FIBA Basketball World Cup records
FIBA Basketball World Cup records are the records attained throughout the history of the FIBA Basketball World Cup.
FIBA World Cup awards |
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Youth World Cup awards |
General performances
Performances of host countries
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).
Year | Host country | When hosting | Better when hosting? | When not hosting | ||
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Performance | Stage | Performance | Stage | |||
1950 | Champions | Final round (1st of 6) | Yes | Runner-up | Final | |
1954 | Runner-up | Final round (2nd of 8) | No | Champions | Final round (1st of 7) | |
1959 | Third place | Final round (3rd of 7) | No | Third place | Final round (3rd of 6) | |
1963 | Champions | Final round (1st of 7) | No | Champions | Final round (1st of 7) | |
1967 | Seventh place | Final round (7th of 7) | No | Third place | Final round (3rd of 7) | |
1970 | Champions | Final round (1st of 7) | No | Champions | Final | |
1974 | Seventh place | Final round (7th of 8) | No | Fourth place | Semifinals | |
1978 | Eighth place | Final round (8th of 8) | No | Third place | Final round (3rd of 7) | |
1982 | Seventh place | Final round (7th of 7) | Not applicable - only appearance is when they hosted | |||
1986 | Fifth place | 5th-place playoffs | No | Champions | Final | |
1990 | Eighth place | Second round (4th of 4) | No | Runner-up | Final | |
1994 | Seventh place | 5th-place playoffs | No | Sixth place | Final round (6th of 8) | |
1998 | Fourth place | Semifinals | No | Runner-up | Final | |
2002 | Sixth place | Quarterfinals | No | Champions | Final | |
2006 | Seventeenth place | Preliminary round (5th of 6) | No | 11th place | Classification round (4th of 6) | |
2010 | Runner-up | Final | Yes | Sixth place | Quarterfinals | |
2014 | Fifth place | Quarterfinals | No | Champions | Final | |
2019 | Twenty-fourth place | Preliminary round (3rd of 4) | No | Eighth place | 7th place classification game | |
2023 | TBA | TBA | TBD | Third place | Final round (3rd of 7) | |
Not applicable - only appearance is when they hosted | ||||||
TBD | Eleventh place | Classification round (4th of 6) | ||||
By top four finishes
Rank | Nation | Number of appearances |
Years in semifinals |
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1. | 14 | (1950, 1954, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2014) | |
2. | 10 | (1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002) | |
3. | 8 | (1950, 1954, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1986) | |
8 | (1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990) | ||
5. | 4 | (1950, 2002, 2006, 2019) | |
6. | 3 | (1954, 2014, 2019) | |
3 | (1994, 1998, 2006) | ||
3 | (1982, 2006, 2019) | ||
9. | 2 | (1950, 1959) | |
2 | (1970, 1978) | ||
2 | (2010, 2014) | ||
2 | (1994, 1998) | ||
2 | (2010, 2014) | ||
14. | 1 | (1954) | |
1 | (1959) | ||
1 | (1974) | ||
1 | (1990) | ||
1 | (1994) | ||
1 | (2002) | ||
1 | (2002) | ||
1 | (2010) | ||
1 | (2019) |
Most Valuable Players
Year | MVP | National Team |
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1950 | ||
1954 | ||
1959 | ||
1963 | ||
1967 | ||
1970 | ||
1974 | ||
1978 | ||
1982 | ||
1986 | ||
1990 | ||
1994 | ||
1998 | ||
2002 | ||
2006 | ||
2010 | ||
2014 | ||
2019 |
Top scorer by tournament
Points per game
Total points scored
FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament TeamAll-time top cumulative points scorers
All time highest scoring averages
Games with most overtimes
Age recordsOldest
*describes age on first day of the tournament Game score recordsBiggest game score
Lowest game score
Biggest margin
Top scorers in a single game
Players with the most number of tournaments and games played
Top medalists
Players with the most total medals won
All-time team recordsFIBA Africa, FIBA Americas, FIBA Asia, FIBA Europe, FIBA Oceania
Notes and references
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