIFA World Cup which stands at 32% (6 out of 19). Yugoslavia was the last host to win, in 1970; the only other host to medal since then has been Turkey, silver medalist in 2010. Greece has been the only other host nation to finish fourth or better since 1970. From 1959 to 1982, the host qualified directly to the final round of the tournament, bypassing the preliminary round (group stage). The host's final rank in these years could not be worse than the number of teams in the final round (between six and eight). However, beginning in 1986, the host has competed in the preliminary round.

A "†" denotes that is the best performance of the team, a "‡" denotes it is the best performance of the team at the time of the competition.

Year	Host nation(s)	Finish	Last round*
1950	Argentina	Champions†	Final round
1954	Brazil	Runners-up‡	Final round
1959	Chile	Third place†	Final round
1963	Brazil	Champions†	Final round
1967	Uruguay	Seventh place	Final round
1970	Yugoslavia	Champions†	Final round
1974	Puerto Rico	Seventh place	Final round
1978	Philippines	Eighth place	Final round
1982	Colombia	Seventh place†	Final round
1986	Spain	Fifth place‡	Final round
1990	Argentina	Eighth place	Second round
1994	Canada	Seventh place	Preliminary round
1998	Greece	Fourth place‡	Third place playoff
2002	United States	Sixth place	Quarter-finals
2006	Japan	Seventeenth place	Preliminary round
2010	Turkey	Runners-up†	Final
2014	Spain	Fifth place	Quarter-finals
2019	China	24th	Consolation round
2023	Philippines	TBD	TBD
	Japan	TBD	TBD
	Indonesia	TBD	TBD

*excluding classification rounds.

Performance by confederation

This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament. Note that most confederations did not exist until up to the 1960s, and that FIBA assigned teams to a specific continent when there were no confederations yet.

Confederation	1950 (10)	1954 (12)	1959 (13)	1963 (13)	1967 (13)	1970 (13)	1974 (14)	1978 (14)	1982 (13)	1986 (24)	1990 (16)	1994 (16)	1998 (16)	2002 (16)	2006 (24)	2010 (24)	2014 (24)	2019 (32)	2023 (32)
FIBA Africa	5th	―	11th	―	―	13th	14th	14th	13th	13th	13th	14th	13th	15th	9th	15th	16th	17th	TBD
FIBA Americas	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	TBD
FIBA Asia	―	3rd	4th	13th	11th	11th	13th	8th	12th	9th	14th	8th	14th	12th	9th	16th	20th	23rd	TBD
FIBA Europe	6th	4th	6th	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	TBD
FIBA Oceania	―	―	―	―	―	12th	12th	7th	5th	13th	7th	5th	9th	4th	9th	10th	12th	4th	TBD

Number of teams by confederation

This is a summary of the total number of participating teams by confederation in each tournament. The number of teams in the confederation of a host federation is boldfaced.

Confederation	1950 (10)	1954 (12)	1959 (13)	1963 (13)	1967 (13)	1970 (13)	1974 (14)	1978 (14)	1982 (13)	1986 (24)	1990 (16)	1994 (16)	1998 (16)	2002 (16)	2006 (24)	2010 (24)	2014 (24)	2019 (32)	2023 (32)
FIBA Africa	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	5	5
FIBA Americas	6	7	8	8	8	6	6	5	6	8	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	7	7
FIBA Asia	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	6	6–8
FIBA Europe	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	5	5	6	5	9	10	10	12	12
FIBA Oceania	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	0–2

Notes and references

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1950–1990) qualified ten times under the name Yugoslavia prior to its breakup by the secession of many of its constituent republics in 1992. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia qualified twice in 1998 and 2002 as Yugoslavia and in 2006 as Serbia and Montenegro after a name change in 2003. FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro are considered the predecessors of the current Serbia team by FIBA; the latter competed for the first time as Serbia in the 2010 FIBA World Championship. These teams along with the other national teams which resulted from the breakup of the original Yugoslavia (Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and North Macedonia) are considered distinct entities from the Yugoslavia team of 1930–1990. Montenegro now also compete separately after independence in 2006.
The national basketball team of the Republic of China competed twice in the FIBA World Championship, both times as Formosa, but since 1960 the team had changed their name to compete as Taiwan in international competitions. Since 1985, they have competed under the name Chinese Taipei.
The Soviet Union qualified nine times prior to being dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet Republics now compete separately. FIBA does not consider any of these nations as the successor team of the Soviet Union.
Czechoslovakia qualified four times prior to being divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993. FIBA does not consider any of these nations as the successor team of Czechoslovakia.
The German Basketball Association (DBB, for Deutscher Basketball Bund) has continuously existed as a national governing body since joining FIBA in 1934, during the Nazi era in Germany, After World War II, the DBB became the governing body for West Germany, and then became the governing body for reunified Germany in 1990. During the division of Germany, East Germany fielded a team of its own before re-joining West Germany and the DBB upon reunification. Thus, FIBA considers Germany and West Germany as one entity and officially attributes all results of the DBB team since 1934 to Germany. Germany competed in their first FIBA World Championship in 1986 as West Germany and in 1994 for the first time as Germany.

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[Yugoslavia-1] The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1950–1990) qualified ten times under the name Yugoslavia prior to its breakup by the secession of many of its constituent republics in 1992. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia qualified twice in 1998 and 2002 as Yugoslavia and in 2006 as Serbia and Montenegro after a name change in 2003. FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro are considered the predecessors of the current Serbia team by FIBA; the latter competed for the first time as Serbia in the 2010 FIBA World Championship. These teams along with the other national teams which resulted from the breakup of the original Yugoslavia (Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and North Macedonia) are considered distinct entities from the Yugoslavia team of 1930–1990. Montenegro now also compete separately after independence in 2006.

[Taiwan-2] The national basketball team of the Republic of China competed twice in the FIBA World Championship, both times as Formosa, but since 1960 the team had changed their name to compete as Taiwan in international competitions. Since 1985, they have competed under the name Chinese Taipei.

[USSR-3] The Soviet Union qualified nine times prior to being dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet Republics now compete separately. FIBA does not consider any of these nations as the successor team of the Soviet Union.

[Czechoslovakia-4] Czechoslovakia qualified four times prior to being divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993. FIBA does not consider any of these nations as the successor team of Czechoslovakia.

[Germany-5] The German Basketball Association (DBB, for Deutscher Basketball Bund) has continuously existed as a national governing body since joining FIBA in 1934, during the Nazi era in Germany, After World War II, the DBB became the governing body for West Germany, and then became the governing body for reunified Germany in 1990. During the division of Germany, East Germany fielded a team of its own before re-joining West Germany and the DBB upon reunification. Thus, FIBA considers Germany and West Germany as one entity and officially attributes all results of the DBB team since 1934 to Germany. Germany competed in their first FIBA World Championship in 1986 as West Germany and in 1994 for the first time as Germany.

FIBA Basketball World Cup
History Awards Records Naismith Trophy
Tournaments	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 Spain 2014 China 2019 Philippines / Japan / Indonesia 2023
Qualification	1950 1954 1959 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2019 2023
Finals	1950 1954 1959 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2019 2023
Squads	1950 1954 1959 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2019 2023
Host bids	2019 China Philippines 2023 Philippines–Japan–Indonesia Argentina–Uruguay
Team appearances Most Valuable Player Top Scorer All-Tournament Team Winning head coaches